Examples Of Ignorance In To Kill A Mockingbird

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A conformation of a particular idea of someone or something, used to describe or distinguish them, usually negative. Stereotypes, they are the disparaging commodity of our society. It's what fuels narcissist and egotistical people. Represented best by Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, stereotypes can be the rapid cascade of any community. In this story Lee shows us how sexist, social class, and racist stereotypes affects the small, once innocent, town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. All scrutinized through the young eyes of Jean Louise Finch.
No matter the color of a person's skin or their social class, the town gossips had to share there judgement. The club gatherings were no help, inciting more rumors and straying from the focus of the group. The women stereotype the town, sectioning them off like pens for animals. Alexandria reminds the children repetitively of their importance and superiority in the town. Miss Stephanie Crawford was none the less immature. She claims “Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.” She
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Miss Maudie and Alexandria butt heads while she resides next door. Miss M. doesn’t believe in sexist stereotypes, but Scout’s aunt does. Not only expressing her views on how girls are supposed to behave and dress but letting everyone else know it to. She wants to make sure Scout signs up to her born gender role and act like. Not the tomboy and curious girl she grew up as. Washing dishes, cooking, and clean; all of the things wives in Maycomb did without question. "Behave like a sunbeam," is Aunt Alexandria's remark when making public her mission to protect scouts

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