for all. Throughout the small-town life‚ many characters see the evil in human nature‚ while others cause the evil with being racist. The kids’ innocence gets demolished‚ yet they learn valuable lessons about being prejudice. The small town of Maycomb has some fault in the injustice made when Tom Robinson is pronounced guilty. Miss Maudie says “ The town has taken … baby-steps… ” towards justice‚ for nobody
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Racism strongly affects the events that happen in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ and is seen constantly throughout the story. The novel starts out focused of Jem and Scout’s adventures in small town Maycomb. Both they and their friend Dill grow more curious of their mysterious neighbor. The kids try a number of times to see Boo Radley himself‚ getting in trouble time and time again. The novel then shifts to focus on Jem and Scouts’ father Atticus and his new trial. In this society‚ most people
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eliminating the prejudice in the society. The author’s use of techniques such as dialogue‚ irony and contrast helps emphasise this idea and helps readers understand the degree of intensified racism during the 1930s not only in the fictional city of Maycomb but also reflects racism in America during the same period. In this imperfect world where whites had seemed to have dominated for many decades‚ it is inevitable that every place would experience some form of racial discrimination. However‚ despite
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Atticus is known around Maycomb as a serious man. Mrs. Maudie claims‚ “ ‘ Atticus is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.’ ” (Lee 52). Throughout the book‚ we see Atticus as an ideal father and a model citizen. Our perspectives on Atticus change throughout the book. In the end‚ Atticus’s character can be summed up in 3 simple words. Sagacious‚ Altruistic‚ and Diligent‚ all summed up into one character. Diligent‚ showing care in one’s work or duties. One main point in the book
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Saskatoon that relates to the situation in Maycomb. Though we may not want to admit it‚ classism is a problem with certain areas of our city. To compare one set of people to another by the amount of money they make or the objects they have is to compare social classes. Those with more money are considered higher on the social scale as opposed to those who make minimum wage and have to hold onto 3 jobs to provide for their families. The people of Maycomb are divided by their names. The Finches are
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Maycomb; a town of unequal rights for blacks and whites; typical in the 1930s. The setting of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird fits just perfect to an atmosphere of hatred towards African Americans. Moreover‚ what is unexpected in this setting is someone who looks past skin color and to self worth; someone who stands up for blacks. That person is Atticus Finch; father to the main characters Scout and Jem‚ and lawyer in Maycomb County. Lawyer in the Tom Robinson rape case‚ Atticus‚ a white‚ defended
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was such strong racism in Maycomb‚ there were excuses made for whites. Racism in Maycomb was everywhere. Any attempt to deviate from that way of thinking was unspeakable‚ and you were known as a ’nigger-lover ’. Atticus told Scout: “nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don ’t mean anything - like snot-nose. It ’s hard to explain - ignorant‚ trashy people use it when they think somebody ’s favouring Negroes over and above themselves.” Most of the people in Maycomb were racially prejudiced
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misjudgment. For example‚ the people of Maycomb judged the Ewell’s family because they lived in a dump and they couldn’t hold a job. While Bob Ewell does in fact fit this judgment‚ not all of the Ewell’s do. Mayella Ewell lives in the same place as Bob‚ yet she is not like him. Even though the Ewells yard is trash‚ as stated in chapter 17 (pg. 170)‚ Mayella was able to keep six “Brilliant red Geranium”. This proves that Maycomb has misjudged Mayella. The citizens of Maycomb County are quick to judge Boo Radley;
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In the small‚ Southern‚ towns of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ education varies from family to family. Every family has a different take‚ on how they implicate education to their families and therefore creates a huge range of those who can read and write and those who cannot. In‚ To Kill A Mocking Bird by. Harper Lee‚ this range of education is demonstrated in many different ways. One way that Lee demonstrates‚ the different levels of education‚ among the citizens of Maycomb. Is through the setting of school
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evil assumption - that all Negroes lie‚ that all Negroes are basically immoral beings.” (Lee 273). This was a line quoted from Atticus during Tom Robinson’s court case in To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird took place in the early 1930’s in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ when many people were strongly prejudiced against blacks. Atticus said this line not only to save Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ from the wrongful verdict of rape‚ but potentially even some of his town from the stifling grip of prejudice
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