Importance Of Voice In To Kill A Mockingbird

Judge Taylor argues that, “ People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” That being so when a person already has a preconceived opinion about something, their vision becomes impaired and their ears deafened. This suggests that they are so narrow-minded that they can only perceive what they are open to believing. Without widening the extent of their black and white minds and discovering the grey side of things. I will be exploring the aspects of, ‘voice’ and ‘place’ in relation to Tom Robinson. A black man who is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and how racial discrimination is demonstrated as a major theme in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee and set in southern Alabama.

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Atticus says to Scout, “ The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.’ It becomes apparent to the reader that Atticus is doing this out of sheer integrity and is a representation of Tom’s voice. Some are prepared to listen to what Atticus is saying although many of the townsfolk ridicule him. Proof of this is when the elder male said, “ Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him, that’s what I don’t like about it.’ This remark implies that the elders are racists and despise Atticus for not being a racist.

Place is a significant aspect concerning racial discrimination in TKAM. The negro-settlement is portrayed as pleasant and functional whereas the Ewell’s property is known as a dump. Even so Maycomb still considers the Ewell’s as higher calibre. This indicates to the reader how racial discrimination is a major theme in the novel, as in this instance the colour of someone 's skin determines how far society is willing not only to tolerate you as a person but also as a human …show more content…
Tom being the only black person amongst a white community. Is an analogy for Tom being a metaphor for a Mockingbird, poor and helpless. There appears to be ‘No chance for Tom; because the jury is white and offers one perspective and one frame of mind.

When a white man sees a black man and despised him we call that prejudice. In this instance a black man is alleged to have committed a crime because of the pigmentation in his skin. We as the reader say racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is a major theme in Harper Lee’s intuitive and insightful novel. It not only discerns society’s past injustices it also discerns how racial discrimination is shown in the features of voice and place so