Humans are often immoral and dangerous creatures. This is true in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Humans racially discriminate to feel powerful over one another. They are violent toward their own species. They often judge others without being properly informed beforehand. Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, informs readers about the dark realities of human nature.
In the novel, examples of racism are abundant. Here are a few cases. Firstly, in the courthouse, the jury judges Tom to be guilty, despite the overwhelming evidence against him. Atticus proves that Tom could not have harmed Mayella because he could have not hit her with a crippled left hand, where Mayella's injuries were located on the right side of her face. The …show more content…
Firstly, in Maycomb many people believe that Boo Radley is a, “malevolent phantom”(10), who was responsible for all small crimes in Maycomb. Having never met Boo Radley before, Jem and Scout take those beliefs for truth. The kids quickly take on a rumor about someone they have never met and could never verify the facts, causing them to be fearful of someone, who at the end of the novel turns out to be the opposite of what they were told. Secondly, Jem tells Scout and Dill about Mr.Dolphus Raymond, he says that Raymond drinks whiskey out of a sack to compensate for his to-be wife’s death after she killed herself. Further on into the story is revealed that Mr.Dolphus actually drinks Co-Cola out of his sack: “I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never ... understand that i live like I do because that’s the way I want to live”. This statement shows that Raymond pretends to be drunk because he needs to keep an image up to why he has a black family, and because the rest of Maycomb doesn't agree with his lifestyle, he gives them a reason to believe that causes him to act the way he does. Finally, when Mrs.Maudie and
To Kill A Mockingbird informs the readers about the challenges of the real world. This is illustrated in the novel by people who racially discriminate and lower the rights of others because the color of their skin is different, by people who use physical violence to deal with their problems rather than words, and by rash people who make decisions about other people without being properly informed, or told misleading facts. All these challenges are present and abundant in the world. It all depends on how the people of Maycomb, and our world handle the
In the novel, examples of racism are abundant. Here are a few cases. Firstly, in the courthouse, the jury judges Tom to be guilty, despite the overwhelming evidence against him. Atticus proves that Tom could not have harmed Mayella because he could have not hit her with a crippled left hand, where Mayella's injuries were located on the right side of her face. The …show more content…
Firstly, in Maycomb many people believe that Boo Radley is a, “malevolent phantom”(10), who was responsible for all small crimes in Maycomb. Having never met Boo Radley before, Jem and Scout take those beliefs for truth. The kids quickly take on a rumor about someone they have never met and could never verify the facts, causing them to be fearful of someone, who at the end of the novel turns out to be the opposite of what they were told. Secondly, Jem tells Scout and Dill about Mr.Dolphus Raymond, he says that Raymond drinks whiskey out of a sack to compensate for his to-be wife’s death after she killed herself. Further on into the story is revealed that Mr.Dolphus actually drinks Co-Cola out of his sack: “I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never ... understand that i live like I do because that’s the way I want to live”. This statement shows that Raymond pretends to be drunk because he needs to keep an image up to why he has a black family, and because the rest of Maycomb doesn't agree with his lifestyle, he gives them a reason to believe that causes him to act the way he does. Finally, when Mrs.Maudie and
To Kill A Mockingbird informs the readers about the challenges of the real world. This is illustrated in the novel by people who racially discriminate and lower the rights of others because the color of their skin is different, by people who use physical violence to deal with their problems rather than words, and by rash people who make decisions about other people without being properly informed, or told misleading facts. All these challenges are present and abundant in the world. It all depends on how the people of Maycomb, and our world handle the