but he clearly couldn’t have: because his whole arm was crippled! Tom Robinson said in his testimony‚ “She reached up and kissed me on the side of my face. She says she never kissed a grown man before and she might as well kissed a nigger. She says ’kiss me back nigger.’ I say miss Mayella lemme outa here and I tried to run but she got her back to the door and I’d had to push her. I didn’t wanta harm her Mr. Finch and I say lemme pass‚ but just when I say it Mr. Ewell yonder hollered though the window
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’ This description introduces [although this is not the first time we come across him] Crooks as a solemn and quiet character. This is because of the fact that being a black person he is segregated from everyone else and the ‘pain’ of being the ‘nigger’ is suffocating and he is only just tolerating this ‘pain’. ‘Lined with pain’ suggests that he is wrinkled and wrinkles only appear when you are stressed this demonstrates that the racial discrimination was too intense and it was beginning to reflect
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that he keeps it a secret when he finds out that Jim has runaway. His conscience tells him he should turn Jim in‚ but he goes against it and helps him out instead. “Conscience says to me‚ ‘What had poor Miss Watson done to you‚ that you could see her nigger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word?’” (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 66). Jim and Huck have become very close and Huck now looks at Jim as a human being‚ instead of a black man or a runaway slave. Huck saves Jim many times
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racial prejudice‚ I know this because of what some of the characters say or experience. An example‚ is that Atticus’s children are bullied by townsfolk‚ because their father is a known lawyer for the black community. “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for‚” said Mrs.Dubose. (Lee 135) This shows that even associating and/or working with black people in Maycomb county makes you “trash” and is frowned upon. This example plus many others throughout the book proves Maycomb experiences
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that Scout’s father "defends niggers." Scout is angered by the comment but takes no action against Cecil‚ but asks Atticus if he does in fact defend black people. Atticus assures her that he does‚ and that it is the right thing to do. Atticus’ fight for justice causes more problems for Scout. She always defends Atticus but the racist comments do not stop. Scout defends her father when her cousin Francais refers to Atticus with the statement "He’s nothin’ but a nigger-lover." After Scout beats up
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attitudes towards Crooks‚ for example in chapter four Curley’s Wife says "Well you just keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny" Crooks stared hopelessly at her’. Curley’s wife uses the term "Nigger" to refer to him. This word was acceptable to use during the time the book was set‚ it shows the status between the two characters. A "nigger" was expected to carry out their instructions without any question. Crooks stared hopelessly back at her because
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anybody hurt?’ ‘No ’m. Killed a nigger.’ ‘Well‚ it ’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt’”) (Twain 247)‚ we can see that the off-handed nature of the dialog further illustrates Kaye’s point that racism is often times multifaceted expression of someone’s ideas and beliefs. Twain provides a two-fold depiction of how deeply their prejudices run. First and most obviously‚ is the actual content of the conversation. Not only do they derogatorily refer to blacks as niggers without so much as a second
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another aspect about shore life that Twain has explored in the novel. Huckleberry Finn assumes the role of multiple different personas. At one point when he was onshore he pretends to be a boy who hates niggers‚ but in reality he is saving and protecting one. Huck was once questioned regarding a nigger who had just escaped. He’s response was
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Do others ever think how others feel before speaking? In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee explains how the color of your skin affected a person or favored a person. Harper Lee talks about a trail that took place with a black man named Tom Robinson‚ and a white young lady named Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was accused of rapping Mayella Ewell‚ because he was a black man he ended up losing the trial. Tom Robinson was sentenced to life prison‚ and later on was killed during one of his breaks.The message
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“They left all the weak ones here” In section 4 of the novel “of mice and men”‚ George and the ranchers have left the “weak ones” at the ranch and gone into town. Although Curley’s wife is the one who refers to them as the “weak ones”‚ she herself is included in this group. The theme which is emphasised in this section is the overriding theme that humanity is small and fragile in comparison with the forces that control our lives. Steinbeck shows great compassion to this group of people‚ he describes
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