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    named Mayella Ewell and she like black men but she doesn’t want people to know because she is afraid she won’t be accepted. Because of her selfishness she put a black man named Tom Robinson put in jail and on trial. The central idea of To Kill a Mockingbird is racism and fear. People back in the 1930’s were really racist. They didn’t like the fact that black people could just come to America and try to be like them so they didn’t like them. In the book Mayella was scared of what people think of her

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    Racism‚ or Rather Hating Due to Idleness Racism‚ has been present ever since man’s fall into sin. “Behold‚ I was brought forth in iniquity‚ and in sin my mother conceived me.” Psalms 51:5. Because of man’s sinful nature‚ he has given superiority to those whose skin tone he deems “pure”. People from all cultures have their own trash speech that they reserve for other ethnicities. Harper Lee’s book‚ How To Kill A Mockingbird confronts racism‚ a ruthless cycle of hate and judgment. Racism shows itself

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    1. Which article outlines the judicial branch? Article Three 2. What is the primary job of the judicial branch? Interprets Laws 3. What is the highest court in the U.S. ? Supreme Court 4. What do we call lower federal courts? Inferior 5. A dual court system means we have what? Federal and State Courts 6. What is federalism? Balance b/t states and national government 7. Who has the power to create or abolish lower federal courts? Congress 8. What created the Supreme Court? The Constitution

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    Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome.” (Rosa Parks) This quote is a very accurate representation of what life for people is like today. Yes‚ you heard that right. Today’s society is not truly equal like it is portrayed to be. There are several authors that have written about what their life has been like‚ such as‚ How to Kill a Mockingbird‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ and The Absolutely True Diary

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    this barrier is driven by a chaotic force known as racism. Over the years‚ racism has morphed into a power so vicious it tears people apart and soils the unity of humanity‚ creating a division between the different types of people who live together. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the prime targets of racism are the members of the African-American community‚ and they are treated poorly by many of the people who live in Maycomb. Racism plays a large part in the way the social hierarchy

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    addition‚ an obvious example of racism in the book‚ blacks versus whites‚ is often seen and thought to be understood. The book and movie both portrayed how it is deeper than that. For example‚ in the Tom Robinson case‚ when Tom lost and went to prison‚ he was shot for ’’trying to escape’’ which is not something Tom’s character would do. The officers were white and probably voted that he was guilty even though basically everyone knew he wasn’t. They wanted to kill him so he could never be proven innocent

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    especially racism. If at least a few more people engaged in this nurturing nature racism can slowly become less common. Even the late Dr. Martin Luther King led many movements and protests filled with love‚ not hatred for whites or blacks who didn’t support him. He met most of the goals established with help from the people because he was positively influential. Next‚ the condescending outlook we have on one another needs to change. In the earlier chapters in “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout invites

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    “To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in the small rural town Macomb Alabama in the 1930’s. The town gives the illusion of being a pleasant safe place to live but the social classes are clear‚ the “normal” white townspeople”; the ignorant uneducated hicks‚ and the lowest class is the black community. This irrational social hiechary is explored through out the novel and displays the destructive nature of racism and prejudice of all types through out the novel. The story is narrated from the point of

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    Racism is present throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism has been around for many years and will probably never go away. There is many examples of racism throughout the entire book of To Kill a Mockingbird. After knowing all the examples it teaches the reader about many things that occurred throughout the 1900’s. Racism is not only rude‚ it also affects people’s lives and how people live. Racism is atrocious and it agonizes many people. First‚ Scout and Jem were walking around outside. Then

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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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