Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that are not. This is emphasized as one of the main themes in Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Set in the South during the 1930’s in a small town known as Maycomb County‚ the one of the most important morals‚ the one that all humans are created equal‚ is justified. Prejudice can be shown on a scale from most extreme down to least: genocide‚ expulsion‚ slavery‚ segregation‚ assimilation‚ and assimilation. The
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folks. But they’re not our kind of folks." This shows that to the Maycomb citizens‚ social status is an extremely important issue. Also‚ in Tom Robinson’s case‚ Aunt Alexandra also advices Atticus not to take up the case‚ as it would cause the people of Maycomb to look down on them or gossip about them. Hence this shows that people in Maycomb like Aunt Alexandra are extremely conscious about where they stand in the society. Maycomb is a very religious town with the foot-washing Baptists appearing
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In To Kill A MockingBird‚ Harper Lee describes the school setting and Southern culture to better understand the story and its plot. Lee describes deep divisions between the people in Maycomb‚ divisions that the everyone in the town is aware of. For example‚ when Scout’s first grade teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ is new to Maycomb and does not know of these divisions‚ she is quickly showed them. She tells Burris Ewell after a “cootie” comes out of his hair‚ to go home and wash his hair‚ but is puzzled after Burris tells her he was just leaving
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They all affect the future of Maycomb County for the better or worse. Miss Gates for example teaches the future of Maycomb a contradicting lesson on democracy and the meaning of it all. Atticus fearlessly fights prejudice in public. Maycomb as whole is a mixture of point of views‚containing white supremacists and those who embrace change with open arms. In the end they all shape the future of Maycomb and as the motto says “ from mud to the stars “ ( 345 ). Maycomb county is a predominantly white
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In Harper Lee’s ‘To kill a Mockingbird‚’ ideas of prejudice and discrimination are explored through Scout and Jem’s views‚ as their understanding of the Maycomb community changes and develops. Another prime example of prejudice‚ is the derogatory treatment of Atticus Finch and his family after he takes Tom Robinson’s case and the racial prejudice displayed towards Maycomb’s African-American community. Maycomb’s fear and prejudice towards Boo Radley and Tom Robinson is shown through the character
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Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ racism and social inequality are two central themes. Many different forms of social inequality coexist in the society depicted in the book‚ as the people of Maycomb are very rigid in their ways. This is because the book takes place in a time at which there was much racism and social inequality. In Maycomb‚ firstly there is discrimination between rich and poor white people‚ who do not often interact with each other. There is also racism against blacks by all white people in society
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a Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee in 1960. This book focuses on a trial in Maycomb that talks about the social categories found there. Race‚ class‚ and gender are huge categories that even affect people today in 2016 in America. Therefore‚ in Maycomb‚ one can observe the social categories such as race‚ class‚ and gender and how they can affect such a small town. First‚ race is a key determining factor in Maycomb in how one is treated in their community. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ one can immediately
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different * “Maycomb county had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear itself”. Page 10 1c: Awareness of difference in social classes. * “Nothing to buy and no money to buy with it”. Page 10os 1d- Narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside of Maycomb. * “Nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County”. Page 10 2- Approximately when does the story start? * The story begins in the 1930’s after the great depression in Maycomb. “There was
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“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
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the small-mindedness of the Maycomb community hiders Maycomb people to truly understand each other. Arthur Radley‚ also known as Boo‚ is assigned with negative characteristics without validation by the Maycomb community. As the story unfolds‚ Scout‚ the narrator‚ starts to know more about Boo Radley‚ Boo transforms from a mysterious and fearful person to the most heroic and sympathetic character in the novel. Scout experiences that hatred and biased will
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