Examples Of Social Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

A big part in the world is racism and always will be in our society. In the novel to kill a mockingbird by “harper lee” shows racism in the great depression. And how black people are looked at badly back in that era. To Begin with the theme that social inequality and injustice developed through the trial. Lee shows that because tom is a negro and lost the trial. For example, atticus says “after all he's just a negro”{266}. This example atticus knew he wasn't going to win because of how racist society is. No matter how hard he tries he knows that Tom Robinson was going to win because atticus is black.Another way social inequality and injustice is shown through the jury trial.The author shows that a black man doesn't matter but a white man does. For example, Atticus says ” in our courts when there's a white man's word against a black man's word the white man always wins.” (295). Nobody in the courtroom think that Tom Robinson isn't guilty but they wouldn't take his word over tom's point. Also, Bob Ewell is white and they didn't have a good statement but they let Bob win because Tom is black. This shows how racist that era was. …show more content…
This shows how social inequality and injustice exist in the real world. For example, Mr. Gilmer says “there a black man dead for no reason and the man responsible for it is dead” (369). This shows social inequality mr.gilmer new Bob Ewell is guilty Also there shouldn't be multiple guards shooting at 1 person. Another way to show social inequality is the death of tom robinson. When tom tries to escape he gets shot 17 times and was black. For example, Mr.Finch says ‘seventeen bullet holes they didn't need to be shot that much. This example demonstrates social inequality because it's common sense that you don't need to shot that much to stop an escape and then tried to kill