Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is a book in which Jean Louise Finch, also referred to in the novel as Scout, points out the discrimination of the people in Maycomb towards certain social groups, based on the age, gender, social class, and most importantly, racial classification. Lee’s, book, and many other famous, classic novels build up the idea of inequality. Inequality is the unfair treatment towards certain groups of people based on their race, gender, age, and social status in a society. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee regularly uses the issue of racial inequality to establish the idea that the treatment of colored men and women by white people was cruel, to the point where these unfairly treated individuals weren’t
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This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader how white people acted against African Americans and why they acted that way. Harper Lee decided to use this element to show the reader the reason why white people acted the way they did. The first piece of evidence that proves the argument stated in the thesis statement is when Calpurnia stayed over at the Finch’s house, Scout said, “When Calpurnia stayed overnight with us she slept on a folding cot in the kitchen” (Lee 134). Its purpose in this part of the novel is to show that even in a house like the Finch’s, where people believed in equality, black people like Calpurnia were treated less fairly than the whites. This is shown by the place where they made her sleep in, which is the kitchen. This element relates to the original question, as it shows how some people were treated badly just because of the color of their skin. This element also shows the reason why this does not change, which is that the colored people don’t do anything about it. This piece of evidence demonstrates stereotypes, as it shows the reader the stereotypical way in which colored people were treated by the white people. It develops the answer to the question, as it provides the reader with an …show more content…
This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader how colored people were treated in that time and therefore shows why people were so xenophobic and how they went against blacks. Harper Lee decided to use this element to show the reader the reason why white people acted the way they did and the reason behind why the two races do not like each other, but also to show the way they showed their hatred. The first piece of evidence that proves the argument stated in the thesis statement is close to the beginning of the novel. It shows how scared people were from the different, which then shows us why people are so xenophobic. This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader what colored people had to go through every day at that point in time due to being treated unfairly. This part of the book shows that whites went against blacks because of their race so that they wouldn’t see the different, or make it suffer. This quote provides proof for the theme, as it shows why colored people we treated very unfairly during that time in Maycomb. This piece of evidence demonstrates cultural Setting, as it shows how people acted against the blacks within the
This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader how white people acted against African Americans and why they acted that way. Harper Lee decided to use this element to show the reader the reason why white people acted the way they did. The first piece of evidence that proves the argument stated in the thesis statement is when Calpurnia stayed over at the Finch’s house, Scout said, “When Calpurnia stayed overnight with us she slept on a folding cot in the kitchen” (Lee 134). Its purpose in this part of the novel is to show that even in a house like the Finch’s, where people believed in equality, black people like Calpurnia were treated less fairly than the whites. This is shown by the place where they made her sleep in, which is the kitchen. This element relates to the original question, as it shows how some people were treated badly just because of the color of their skin. This element also shows the reason why this does not change, which is that the colored people don’t do anything about it. This piece of evidence demonstrates stereotypes, as it shows the reader the stereotypical way in which colored people were treated by the white people. It develops the answer to the question, as it provides the reader with an …show more content…
This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader how colored people were treated in that time and therefore shows why people were so xenophobic and how they went against blacks. Harper Lee decided to use this element to show the reader the reason why white people acted the way they did and the reason behind why the two races do not like each other, but also to show the way they showed their hatred. The first piece of evidence that proves the argument stated in the thesis statement is close to the beginning of the novel. It shows how scared people were from the different, which then shows us why people are so xenophobic. This element relates to the argument in the thesis statement, as it shows the reader what colored people had to go through every day at that point in time due to being treated unfairly. This part of the book shows that whites went against blacks because of their race so that they wouldn’t see the different, or make it suffer. This quote provides proof for the theme, as it shows why colored people we treated very unfairly during that time in Maycomb. This piece of evidence demonstrates cultural Setting, as it shows how people acted against the blacks within the