To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee presents many human rights issues such as racism, prejudice, and sexism. First of all, Harper Lee uses the character Tom Robinson to expose the racists issues present in Maycomb. The jury believes anything Mayella Ewell says since she is a white woman who claims that Tom Robinson, who is a black man, raped her. Tom is found guilty because most of the jury believes that black people cannot be trusted. This demonstrates that many of the citizens in Maycomb do not care if someone’s actions are right or wrong, as long as they look like them. The jury taking longer than expected to reach a verdict showed that there was some hesitation in deciding Mr. Robinson’s sentence, which demonstrates that some people are
