To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, provides a compelling example of critical race tenets, as seen through the eyes of a young white girl growing up in Alabama in the 1930s. In the book three children, sisters Scout and Jem and their friend Dill realize they are living in an unjust and corrupt town and they struggle to come to terms with this unfairness. The main character and narrator, Scout, tries to understand how Arthur “Boo” Radley and Tom Robinson end up in vulnerable positions through the unfair actions of others. Scout, Jem and Dill try to understand and reach out to Boo, a 33 year old son of a white neighboring family, who is kept in seclusion by his parents due to his deviant behavior. The children also try to understand how Tom Robinson, a 25 year old black father of low social class,
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The judge doesn’t want this to come out at the trial because it will help Tom’s case. This creates an awkward scene where the whole court knows why he, “Told the reporter to expunge anything he happened to have written down after Mr. Finch if you were a nigger like me you’d be scared too, and told the jury to disregard the interruption.” (Lee – p. - 262). Judge Taylor makes sure that Tom Robinson’s employer gets thrown out of the court so he can’t “interrupt” the case anymore.
In conclusion, To Kill a Mockingbird when analyzed through critical race unveils a very clear picture of how Harper Lee wants African Americans to be seen. She wants readers to experience Tom’s struggle through the corrupt court system. Lee shows how races will not get equal treatment in a community where one is a minority. This occurs especially when a community’s government is composed of only one race and has no diversity. The members of the government may all agree on a decision, but that doesn’t mean that said decision can be marked as the right
The judge doesn’t want this to come out at the trial because it will help Tom’s case. This creates an awkward scene where the whole court knows why he, “Told the reporter to expunge anything he happened to have written down after Mr. Finch if you were a nigger like me you’d be scared too, and told the jury to disregard the interruption.” (Lee – p. - 262). Judge Taylor makes sure that Tom Robinson’s employer gets thrown out of the court so he can’t “interrupt” the case anymore.
In conclusion, To Kill a Mockingbird when analyzed through critical race unveils a very clear picture of how Harper Lee wants African Americans to be seen. She wants readers to experience Tom’s struggle through the corrupt court system. Lee shows how races will not get equal treatment in a community where one is a minority. This occurs especially when a community’s government is composed of only one race and has no diversity. The members of the government may all agree on a decision, but that doesn’t mean that said decision can be marked as the right