To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

“It ain’t right, Atticus… No son, Its not right” (Lee 284). This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper shows how society is racist after Atticus lost the trail, though he is resilient it still shows that society is racist, because society believes that whenever it is a white man vs a black man, that the white man always wins. This being the start that Harper Lee uses conflict in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird to illustrate the negative effects of intolerance in society. In the start Tom Robinson is going against society. “Mr. Finch, If you was a nigger like me, you’d be scared, too” (Lee 261). This proves that Tom is going against everyone else because he is black this being a detriment. That society disowns him because of his skin color, and if Atticus walked in his shoes he would see how society would treat him differently. Another quote that shows how
Since Atticus was very close to proving that Mr.Ewell was wrong, Mr.Ewell directs his anger towards Atticus, “ It was Miss Stephanie’s pleasure to tell us: this morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner,spat in his face , and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life” (Lee 290). Portraying that Mr. Ewell is not over what happened on the trail. Also, since Tom is dead, it somewhat motivates him and pushes him to want to seek revenge on the people that went against him. “Mr.Ewell said it made one down and about two more to go” (Lee 323).
The clash and combat in To Kill a Mockingbird exhibit the opposing effects of intolerance. I believe that when you fully process the events that has occurred and in retrospect, it presents how society has progressed and has gotten better over many years. We are very lucky that our generation did not have to go through what Jem and Scout did when they were