To Kill A Mockingbird Discrimination Essay
The Weapons of Discrimination In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, society shows that prejudice and discrimination kill the innocence of a mockingbird and puts the town of Maycomb against Tom Robinson because of the cruelty and opinions of blacks. Prejudice and discrimination are widely spread throughout the town and the separation between the people of Maycomb versus Tom Robinson divides among the inequality and racial differences of the community. After Atticus shoots the rabid dog, that comes toward the family and puts the children in danger, Atticus calls Jem over and tells him “Don’t you go near that dog, you understand? Don’t you go near him, he’s just as dangerous dead as alive” (128). The rabid dog is a symbol resembling the town of Maycomb and the citizens’ opinions on discrimination, but the spread of prejudice is
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dangerous changing those opinions and putting the battle of right and wrong in place. Tom Robinson, known as a gentleman, helps Mayella by completing simple house chores without accepting her money. When Mr. Gilmer asks Tom Robinson in front of the jury why he does not accept any of Mayella’s money, he told the jury “I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em.
. .”(264). Through the Jim Crow Laws, it is unacceptable for a man of color to feel bad for a white man and when Tom Robinson feels sympathy for Mayella, the Maycomb citizens do not consider his sincerness but interprets Tom as if he believes he is socially above Mayella and her father. The accusation of rape and assault are ultimately the factors that take away the innocence of Tom Robinson. When Atticus tries to prove that Tom Robinson is not the suspect of raping and abusing Mayella, but rather Bob Ewell is, because of Tom’s disabled left arm which is twelve inches shorter than his right and is immobile, Atticus tells the jury that “If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of the face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it” (238). In opposition to the atmosphere relating to law and equality of all men, the opinions of discrimination and the word of a black man’s versus a white man’s controls the jury and leaves Tom Robinson and his immobile arm without justice. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird with the weapons of discrimination and prejudice who simply
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dangerous changing those opinions and putting the battle of right and wrong in place. Tom Robinson, known as a gentleman, helps Mayella by completing simple house chores without accepting her money. When Mr. Gilmer asks Tom Robinson in front of the jury why he does not accept any of Mayella’s money, he told the jury “I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em.
. .”(264). Through the Jim Crow Laws, it is unacceptable for a man of color to feel bad for a white man and when Tom Robinson feels sympathy for Mayella, the Maycomb citizens do not consider his sincerness but interprets Tom as if he believes he is socially above Mayella and her father. The accusation of rape and assault are ultimately the factors that take away the innocence of Tom Robinson. When Atticus tries to prove that Tom Robinson is not the suspect of raping and abusing Mayella, but rather Bob Ewell is, because of Tom’s disabled left arm which is twelve inches shorter than his right and is immobile, Atticus tells the jury that “If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of the face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it” (238). In opposition to the atmosphere relating to law and equality of all men, the opinions of discrimination and the word of a black man’s versus a white man’s controls the jury and leaves Tom Robinson and his immobile arm without justice. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird with the weapons of discrimination and prejudice who simply
makes music for everyone to enjoy.