Individuals tend to simplify life into the concept of playing cards and Josh Billings would prove the point valid with his statement, “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” Evidently, there is a fault in his quote which is the balance that life attempts to achieve by producing its ascends and descends. While realizing the exceptional cards that the opponent acquired and the lousy cards that was provided to the individual through repetition, the brazen pursuit of the dealer to favor one side becomes apparent. The dealer is no longer the blank canvas that display the equal opportunity for all men to illustrate their distinguished traits, on the contrary, rejects those who are different from their values
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Atticus, while discussing the case with Jack, said, “The juries couldn’t possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson’s words against the Ewells’-are you acquainted with the Ewells?” (Lee100) The discrimination against the colored in the south assists Atticus in developing a conclusion of the trial without even beginning because Atticus was defending Tom who is a colored man against Mayella, a white woman on a charge of sexual assault. Whites were not only the race that discriminate other races because from Lula’s quote, “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here- they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal” (Lee136), we can conclude that the blacks also discriminate the whites. The quote also demonstrates the tolerance blacks have about the whites and it shows the diversity because of the prejudice each one has on the other. The children’s show significant growth throughout the trial and they learned about the effects of racism, particularly from Dolphus Raymond when he said, “Cry about the simple hell people give other people-without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even thinking that they’re people, too.” (Lee229) From Raymond’s quote, the reader can evaluate the effects of prejudice since it was severe enough that the whites would treat them with such cruelty without any sympathy because the whites are immune to the feelings of the colored due to
Atticus, while discussing the case with Jack, said, “The juries couldn’t possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson’s words against the Ewells’-are you acquainted with the Ewells?” (Lee100) The discrimination against the colored in the south assists Atticus in developing a conclusion of the trial without even beginning because Atticus was defending Tom who is a colored man against Mayella, a white woman on a charge of sexual assault. Whites were not only the race that discriminate other races because from Lula’s quote, “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here- they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal” (Lee136), we can conclude that the blacks also discriminate the whites. The quote also demonstrates the tolerance blacks have about the whites and it shows the diversity because of the prejudice each one has on the other. The children’s show significant growth throughout the trial and they learned about the effects of racism, particularly from Dolphus Raymond when he said, “Cry about the simple hell people give other people-without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even thinking that they’re people, too.” (Lee229) From Raymond’s quote, the reader can evaluate the effects of prejudice since it was severe enough that the whites would treat them with such cruelty without any sympathy because the whites are immune to the feelings of the colored due to