Harper Lee

Racism has always been such a big problem. It is a big problem now, in 2015, and it was a big problem in the 1930’s when Harper Lee wrote the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism was shown in the Scottsboro trials, where nine boys were accounted for raping two women (Kindig). Racism was also shown in the Emmett Till trials, where two white men killed a young boy but were not punished (Linder). Racism is a horrible problem, it has caused many deaths and false accusations. Another case that has…

What Makes a Society Imagine being hated and not trusted simply because of the color of your skin. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem are children of a lawyer taking a case that will change their life for the better. In the small county of Maycomb, it’s unusual for white people to defend a person of color especially if the color is black. Their father, Atticus, not only defends a black person, Tom Robinson, he defends him with power and a purpose. Majority of the town…

In Harper Lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird we are introduced to the racism and hatred in Maycomb. Readers later on meet Tom Robinson, a black citizen of Maycomb, who was falsely accused of raping a white woman. Even though Atticus, Robinson’s Lawyer, provides many good arguments, the jury still finds him guilty. The reason why was because of one small difference, he was black. Tom was just another person in a courtroom, but the jury saw someone different. The jury immediately saw him as a…

a character was being described or judged before actually being introduced by another character, some good and bad. Either by how they are or what they look like, people are criticized for reasons that don’t fit at all or that aren’t even them. Harper Lee wants readers to dig deeper than just the surface of something or in this case somebody. The book, at one point in chapter 1, included the character Arthur “Boo” Radley, who lived at the Radley house that had many rumors. He was later…

consequences. In many cases, a society will look down upon the person who is not like them because they are blinded by the truth. In every society, there is always one person who can see the truth and will fight for what is right. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that even in the small town of Maycomb there…

world. According to African-Americans, even today, over 30 years after the civil rights movement, are oppressed in many ways, Abdul Malik Mujahid shares. In this book you will see the effects that racism has on communities. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about Scout, who is a young girl facing difficult changes, her brother Jem and her father Atticus, who is a lawyer, living in the county of Maycomb, Alabama, where racism is a big problem. When Scout’s father gets appointed to be put…

fight with anyone for their opinions, but made the conscious decision not to bestow these racist qualities in his children. He taught them that with every experience with someone that they came across, to “climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). When becoming Tom Robinson’s lawyer in a messy rape case laced with racism, bias, and overall unfairness, he is…

Not only was it extremely difficult for the novel to be written, because of the heavy backlash from the South where the story takes place. Since it was going to be published in the year 1960 Harper Lee the author of the novel and her publishers thought the To kill a Mockingbird would not sell many copies. Lee also thought that reviewers would quickly dismantle the book but she was wrong. The first part of the Analysis will be dealing with one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird.…

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. ~Rosa Parks In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs Harper Lee shows her readers how society affects everyone good or bad. During the time of the great depression Scout, Jem, and Tom Robinson are influenced by society to think for themselves, look beyond the curtain of innocence, and take chances. Society’s rumors and lies no longer have a great affect on…

Many people, no matter their skin color, look down on others with different appearances. Racism ran rampant especially in the South until a few decades ago. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, a young Southern girl during the 1940’s, tries to understand her world and the racism she sees in everyday life. She witnesses how adults speak to others concerning African Americans in the community of Maycomb. Scout’s father works as a lawyer and once defends a black man wrongly accused of rape…