People of color from To Kill a Mockingbird and young females living in developing countries are being treated similarly in their society, yet they live in different worlds. They each have different challenges they face but ultimately those challenges fall in the same category, making them similar. These African Americans and young girls are living in societies that revoke their privileges, made to commit acts they may or may not want to do, and have traditional beliefs from their society that is some of the reasoning why both of these parties are being treated in the way they are.
The African American characters referred to as “negroes” in To Kill a Mockingbird and young ladies in some developing countries, also known as 2nd world countries, …show more content…
The people of color characters are forced to do jobs like picking cotton or working for the whites like Calpurnia working as a maid and nanny for Atticus’ family (Lee 6). The discrimination is stopping negroes for getting any kind of other work. In addition, black characters are not allowed to be in relationships with any white people or allowed to approach them in that manner for it’s against their society, even if they really wanted to be in a relationship with a person out of their race and forced to be with someone within their race. During the trial of Tom Robinson, Mayella was wanting to be in a relationship with Tom but he did not let her knowing the consequences of being in a relationship like that (Lee 272). Mayella after being exposed by her father knowing about the attempt tried to cover it up with the rest of the community by claiming Tom raped her because how horrible the town would think of her if they knew the truth (272) . Similarity to the negroes being forced to do acts whether they like to or not, these girls in 2nd world countries, including Nepal, are sometimes married off if they want to or not, by her parents (OECD Observer). They are also forced to stay home and do all the household duties and take care of children for they lack the education to do anything else. These examples have shown the colored people in To Kill a Mockingbird are being forced to commit actions just as young girls in 2nd world countries are forced to do acts they may or may not want to commit. Traditional beliefs is another factor that affects both the African Americans characters and females in developing
The African American characters referred to as “negroes” in To Kill a Mockingbird and young ladies in some developing countries, also known as 2nd world countries, …show more content…
The people of color characters are forced to do jobs like picking cotton or working for the whites like Calpurnia working as a maid and nanny for Atticus’ family (Lee 6). The discrimination is stopping negroes for getting any kind of other work. In addition, black characters are not allowed to be in relationships with any white people or allowed to approach them in that manner for it’s against their society, even if they really wanted to be in a relationship with a person out of their race and forced to be with someone within their race. During the trial of Tom Robinson, Mayella was wanting to be in a relationship with Tom but he did not let her knowing the consequences of being in a relationship like that (Lee 272). Mayella after being exposed by her father knowing about the attempt tried to cover it up with the rest of the community by claiming Tom raped her because how horrible the town would think of her if they knew the truth (272) . Similarity to the negroes being forced to do acts whether they like to or not, these girls in 2nd world countries, including Nepal, are sometimes married off if they want to or not, by her parents (OECD Observer). They are also forced to stay home and do all the household duties and take care of children for they lack the education to do anything else. These examples have shown the colored people in To Kill a Mockingbird are being forced to commit actions just as young girls in 2nd world countries are forced to do acts they may or may not want to commit. Traditional beliefs is another factor that affects both the African Americans characters and females in developing