Equality In Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things

In Jodi Picoult's book “Small Great Things” it follows a lot of characters and how they interact. One major theme throughout the book is equality and how it is presented in the book. Ruth goes through alot in a trial in which turk says she had something to do with his child’s death. So how is equality betrayed by the book and how is equality betrayed in real life what things are the same and how are they different. In the following paragraphs they will go over how ruth sees equality, and how Turk sees equality and how are they similar and different. How do these things are betrayed by these characters. There are many examples in the book and only covering a few of them will give a great example on how why things happened in the book. Even when ruth was young it shows that she had to deal with equality. Her mother was a nurse, and on certain days she had to come with her to work. She got to play with the family's daughter. Though sometimes it seemed like there were equals sometimes it showed that they were not. As she grew older the differences became more clear as she was the only black nurse in her division, and when turk’s wife gives birth she is given strict orders not to touch the baby turk is and his wife are racists. In the book it seems that they do not care who knows. Giving the …show more content…
These are well defined in the book and are some of the first forms of inequality in the book with Ruth playing with the rich family her mother works for. “I am concerned with income inequality and the effect it has on society” said by Professor Richard Wilkinson. This quote helps show that it is a big deal how the most rich people in the world have more money than the rest of the population. The differences are very big and are shown in the book. It brings back to when Ruth is very worried about her job and having enough money to put her