The main point of the film is to display the era of the 1930s and how racism, prejudice and injustice reigned in the United States, the real America. I believe the purpose of this particular film was to display and promote the comparison of killing a mocking bird to executing an innocent individual.
In the film the comparison is to an African American male, Tom Robinson. A main character named Atticus Finch declares in a conversation, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your …show more content…
They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Since the mockingbird does no harm to anyone and sings for the people. Thus, the slaying of a mockingbird is a great injustice and a terrible act. This film displays the inequality, discrimination, and corruption that was abundant in the
United States. It is very well known that racism was rampant in this era however; to speak and think as the film displays in the 1930s (Atticus in defense of African Americans) was unknown of. Atticus did not have the mindset of the many. This attitude was not common even during the
1960s when the film was released. The film begins with a girl named Scout Finch. She is narrating the story in the film. She meets a gentleman who is in debt with her father, Walter Cunningham. Scout’s father Atticus
Finch is an attorney. It appears he practices in criminal defense. He represents African …show more content…
Nevertheless, in the reality of the 1930s many African Americans who were accused of attempting or acting on heinous, immoral offenses were not subjects to the court or the existing law. African Americans were sometimes brutally attacked and killed by citizens and were not appointed to due process of law.
In this film there were two African American defendants. The film does show that they don’t get killed by the people (in the beginning). The two defendants were brought to trail, in which in reality many were lynch or shot. The film did not manifest the true, unvarnished, vivid realities and characters of chauvinism and discrimination of the 1930s. The writer and director did successfully prove their arguments but did not do it to the fullest potential. The director proved his point by showing a glimpse of how racism was existent in this time and how society operated normally to certain events.
The film displayed how white individuals thoroughly did have a compass of justice like
Attorney Atticus Finch. Finch was a white male but did not participate with the views
In the film the comparison is to an African American male, Tom Robinson. A main character named Atticus Finch declares in a conversation, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your …show more content…
They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Since the mockingbird does no harm to anyone and sings for the people. Thus, the slaying of a mockingbird is a great injustice and a terrible act. This film displays the inequality, discrimination, and corruption that was abundant in the
United States. It is very well known that racism was rampant in this era however; to speak and think as the film displays in the 1930s (Atticus in defense of African Americans) was unknown of. Atticus did not have the mindset of the many. This attitude was not common even during the
1960s when the film was released. The film begins with a girl named Scout Finch. She is narrating the story in the film. She meets a gentleman who is in debt with her father, Walter Cunningham. Scout’s father Atticus
Finch is an attorney. It appears he practices in criminal defense. He represents African …show more content…
Nevertheless, in the reality of the 1930s many African Americans who were accused of attempting or acting on heinous, immoral offenses were not subjects to the court or the existing law. African Americans were sometimes brutally attacked and killed by citizens and were not appointed to due process of law.
In this film there were two African American defendants. The film does show that they don’t get killed by the people (in the beginning). The two defendants were brought to trail, in which in reality many were lynch or shot. The film did not manifest the true, unvarnished, vivid realities and characters of chauvinism and discrimination of the 1930s. The writer and director did successfully prove their arguments but did not do it to the fullest potential. The director proved his point by showing a glimpse of how racism was existent in this time and how society operated normally to certain events.
The film displayed how white individuals thoroughly did have a compass of justice like
Attorney Atticus Finch. Finch was a white male but did not participate with the views