To Kill A Mockingbird Sexism Quotes
“Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but itself.” Prejudice is defined as injury or damage resulting from some judgement or action of another in disregard of one’s rights. There are many forms in which prejudice takes place, but in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, prejudice takes place in the form of sexism, class systems and racism.
Harper Lee clearly shows sexism in many ways throughout the book. In Maycomb, gender roles were defined with great clarity, and Scout was shocked at the thought of a man cooking. “‘ Boys don’t cook.’ I giggled at the thought of Jem in an apron.” Although it is normal for a male to be in the kitchen nowadays, back then, it was unheard of. Another example of sexism in …show more content…
When Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson, many people mocked not only Atticus, but his children too, calling them “nigger lovers” like it was some terrible disease. When Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her church, Lula said, “You ain’t got no business bringing white chillun in here - they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, right Miss Cal?” The black people in Maycomb were often bitter with the white people, regardless of age, because of the way the white people treated the black. Even black people said it was Tom’s own fault for feeling sorry for a white girl. When Tom was explaining to Mr. Gilmer that he felt bad for Mayella, the white people in the court were horrified that a black person would ever say that. While Jem and Scout were at the court, Jem explained to Scout that children who had one black parent and one white parent did not fit in with anyone. The black people did not want them because they were part white, and the white people did not want them because they were part black. Dolphus Raymond explained to Scout that when Dill got older, he would not care as much about how black people were treated, and that an adult would never get upset in the same way Dill did. This shows that although people may know that it is not right to treat coloured people the way that Mr. Gilmer did, they would not stand up and do something about it because they believed that those were just the ways of
Harper Lee clearly shows sexism in many ways throughout the book. In Maycomb, gender roles were defined with great clarity, and Scout was shocked at the thought of a man cooking. “‘ Boys don’t cook.’ I giggled at the thought of Jem in an apron.” Although it is normal for a male to be in the kitchen nowadays, back then, it was unheard of. Another example of sexism in …show more content…
When Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson, many people mocked not only Atticus, but his children too, calling them “nigger lovers” like it was some terrible disease. When Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her church, Lula said, “You ain’t got no business bringing white chillun in here - they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, right Miss Cal?” The black people in Maycomb were often bitter with the white people, regardless of age, because of the way the white people treated the black. Even black people said it was Tom’s own fault for feeling sorry for a white girl. When Tom was explaining to Mr. Gilmer that he felt bad for Mayella, the white people in the court were horrified that a black person would ever say that. While Jem and Scout were at the court, Jem explained to Scout that children who had one black parent and one white parent did not fit in with anyone. The black people did not want them because they were part white, and the white people did not want them because they were part black. Dolphus Raymond explained to Scout that when Dill got older, he would not care as much about how black people were treated, and that an adult would never get upset in the same way Dill did. This shows that although people may know that it is not right to treat coloured people the way that Mr. Gilmer did, they would not stand up and do something about it because they believed that those were just the ways of