To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that shows segregation between two races and Scout, the little girl and narrator, does not realize what is actually going on. The Ku Klux Klan were a more intense group of white men who were against blacks like the white citizens in Maycomb were but the KKK took it too far. In To Kill A Mockingbird, there are several examples that take place.
The KKK was founded on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. Their main goal was to make whites more superior than the rest of the races and all the members were white men. To try to discriminate the other races. In TKAM, Atticus talks to Scout and Jem about how blacks always lose. He says, “...when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always …show more content…
They were scared because they would be killed for doing nothing at all besides being themselves. But, it was not just black people who were affected from this, it was also a lot of other races to since the KKK wanted the white race to be above all. This violent group would raid people at night and every single time even someone innocent got murdered. The KKK used a lot of methods to promote their group to become more popular but the most used was whipping people in public. The government has tried to get rid of the KKK by passing an act. But, the government was afraid of them because the group has killed leaders with no hesitation. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Cal tries to explain to Scout and Jem why she talks the way she does, “Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks’ talk at home it’d be out of place, wouldn’t it?’ (Lee, 167) The KKK relates to TKAM because they were against blacks just as the citizens in Maycomb were. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout realizes why people in Maycomb don’t treat the blacks equally. Her father, Atticus, defends a black man even though he was going to lose regardless because he wasn’t racist like most of the town. He has taught Scout and Jem since they were little that it doesn’t matter what race they are, you don’t disrespect them. Bob Ewell is a perfect example of the racism that took place during this time because Harper Lee wanted to show both sides of the prejudice and non
The KKK was founded on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. Their main goal was to make whites more superior than the rest of the races and all the members were white men. To try to discriminate the other races. In TKAM, Atticus talks to Scout and Jem about how blacks always lose. He says, “...when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always …show more content…
They were scared because they would be killed for doing nothing at all besides being themselves. But, it was not just black people who were affected from this, it was also a lot of other races to since the KKK wanted the white race to be above all. This violent group would raid people at night and every single time even someone innocent got murdered. The KKK used a lot of methods to promote their group to become more popular but the most used was whipping people in public. The government has tried to get rid of the KKK by passing an act. But, the government was afraid of them because the group has killed leaders with no hesitation. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Cal tries to explain to Scout and Jem why she talks the way she does, “Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks’ talk at home it’d be out of place, wouldn’t it?’ (Lee, 167) The KKK relates to TKAM because they were against blacks just as the citizens in Maycomb were. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout realizes why people in Maycomb don’t treat the blacks equally. Her father, Atticus, defends a black man even though he was going to lose regardless because he wasn’t racist like most of the town. He has taught Scout and Jem since they were little that it doesn’t matter what race they are, you don’t disrespect them. Bob Ewell is a perfect example of the racism that took place during this time because Harper Lee wanted to show both sides of the prejudice and non