The Book of Negroes

Family in To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the many big topics on this book, there are 4 main family/people groups mentioned throughout the book, the normal people like the finches, the Ewells, the negroes, and the Cunninghams. The families of Maycomb are very different from each other, in a way so that no one can move forward in life because all of the families stay the same, for example if your born into the Finches family people would look at you as a lawyer, and if you were born into the…

as he “crossed Blackwell's Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish Negroes, two bucks and a girl. I laughed aloud as the yolks of their eyeballs rolled toward us in haughty rivalry” (69). The racism that Nick displays to the Negroes refutes the values of the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” (2). Although the Negroes are in a better financial situation than him, Nick still believes that he is of a higher social status just…

Gathering together at an event to provide for the negroes, all of the important men with a vested interest met at the Grand Hotel. I, for one, found these events “a triumph for the whole community” because they provide an opportunity for the negroes to do something with their lives. In my time as the Superintendent of a school for the negroes, I fulfilled my duty to the community to help the negro. However, in this time I realized that my commitment had not been quite enough, so I organized this…

understand people unless, “ (…) you climb into his skin and walk around in it(Chapter 3)." This experience makes Scout start questioning the perspectives of others and begin thinking for herself. Also, an event that happened before the events of the book unfolded was the death of the wife of Atticus Finch. The novel never went into the details of who she was besides mentioning that her last name was Graham, but She does add to the film of coming to age. Graham, which was the mother of Jim and…

Throughout the entire book, fairness and justice are two virtues that are extremely hard to find. Since this is the case, how can Atticus and Scout continue to believe in these morals and not get discouraged? People of color are always being discriminated for the duration of this book, and will never live up to those who are “high class and white.” Sexism is another conflict within this book that is caused by discrimination, along with classism. Individuals are constantly being discriminated…

They see themselves as mindless slaves and have no time to enlighten themselves with books and have time for their Religion due to the twelve~ thirteen hour work shifts because with shifts that long they would just be able to get home perhaps tidy their houses a bit, make food for their family, get their hours of sleep in and continue the…

textual strategies to describe gruesome details of a story so readers may compare the harsh experiences to our own placid difficulties. As a reader, imagery triggers both sympathy and empathy in me for fictional characters. Lawrence Hill, in The Book of Negroes, employs this tactic when describing the horrific conditions African slaves must experience: “Everywhere I turned, men were lying naked, chained to each other and to their sleeping boards, groaning, and crying. Waste and blood streamed…

In the world we live in Racism is an everyday struggle for someone who doesn’t fit into society’s version of the social norm. The book To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee and The report in the Scottsborro case by Miss. Hollace Ransdell pull us back into time where racism was a nationwide problem, especially in the south, and the authors of both pieces of literature try to portray this in an effective manner. To kill a mockingbird and The report on the Scottsborro case reflect the evils of…

one’s past— one’s history— is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it.” (81) This passage is taken from the second part of James Baldwin’s book, The Fire Next Time, in which Baldwin states his personal opinion on racism and the hardships of blacks. A sentence before this passage he is says that Negroes have only been formed by the United States and not Africa or the religion of Islam. This fact leads into the passage above where he is explaining that the American…

In the courtroom justice knows no racial difference, gender, nor emotion, justice is based on facts and evidence. In Harper Lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch makes this argument showing us his belief in the Justice system and the trust he places on the jury. Atticus enforces his ideas by providing convincing evidence and reason. Atticus urges the jury to use common sense and not to base their decision on racial prejudice. For example, Atticus states “It has relied instead upon…