white Americans were willing to go‚ in this era‚ to denigrate the African American race. Lee demonstrates this through Scout’s internal monologue and her interpretation of the scene. Tom Robinson’s alienation is shown through the angry reaction of Maycomb after Tom’s comment of empathy towards Mayella Ewell. Tom is chastised for feeling sorry for Mayella because she is white.
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plot of her story as fictional but the events of the story quite parallel to real life events of South America in the 1930s. Authentic events such as the Great Depression‚ racial segregation of the white and blacks‚ and the setting of the novel in Maycomb‚ Alabama are present in the novel to categorise it as a
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life lessons in an unique way‚ compared to the rest of Maycomb. There is a lot to learn about him‚ ranging from understanding the shortcomings of people to courage. Atticus is one of the few characters in To Kill A Mockingbird that is even-handed about African Americans throughout the entire story. Atticus stands up for what he believes in and does not let the other people of Maycomb affect his decisions. He is a true role model for Maycomb as a whole. Atticus conveyed tons of self-control in the
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the most important person throughout the novel. The first trait Atticus showed was how he was smart when he explained that he is a lawyer. He departed Maycomb to read law in Montgomery and when he arrived back he started his practice. Atticus wasn’t an average lawyer either. His first two clients were the last ones that were hanged in the Maycomb County jail. He also earned a good income from his job which showed that he had an important job in the town. Scout said‚ “yet the tradition of living on
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In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Lee utilizes irony to emphasize the connection between the issue of racism in Maycomb to Hitler’s intolerance for Jews. Lee applies the reference to Adolf Hitler as a representation of the discrimination in Maycomb. During a lesson‚ Miss Gates expresses her belief of how it was horribly erroneous Hitler’s injustice to the Jews was. Although she believes “‘[in Maycomb]‚ we don’t believe in persecuting anybody’‚” she is oblivious to the prejudice she is against because it
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seeing what is wrong or right because they are too worried about the image they have painted of a person from little information. When identity contingencies are near‚ discrimination is just around the corner‚ waiting to prey on victims in Maycomb. The town of Maycomb is portrayed as a subjective community in an attempt to show readers that perceptions
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee‚ this story takes place in the mid-1930s‚ following the narration of Scout Finch in her small town‚ Maycomb Alabama. Important characters are Atticus Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Arthur Radley‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Tom Robinson; all of these characters lead to major plot points. Harper Lee uses the symbol of a Mockingbird to display the idea that harming the innocent is one of the worst things you can do. When Bob Ewell tried to ambush the Finch kids‚ he was
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lynched or killed. Segregation was taken for granted. The novel presents the terrible effects that prejudice has on certain characters in the novel‚ such as Tom Robinson‚ Arthur Radley and the Finch family. The setting of “To kill a Mockingbird” is Maycomb‚ a small town in the American South‚ similar to the one in which Harper Lee grew up. In Lee’s childhood in 1931‚ nine black men were accused of raping two white women near her town. Even though there was medical evidence that proved the women hadn’t
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because he does not have his own “song”. Whereas‚ the blue jay is loud and obnoxious‚ the mockingbird only sings other birds’ songs. Therefore‚ the mockingbird is seen through the other birds. Tom Robinson is as innocent as a mockingbird. The people of Maycomb only knew Tom Robinson by what others said about him. He does not really have his own "song"‚ so he is characterized by other people’s viewpoints. Tom is an innocent man. Chopping wood and doing whatever he could for Mayella Ewell was Tom Robinson’s
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the lives of individuals in a negative way because it shapes the way a society thinks‚ leaving long lasting views of racism‚ sexism‚ and classism. Classism is the prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class. In Maycomb County‚ it is known‚ according to Jem‚ that “There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors‚ there’s the kind like the
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