“It occurred to me today/ That the color white/ Should not represent/ Perfection” (Lanel). This stanza from the poem “White Stereotype” is similar to Harper Lee’s novel in that it talks about just because you are white it does not mean that you are perfect and should not get special treatment because of it. To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the Great Depression. During this time the blacks were treated worse. For example they were not allowed to get jobs until all of the white people had jobs. Harper Lee decides to have her book take place during this time. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a brother and sister, Jem and Scout, who throughout three years go through many adventures. During the story, their father, Atticus, is to defend a black
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The courthouse was segregated between the blacks and the whites, because the colored people had to sit in the balconies while the white people sat in the stands. “The Colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda, and from it we could see everything” (Lee 164). The blacks sitting in the balconies above everyone else are ironic because they can see the truth, since they are above everyone and can see what is going on. The blacks can see what is actually happening while the whites are so prejudiced against the blacks, they are blind to what is actually going on. Along with this another example is when Aunt Alexandra is in her missionary circle with all of the women in the neighborhood. “‘Jean Louise,’ she said, ‘you are a fortunate girl. You live in a Christian home with Christian folks in a Christian town, Out there in J. Grimes Everett’s land there’s nothing but sin and squalor’” (Lee 231). Mrs. Merriweather talks to Scout about how they are so fortunate compared to everyone else and how she feels bad for them. This is ironic because Mrs. Merriweather is talking about how they need help yet she is also part of the problem and discriminates them. Many times people will often try to fix something else rather than fixing themselves. Like Mrs. Merriweather, she says that they deserve more, but she doesn’t change herself to help
The courthouse was segregated between the blacks and the whites, because the colored people had to sit in the balconies while the white people sat in the stands. “The Colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda, and from it we could see everything” (Lee 164). The blacks sitting in the balconies above everyone else are ironic because they can see the truth, since they are above everyone and can see what is going on. The blacks can see what is actually happening while the whites are so prejudiced against the blacks, they are blind to what is actually going on. Along with this another example is when Aunt Alexandra is in her missionary circle with all of the women in the neighborhood. “‘Jean Louise,’ she said, ‘you are a fortunate girl. You live in a Christian home with Christian folks in a Christian town, Out there in J. Grimes Everett’s land there’s nothing but sin and squalor’” (Lee 231). Mrs. Merriweather talks to Scout about how they are so fortunate compared to everyone else and how she feels bad for them. This is ironic because Mrs. Merriweather is talking about how they need help yet she is also part of the problem and discriminates them. Many times people will often try to fix something else rather than fixing themselves. Like Mrs. Merriweather, she says that they deserve more, but she doesn’t change herself to help