Theme Of Racism In To Kill A Mocking Bird

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird, a novel, 1960, racism in Maycomb Alabama is a very common occurring theme. Many people and families are affected by the way racism is used throughout the book and towards one another. Tom Robinson is a poor black man who dedicates all of his time into working and racism towards him changed his life. Although this theme was more popular in the time period of the 1900’s it is still a very big issue to this day. Some cases are brought to the extreme and are extraordinarily out of hand. The Finches’ are one of the few families in Maycomb who consider racism to be an issue and treat everyone with the same respect. Atticus Finch has a huge role in this story to not only defend his client but also defend racism and take harsh comments from other people such as “Nigger Lover”. It takes his children a while to understand it, but towards the end they have a good idea of racism and take it into consideration towards the end of the novel. First, racism is used commonly throughout the story in racial sayings, Maycomb’s ways, public events, and many actions of people. Atticus Finches’ kids, …show more content…
Racism in this story easily displayed people’s characteristics and their thoughts about others. Many families are affected and have had their lives changed due to racism. The Finches’ are one of the only families in Maycomb who believe racism is wrong so Atticus and his children are verbally attacked in some parts of the book due to their thoughts of everyone being equal. The greatest example of racism is Tom Robinson, he was a very kind innocent man and everyone knew that. Just simply because of his skin color he was criticized and eventually killed. As Scout and Jem grew older, towards the end of the novel the racism seemed to be less and the Finches’ took every person of every color into