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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, shows many examples about racism and life back in the day in Maycomb. It also how a girl named Scout and her brother, Jem, experience all these things. As the novel goes on, the racism that is demonstrated in To Kill a Mockingbird gets worse. Scout’s dad, Atticus, is defending a black man named Tom Robinson from going to prison and getting killed. Even though Atticus’s case is very reasonable and has reasonable evidence, he still loses the case. Scout gets…

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that explores themes of intolerance, racism, and prejudice. These themes are often portrayed through the actions of the main characters, their interactions with others, and their experiences. Of all the seamlessly intertwined plotlines, the story of Boo Radley and the Tom Robinson trial were the most impactful on these characters. Boo Radley, a proclaimed “mockingbird”, was rumored to be an isolated criminal throughout the town of Maycomb but was…

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    Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird Racism has long been a problem in the United States of America. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee addressed the issue of racism in a time when others were too afraid to. This novel was written in 1960. Racism played a big part in the trial of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is a hard working black man. He would help Mayella Ewell with housework for free. In return for his work, she accused him of rape. Mayella forcefully kissed Tom Robinson. Her…

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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The main character,Scout, grows up in the town of Maycomb as her father Atticus, the town lawyer, is faced with a case for a black man raping a white woman. Because of the colour of the man's skin Atticus is defending he and many others in Maycomb are very affected by racism. Just some of the people affected are Atticus, Dolphus Raymond, and Tom Robinson. Atticus is getting ambushed with rude comments and threats against him and his family.…

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    In “To kill a mockingbird” there are many examples of racism. During the 1960s when the book was published, racism was acceptable and African-American people were constantly dominated and ridiculed by Caucasian people. This novel written by Harper Lee is based on racism against African-American people and the refusal of people to treat everyone equally. Not only were African People mistreated but those who associated with them were also considered lower in status. Since Atticus is a lawyer and…

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    prejudice and racism in Maycomb. The appearance of the First Purchase Church allows us to infer many things about the situation of prejudice and racism in Maycomb. Firstly, the name of the church itself tells us that after the freeing of the slaves the first thing they did with the money saved was build a church hence being titled…

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    Racism stands for more than one thing. In this case Harper Lee expresses that the theme in “ To Kill A MocKingbird” is you should never judge or mistreat someone because of their skin color. In this book a black man was found guilty for raping a white women when he was clearly innocent, in addition he was also shot 17 times because he was black. In some cases shooting someone 17 times and is unarmed is called overkill. So, therefore, racism is still a big thing in the U.S. today Tom Robinson,…

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    A large theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism. Since virtually the beginning of the human experience, man has fallen into Satan’s trap of division based on the color of a person’s skin or their ethnic origin. While racism has always been an issue in this country, the fact is it is an issue in every country. Harper Lee does an excellent job at exhibiting this. The theme of racism appears numerous times in the book like in Tom Robinsons trial , or how Aunt Alexandra treats Calpurnia, or when…

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare are classified as a fiction books. However, they reveal many truths about the human condition when it comes to prejudice and racism. In TKAM, we saw how racism took a life of an innocent Tom Robinson as a disease, and how prejudice about Boo Radley spread out in Maycomb. In the MOV we witnessed the religious prejudice (Christian vs. Shylock), and the racism against the Prince of Morocco with black skin. There…

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    Differentiation hides within people caused by racism. Quote by Pierre Berton states “Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.” This quote also relates to the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee when Atticus Finch mentions it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. His comparison is Boo Radley and Tom Robinson because they are not as open as the other character and it was wrong to judge them…

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