According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary prejudice means, a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something especially when it is not reasonable or logical. Throughout the book, To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, there is a lot of intolerance for a small, quiet town they live in and it’s very hard for the people in the town to defeat the it and the use of it. The town of Maycomb is a very old and very small, everyone knew everyone. The town is very discriminative, so when an African American man is charged with raping a white girl, the whole town turns against him. Even though the town hasn’t even heard his part of what really happened. Because Lee creating the pattern of people in this town being prejudiced, it reveals that it is
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After Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell, Scout need a change of clothes. Aunt Alexandra went to get some and, “brought me my overalls. ‘Put these on, darling,’... handing me the garments she most despised (Lee 354). When Aunt Alexandra first came to live with them, she thought it was weird and unlady like to have Scout wearing ‘overalls’. Aunt Alexandra was using the normal girl stereotypes of how they should dress and using them against Scout because she wore clothing that was considered boys’. Though at the end of the book it appears as if she defeated her prejudicial views about how Scout dressed because she is found handing Scout ‘ the garments she most despised’. However, this appearance of Aunt Alexandra defeating her prejudice is wrong because there is no evidence to show that she actually continued to accept the way Scout dresses. After Scout and Jem were attacked, the whole Finch household was in chaos, with Atticus calling Heck and Dr, Reynolds and Aunt Alexandra making sure Jem and Scout were okay. Aunt Alexandra, “brought me something to put on, and had I thought about it then , I would have never let her forget it: in her distraction Aunty bought me my overalls” (Lee 354). Scout’s Aunt was doing so many things at that moment, she was in a state of ‘distraction’, she didn’t realize what she was giving Scout. She was more worried about making sure she and Jem was okay, then lecturing Scout about clothes. If Aunty did actually defeat her discrimination against Scout’s overalls, Scout wouldn’t of said ‘had I thought about it then, I would never let her forget it’ because why would she ‘never let her forget’ something she let her do everyday. Therefore, through the lack of evidence shown by Lee, it reveals it is hard to defect prejudice; instead of it being easier as it might appear. Though some people may
After Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell, Scout need a change of clothes. Aunt Alexandra went to get some and, “brought me my overalls. ‘Put these on, darling,’... handing me the garments she most despised (Lee 354). When Aunt Alexandra first came to live with them, she thought it was weird and unlady like to have Scout wearing ‘overalls’. Aunt Alexandra was using the normal girl stereotypes of how they should dress and using them against Scout because she wore clothing that was considered boys’. Though at the end of the book it appears as if she defeated her prejudicial views about how Scout dressed because she is found handing Scout ‘ the garments she most despised’. However, this appearance of Aunt Alexandra defeating her prejudice is wrong because there is no evidence to show that she actually continued to accept the way Scout dresses. After Scout and Jem were attacked, the whole Finch household was in chaos, with Atticus calling Heck and Dr, Reynolds and Aunt Alexandra making sure Jem and Scout were okay. Aunt Alexandra, “brought me something to put on, and had I thought about it then , I would have never let her forget it: in her distraction Aunty bought me my overalls” (Lee 354). Scout’s Aunt was doing so many things at that moment, she was in a state of ‘distraction’, she didn’t realize what she was giving Scout. She was more worried about making sure she and Jem was okay, then lecturing Scout about clothes. If Aunty did actually defeat her discrimination against Scout’s overalls, Scout wouldn’t of said ‘had I thought about it then, I would never let her forget it’ because why would she ‘never let her forget’ something she let her do everyday. Therefore, through the lack of evidence shown by Lee, it reveals it is hard to defect prejudice; instead of it being easier as it might appear. Though some people may