Examples Of Inequality In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the early 1930s, the United States of America was still in its darkest time. Race, gender, and wealth were the major factors of discrimination. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, several scenes supports the thematic statement about inequality, and how it applies to certain groups. Harper Lee argues that equality does not only affect one race or mankind. One event that shows inequality is when White and Black people had separated churches. Even though the slavery has ended, the invisible wall between those two races has not been open. When Jem and Scout go to Calpurnia’s church, Lula, who is enraged about Calpurnia’s action of bringing White children to a Black church, says, “I wants to know why you bringin’ White chillun to nigger church” (Lee 158). This shows the segregated churches between White and Black people. As the theme argues that inequality affects certain groups, it reveals that equal treatment should not only occur between White to white but also two different people from another …show more content…
It is still argued over in our current society. For example, the inequality issue between men and women is still issued in the workplaces. Median weekly earnings for women, working full time, are only 80% than those for men. Also, the employers tend to take men employees more than women employees, because they think the women cannot do the works as good as men. Even though the discrimination is not as extreme as the past, it is not gone. Therefore, Harper Lee’s argument is reasonable and is still is an issue in our world.
Harper Lee’s argument about inequality, in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, does not only occur to one race or mankind. The novel shows scenes where Blacks and Whites live in different environment and how women are viewed unfairly against men. Furthermore, the inequality is still going on in our current society. Harper Lee develops the argument of inequality well, and how it applies to certain