“This is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of man. There is not a person in this courtroom that has not told a lie or who has never done an immoral thing” (Lee 273). The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is during the great depression and takes place in Maycomb county, Alabama. It follows the lives of Scout, her brother Jem, and her father Atticus and the problems they faced during the rough time. They have to deal with a court case that stirs up racism in their small, pleasant town. The case affects their lives for the better and for the worse and helps guide who they will become when they grow up. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses characterization to display the negative effects of
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Their father Atticus was the lawyer for Tom Robinson, the person being accused. Scout is the first person to get upset over the people talking poorly about Atticus when Mrs. Dubose would call Atticus a “negro lover” to her and Jem’s faces, but Atticus would tell them “ Negro-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything -- like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain -- ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves” (Lee 144). This proves the thesis because the people around them that they have known since they were little kids are talking bad about Atticus like he is the worst person they know just because he is defending a black man in court. Even part of their own family is extremely upset about what he is doing. One christmas Scout’s cousin, Francis, comes to the her house and he tells her that “ I guess it ain’t your fault if Uncle Atticus is a Negro-lover besides, but I’m here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family” (Lee 110). Scout stops him from saying anything more and starts to fight him because she is so angry. Her own family is harassing her father defending a black man, but most of the hate is going towards her and Jem even though they have nothing to do with the case. All of this hat is coming from a single case and Tom Robinson is at the center of the hatred and
Their father Atticus was the lawyer for Tom Robinson, the person being accused. Scout is the first person to get upset over the people talking poorly about Atticus when Mrs. Dubose would call Atticus a “negro lover” to her and Jem’s faces, but Atticus would tell them “ Negro-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything -- like snot-nose. It’s hard to explain -- ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves” (Lee 144). This proves the thesis because the people around them that they have known since they were little kids are talking bad about Atticus like he is the worst person they know just because he is defending a black man in court. Even part of their own family is extremely upset about what he is doing. One christmas Scout’s cousin, Francis, comes to the her house and he tells her that “ I guess it ain’t your fault if Uncle Atticus is a Negro-lover besides, but I’m here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family” (Lee 110). Scout stops him from saying anything more and starts to fight him because she is so angry. Her own family is harassing her father defending a black man, but most of the hate is going towards her and Jem even though they have nothing to do with the case. All of this hat is coming from a single case and Tom Robinson is at the center of the hatred and