Is it possible that even today in the world that we live in prejudice still exist and is happening around us,is there people that kill mockingbirds ?Well i can tell for a fact theirs full of them in the book “To kill a mockingbird”by Harper Lee. It surprises by the continuous flow of prejudices and hatred there is for certain groups or individuals in maycomb county. The use of this idea that people have make people think it’s okay act upon it. For example woman will gossip about others,name calling ,scapegoating,exclusion,and more.In the novel “To kill a Mockingbird”,the interesting idea is prejudice.This idea is portrayed in many aspects of the novel ,and is directed.Towards both groups and indiviuals in maycomp community.Prejudice is lined
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because of his race the hatred towards him and his family by mr.Ewell ,prejudice attitudes are brought toward him that lead to him having to be treated unjustly, unfairly,socially and morally for something he hasn’t done.“In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.”(p 243). For the same reason he is accused of rape, without any evidence that he committed the crime.Tom's court case was racist and unjust. Tom stated in the case that he felt sorry for Mayella Ewell '. This infuriated the juries because showing sympathy for class above you was an insult to the class above. Blacks were considered the lowest class of human beings.Tom loses the case, he was found guilty of a crime he didn't commit. The only reason the juries found him guilty was because they would never take the word of a black man over two white people. If they did this could threaten the system they live in, the system of segregation. Jem and Scout don't understand this, so they turn to Atticus and ask why he tells them "I don't know how they did it tonight but they did it and they have done it before and they will do it again. And when they do it, it seems only children weep.Goodnight."(page 250).Also another part of what happens with Tom can be compared to a mockingbird.Throughout the novel, a mockingbird has been a symbol of innocence, of someone who has done no harm. When Scout and Jem receive guns for Christmas one year, Atticus tells Jem that he can, ‘shoot at all the bluejays he wants, if he can hit them, but remember that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ You see Scout not only understood this, but it’s deeper meaning, when she talks to Atticus about Tom Robinson. In a way, she says, convicting Tom Robinson would be like shootin a mockingbird. When Tom Robinson is killed trying to escape
because of his race the hatred towards him and his family by mr.Ewell ,prejudice attitudes are brought toward him that lead to him having to be treated unjustly, unfairly,socially and morally for something he hasn’t done.“In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.”(p 243). For the same reason he is accused of rape, without any evidence that he committed the crime.Tom's court case was racist and unjust. Tom stated in the case that he felt sorry for Mayella Ewell '. This infuriated the juries because showing sympathy for class above you was an insult to the class above. Blacks were considered the lowest class of human beings.Tom loses the case, he was found guilty of a crime he didn't commit. The only reason the juries found him guilty was because they would never take the word of a black man over two white people. If they did this could threaten the system they live in, the system of segregation. Jem and Scout don't understand this, so they turn to Atticus and ask why he tells them "I don't know how they did it tonight but they did it and they have done it before and they will do it again. And when they do it, it seems only children weep.Goodnight."(page 250).Also another part of what happens with Tom can be compared to a mockingbird.Throughout the novel, a mockingbird has been a symbol of innocence, of someone who has done no harm. When Scout and Jem receive guns for Christmas one year, Atticus tells Jem that he can, ‘shoot at all the bluejays he wants, if he can hit them, but remember that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ You see Scout not only understood this, but it’s deeper meaning, when she talks to Atticus about Tom Robinson. In a way, she says, convicting Tom Robinson would be like shootin a mockingbird. When Tom Robinson is killed trying to escape