Examples Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

Not many people in today’s world think that racism is still a problem ,but others see otherwise. Those that have seen the true world will know that racism is still a very big problem. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has to protect a black man from being accused of a crime he did not commit, and protect him from the racist views of the town. Atticus, the black mans defense attorney, uses strong emotions and facts to try to persuade the jury.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus is walking in front of the jury when he asks the judge if he can take off his: watch and chain, unbutton his vest and collar, loosened his tie,and took off his coat. In doing this the jury felt more comfortable around him and they were more open to suggestions and will listen to him more closely. He then went on to say at the end of his speech “In God’s name believe him.” , he said this more to him self than to the jury but it shows that he is associating with religion and is trying to get them to go more with religion and evidence more than prejudices. …show more content…
In this line he is he is trying to be truthful here and show that the case should not have come to court and he is trying to get the jury to see that race is indifferent in this case. He says that she broke a code in their society and it was guilt that motivated her to claim rape, he is bringing down what little credibility she had left and making it so that she cannot be trusted and that the jury will see that she cannot be