Racism and Morality in To Kill a Mockingbird

time and time again, racism and fear have disastrous effects on the society in which it’s established. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a father with two children who must undergo the racism in their hometown of Maycomb, to win the trial of Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of rape. While the trial takes place, the discrimination starts to arise and the people of Maycomb are blinded by fear. In Harper Lee’s most famous book, To Kill a Mockingbird, she shows how racism and fear are far…

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a memorable and life-changing novel that presents important concerns relevant to today’s society. Set during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Lee examines the issues pertaining the existence of social inequality and the coexistence of good and evil in America’s Ddeep Ssouth through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. The novel remains relevant and didactic to readers’ in present time, by challenging the reader’s perceptions of race, family structure,…

advocates institutional racism. This novel can be considered controversial by many because of the racial slurs that is shown in its context, but is not a valid reason for school officials to remove To Kill a Mockingbird from school’s curriculum since the book’s setting takes place during the 1930’s in Maycomb, Alabama where racism and discrimination against African Americans was common especially in southern states. Malcolm Bradbury argues in his article “Review of To Kill a Mockingbird” that…

“I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement”, Harper Lee told a radio interviewer in 1964 about her novel, which has since sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. It’s no wonder why many have been affected by the recent death of the “last centuries most beloved author”. Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham (Finch).…

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ explores the concept of injustice in society and to achieve equity individuals must challenge the derisive views of society. The novel intertwines the social and racial segregation prevalent in the town of Maycomb. This discrimination is fortified through an honourable lawyer Atticus who defends a wrongfully accused black man. Atticus conveys moral fortitude and strength of his convictions of the prevailing views of society and disagrees with the ingrained…

In the novel to Kill a Mockingbird there is a problem with social inequality like racism, gender, education, religion, and wealth. Social inequality is still a problem today. It has affected many characters in the book like Tom Robinson, Dolphus Raymond, The Ewell family, The Cunninghams, and many more. In this book racism is focused on a lot, Tom Robinson is a black man in this novel. He gets accused of raping and beating a young woman named Mayella Ewell. Tom’s version of the story is…

To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and won Pulitzer Prize 1961. To Kill a Mockingbird a semi-autobiographical work of fiction by Harper Lee. A classic in American literature, and most-likely is the most widely read novel about racism. Representing the battle between justice and racial prejudice, good and evil from a young girl’s perspective. The narrator and main protagonist Scout Finch, grew up in a small close-nit town in Alabama called Maycomb. People were separated by social…

To Kill a Mockingbird depicted the realities of racism through a fictional story that took place during The Great Depression in the South. It told the story of an African American man accused of raping a white woman when racial prejudices and injustices against African Americans were prevalent. At this time, farmers worked hard to grow crops, but the soil conditions were so bad that prices dropped and farmers couldn’t afford the services of skilled townspeople. In the film, Atticus Finch…

A Unique Classic To Kill a Mockingbird is the exploration of a child's journey through discrimination, the social structure that divides us, and growing up in the racist town of Maycomb. Critics have argued that Mockingbird is a "children's book", not as well-crafted and complex as other novels, and does not deserve the distinction of being a classic. However, Harper Lee provides us a learning tool, with many benefits of use in a classroom. Mockingbird teaches us history, America as it was in…

Maycomb’s ways. This theme can be seen all throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because the book includes real life examples of racism and hardships. Empathy is very important in this book because there is a lot of discrimination, especially against African Americans. Harper Lee uses events like the Jim Crow laws and instances of mob mentality as inspiration as she is writing this book. The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws were…