Introduction-Prejudice, the act of having irrational and discriminatory thoughts of a particular group of people, has been a common thread in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the book by Harper Lee is set in Maycomb county, Alabama during the 1930s a time when racism was very prevalent. Although bigotry and discrimination were pointed towards blacks, other accounts towards whites were also heard of, though not as commonly. In this book harper lee touches on other types of prejudices other than racisim.Such as alien prejudice towards a character named Boo Radley,gender prejudice which Scout Finch faces and finally class prejudice which a family named the Cunninghams have to endure.Lee uses each character to expose different types of prejudice and
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Being called a girl is about the worst thing possible—or so Scout thinks , in To Kill a Mockingbird. Girls typically wore frilly pink dresses, and don 't get to play outside, swear, or pretty much do anything anything that is appealing to this character . "Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home — I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!" "With that, I had no option but to join them."(6.69)Another example "I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that 's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play …show more content…
So the fact that Scout hates to wear dress and act ladylike she worries what others will think her and the rest of the family. Lastly, Scout is indirectly condemed by the women neighbour "…It was customary for every circle hostess to invite her neighbors in for refreshments, be they Baptists or Presbyterians, which accounted for the presence of Miss Rachel (sober as a judge), Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford. Rather nervous, I took a seat beside Miss Maudie and wondered why ladies put on their hats to go across the street. Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere, but this feeling was what Aunt Alexandra called being ‘spoiled.’ The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered but unrouged; the only lipstick in the room was Tangee Natural. Cutex Natural sparkled on their fingernails, but some of the younger ladies wore Rose. They smelled heavenly. I sat quietly, having conquered my hands by tightly gripping the arms of the chair, and waited for someone to speak to me.(24.307) The original bullies of Maycomb, Alabama, these women are characterized by Scout who’s not only nervous,apprehensive but intrigued when she comes into contact with them. She states says she would like to be anywherelse when she is surronded by
Being called a girl is about the worst thing possible—or so Scout thinks , in To Kill a Mockingbird. Girls typically wore frilly pink dresses, and don 't get to play outside, swear, or pretty much do anything anything that is appealing to this character . "Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home — I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!" "With that, I had no option but to join them."(6.69)Another example "I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that 's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play …show more content…
So the fact that Scout hates to wear dress and act ladylike she worries what others will think her and the rest of the family. Lastly, Scout is indirectly condemed by the women neighbour "…It was customary for every circle hostess to invite her neighbors in for refreshments, be they Baptists or Presbyterians, which accounted for the presence of Miss Rachel (sober as a judge), Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford. Rather nervous, I took a seat beside Miss Maudie and wondered why ladies put on their hats to go across the street. Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere, but this feeling was what Aunt Alexandra called being ‘spoiled.’ The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered but unrouged; the only lipstick in the room was Tangee Natural. Cutex Natural sparkled on their fingernails, but some of the younger ladies wore Rose. They smelled heavenly. I sat quietly, having conquered my hands by tightly gripping the arms of the chair, and waited for someone to speak to me.(24.307) The original bullies of Maycomb, Alabama, these women are characterized by Scout who’s not only nervous,apprehensive but intrigued when she comes into contact with them. She states says she would like to be anywherelse when she is surronded by