Throughout the entire book, fairness and justice are two virtues that are extremely hard to find. Since this is the case, how can Atticus and Scout continue to believe in these morals and not get discouraged? People of color are always being discriminated for the duration of this book, and will never live up to those who are “high class and white.” Sexism is another conflict within this book that is caused by discrimination, along with classism. Individuals are constantly being discriminated against for what part of the class spectrum they are on and for what gender they identify themselves as. In Maycomb, there are many different people/situations having to deal with the discrimination towards race, gender, and class recognition.
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Scout, the protagonist, was “...not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them…” This elucidates how much women were so blunt to society, during this period of time. For some eccentric reason it was considered "appalling" for a women to do other things besides cook and clean. If you were a women during this time, you carried the stereotype of "not being fun to be around," but Scout starts to correct this, as she proves she can fit in right along the other boys, and have just as much fun. As well as when, Dill’s parents, very unloving towards Dill, told him “[He's] not a boy. Boys get out and play baseball with other boys, they don't hand around the house worrying their folks. ” There were so many set images for each gender and what they were supposed to become. For instance, males were supposed to be the ones who work all day and then take care of the “manly” tasks. They weren't supposed to be the ones who take care of preparing the meals, because that was the “women's
Throughout this entire book, people of …show more content…
Scout, the protagonist, was “...not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them…” This elucidates how much women were so blunt to society, during this period of time. For some eccentric reason it was considered "appalling" for a women to do other things besides cook and clean. If you were a women during this time, you carried the stereotype of "not being fun to be around," but Scout starts to correct this, as she proves she can fit in right along the other boys, and have just as much fun. As well as when, Dill’s parents, very unloving towards Dill, told him “[He's] not a boy. Boys get out and play baseball with other boys, they don't hand around the house worrying their folks. ” There were so many set images for each gender and what they were supposed to become. For instance, males were supposed to be the ones who work all day and then take care of the “manly” tasks. They weren't supposed to be the ones who take care of preparing the meals, because that was the “women's