In her most famous book, TKAM, she introduces discrimination in the 1930's. A major character, Tom Robinson, fights for his innocence alongside Atticus Finch after being falsely accused of rape. The books main type of discrimination is by race/color. In the story, Mayella, Mr. Ewell's daughter is "raped" by Tom Robinson however there is no evidence to back it up. She appears beaten on her right side in front of the court, she strongly implies Tom did it however he was crippled from his left hand, that left hand was the only way Mayella could have been beaten the way she was. Surprisingly, her father Mr. Ewell is left handed however no one suspects him at all. Discrimination was found in this book because Tom was a black man accused with no
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"Scout’, said Atticus, ‘nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything—like snot-nose. It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.’ ‘You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are you?’ ‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.” (“Harper Lee” 107-109). Atticus doesn't see color and believes in justice. He teaches his children to love everybody because that's the right thing to do. This is most definitely discrimination by association, this can be very impactful on Jem and Scout seeing their father mistreated due to doing what’s right. “Lula stopped, but she said, ‘You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got …show more content…
Calpurnia shows another side of her on how she deals with the world to Scout and Jem. She is different with the white and colored folks, this brings a whole new light of challenges a women like her would face since she loves both as she has strong connections with members of those races. "Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?’ ‘Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament.’ ‘Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter.’ ‘That's what I thought,’ said Jem, ‘but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." (78-81). Jem and Scout try to figure out why society divides up. Why does being black matter is what they try to figure out, this puts fear into the fact they might have negro blood which could can cause them to be treated like a negro."She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black
"Scout’, said Atticus, ‘nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything—like snot-nose. It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody.’ ‘You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are you?’ ‘I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.” (“Harper Lee” 107-109). Atticus doesn't see color and believes in justice. He teaches his children to love everybody because that's the right thing to do. This is most definitely discrimination by association, this can be very impactful on Jem and Scout seeing their father mistreated due to doing what’s right. “Lula stopped, but she said, ‘You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got …show more content…
Calpurnia shows another side of her on how she deals with the world to Scout and Jem. She is different with the white and colored folks, this brings a whole new light of challenges a women like her would face since she loves both as she has strong connections with members of those races. "Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?’ ‘Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament.’ ‘Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter.’ ‘That's what I thought,’ said Jem, ‘but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." (78-81). Jem and Scout try to figure out why society divides up. Why does being black matter is what they try to figure out, this puts fear into the fact they might have negro blood which could can cause them to be treated like a negro."She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black