Prejudism is Real
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite,” said Nelson Mandela, civil rights activist. This quote explains the prejudism going on in To Kill a Mockingbird because there’s judging going on with everyone and the young kids in the story don’t see why it happens because they weren’t born to discriminate. I think everybody is treated unfairly in some way or another and I think that no matter who you are or what you do, you’ll be judged by someone for it. In To Kill a Mockingbird, different types of prejudism are shown …show more content…
None of them had done an honest day of work in his recollection...they were people but they lived like animals...,” said Scout (Lee 30). The Ewell family is another example of people who were judged in To Kill a Mockingbird. The thing that some people don’t understand is that you can be judged for more than just your race or religion. The Ewell family is judged because they’re poor, dirty, and uneducated. They weren’t treated like equals at all. “Nobody had occasion to pass by except at Christmas, when the churches delivered baskets, and when the mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash,” said Scout (Lee 171). This quote describes the way the Ewells were seen by society. Nobody cared enough to visit the family, and they weren’t even seen as real people. They were treated as if they were some wild animals. The Ewell family was judged not because of race or religion, but for they way they lived. The Ewell kids never had a chance of changing their reputation because everyone judged them before even getting to know …show more content…
As you can see, most of the judgments of the characters were inaccurate. Everyone goes through being judged at some point or another, and it’s just wrong. It shouldn’t happen. The kids learned just that by actually getting to know the people whom they were judging. They realized that they weren’t so bad after all. Tom Robinson was judged because of his race, the Ewell family was judged because they were poor and dirty, and Boo Radley was judged because he stayed inside and was different from anyone else. The lesson learned in the story was just like the quote Atticus said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view–until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” It’s a very important lesson that even today’s society should learn. Prejudism still exists today, and some people don’t realize it. It’s a sad thing, to be judged for just being you, but it happens all the time. The best advice is to just accept that you probably will be judged for anything you do, so just be
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite,” said Nelson Mandela, civil rights activist. This quote explains the prejudism going on in To Kill a Mockingbird because there’s judging going on with everyone and the young kids in the story don’t see why it happens because they weren’t born to discriminate. I think everybody is treated unfairly in some way or another and I think that no matter who you are or what you do, you’ll be judged by someone for it. In To Kill a Mockingbird, different types of prejudism are shown …show more content…
None of them had done an honest day of work in his recollection...they were people but they lived like animals...,” said Scout (Lee 30). The Ewell family is another example of people who were judged in To Kill a Mockingbird. The thing that some people don’t understand is that you can be judged for more than just your race or religion. The Ewell family is judged because they’re poor, dirty, and uneducated. They weren’t treated like equals at all. “Nobody had occasion to pass by except at Christmas, when the churches delivered baskets, and when the mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash,” said Scout (Lee 171). This quote describes the way the Ewells were seen by society. Nobody cared enough to visit the family, and they weren’t even seen as real people. They were treated as if they were some wild animals. The Ewell family was judged not because of race or religion, but for they way they lived. The Ewell kids never had a chance of changing their reputation because everyone judged them before even getting to know …show more content…
As you can see, most of the judgments of the characters were inaccurate. Everyone goes through being judged at some point or another, and it’s just wrong. It shouldn’t happen. The kids learned just that by actually getting to know the people whom they were judging. They realized that they weren’t so bad after all. Tom Robinson was judged because of his race, the Ewell family was judged because they were poor and dirty, and Boo Radley was judged because he stayed inside and was different from anyone else. The lesson learned in the story was just like the quote Atticus said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view–until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” It’s a very important lesson that even today’s society should learn. Prejudism still exists today, and some people don’t realize it. It’s a sad thing, to be judged for just being you, but it happens all the time. The best advice is to just accept that you probably will be judged for anything you do, so just be