To Kill a Mockingbird
Whether we like it or not, discrimination is lurking through us, and affecting us individually. People from every era and background have always had some problem with each other. People have prejudices towards approximately every type of person for some reason or another. Everybody is different, and some people take advantage of those differences to discriminate against others. Discrimination, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, is described as the “simple hell people give other people without even thinking” (Lee 269) and all throughout it, portrayal of age, social class, and race prejudgment.
As the novel progresses, Jem and Scout grow and nurture just like the rest of the town. “Jem who was four years my senior” (Lee 3) was one of Scout’s first explanations of Jem, as well as the distinction that he is elder, therefore the one who establishes what she does. As each year of their youth fades away, an unfamiliar relationship originates between the two. Ageism is a large influence that symbolizes Jem’s constant change of behavior and treatment amidst his peers and superiors. These constant mood changes cause challenging interferences upon their relationship.
At age six and ten,“Our summertime boundaries were Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house two doors to the north of us, and the Radley Place three doors to the South” (Lee 7). The two siblings used to be quite inseparable until Jem started maturing into an extreme football fanatic. The perpetual mischievous schemes and adventures they once shared, abruptly halted to a stop. Promptly, Jem’s affection, compelled Scout to be with the bad-mouth ladies at home, while Jem was at football practice. Likewise, agism is still very prominent with the young men on the football team at school. Jem that is not entirely at age and strength gets bumped to the bench.
Jem’s constant growth and contemporary needs spill into the distressed hands of Miss.Maudie, Atticus, and Calpurnia. He was difficult to live with,
As the novel progresses, Jem and Scout grow and nurture just like the rest of the town. “Jem who was four years my senior” (Lee 3) was one of Scout’s first explanations of Jem, as well as the distinction that he is elder, therefore the one who establishes what she does. As each year of their youth fades away, an unfamiliar relationship originates between the two. Ageism is a large influence that symbolizes Jem’s constant change of behavior and treatment amidst his peers and superiors. These constant mood changes cause challenging interferences upon their relationship.
At age six and ten,“Our summertime boundaries were Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house two doors to the north of us, and the Radley Place three doors to the South” (Lee 7). The two siblings used to be quite inseparable until Jem started maturing into an extreme football fanatic. The perpetual mischievous schemes and adventures they once shared, abruptly halted to a stop. Promptly, Jem’s affection, compelled Scout to be with the bad-mouth ladies at home, while Jem was at football practice. Likewise, agism is still very prominent with the young men on the football team at school. Jem that is not entirely at age and strength gets bumped to the bench.
Jem’s constant growth and contemporary needs spill into the distressed hands of Miss.Maudie, Atticus, and Calpurnia. He was difficult to live with,