iscrimination in Maycomb
What would you do if you were African American and someone called you a “nigger”? How would you react? In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, black and white people are segregated due to racial discrimination and the Jim Crow law. In the novel, the message is “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" (Lee 39). In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the discrimination towards black people limits and destroys who they are. They include the everlasting racial segregation in black society, the bitterness and cruelty towards the Finch family and black community from Bob Ewell and Mrs. Dubose view, and how Tom Robinson was …show more content…
Tom was found guilty and therefore he was killed because of the crime he committed and because his skin colour. Atticus mentioned to Aunt Alexandra that, “Tom’s dead.… He was running…he broke out into a blind raving charge at the fence and started to climb over it…they fired a few shots in the air, then to kill” (315). The reason why they killed him is because they were angry that he raped a white folk. If Tom was white, the guards may have not shot him. Therefore, although he was found guilty, he was killed because of the crime he committed and because of his skin colour. To conclude, the discrimination towards black people also reflects on how Tom Robinson was treated during the trial which includes how Bob Ewell was falsely accusing that he saw Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell, why Mayella was lying to the judge, her father and Tom during the trial, and because Tom was found guilty, he was killed due to the crime he did and because of his his skin …show more content…
This is included in the everlasting racial segregation in black society, the bitterness and cruelty towards the Finch family and black community from Bob Ewell and Mrs. Dubose view and how Tom Robinson was discriminated during the trial. These three examples prove how people were treating African Americans in general over the course of the time of Tom Robinsons trial. This diminishes their identity by because they were not treated properly due to the racial segregation in Maycomb. It also contributes to their identity of themselves because due to the fact black people were treated differently than whites and how white people talked and respected black people. The Jim Crow law was one of the key factors of segregation. This is because the Jim Crow law was used in the 20th century to disallow whites to communicate with blacks. Since this law was in effect, it created racial segregation between the white’s and the coloured people. Since then, racial segregation has diminished . So, if you were African American, what would you do if someone called you a “nigger”? How would you
What would you do if you were African American and someone called you a “nigger”? How would you react? In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, black and white people are segregated due to racial discrimination and the Jim Crow law. In the novel, the message is “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" (Lee 39). In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the discrimination towards black people limits and destroys who they are. They include the everlasting racial segregation in black society, the bitterness and cruelty towards the Finch family and black community from Bob Ewell and Mrs. Dubose view, and how Tom Robinson was …show more content…
Tom was found guilty and therefore he was killed because of the crime he committed and because his skin colour. Atticus mentioned to Aunt Alexandra that, “Tom’s dead.… He was running…he broke out into a blind raving charge at the fence and started to climb over it…they fired a few shots in the air, then to kill” (315). The reason why they killed him is because they were angry that he raped a white folk. If Tom was white, the guards may have not shot him. Therefore, although he was found guilty, he was killed because of the crime he committed and because of his skin colour. To conclude, the discrimination towards black people also reflects on how Tom Robinson was treated during the trial which includes how Bob Ewell was falsely accusing that he saw Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell, why Mayella was lying to the judge, her father and Tom during the trial, and because Tom was found guilty, he was killed due to the crime he did and because of his his skin …show more content…
This is included in the everlasting racial segregation in black society, the bitterness and cruelty towards the Finch family and black community from Bob Ewell and Mrs. Dubose view and how Tom Robinson was discriminated during the trial. These three examples prove how people were treating African Americans in general over the course of the time of Tom Robinsons trial. This diminishes their identity by because they were not treated properly due to the racial segregation in Maycomb. It also contributes to their identity of themselves because due to the fact black people were treated differently than whites and how white people talked and respected black people. The Jim Crow law was one of the key factors of segregation. This is because the Jim Crow law was used in the 20th century to disallow whites to communicate with blacks. Since this law was in effect, it created racial segregation between the white’s and the coloured people. Since then, racial segregation has diminished . So, if you were African American, what would you do if someone called you a “nigger”? How would you