In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice had a major impact in Maycomb County. Harper Lee brought the Finch family and other memorable characters to explore prejudice in the segregated Southern United States of the 1930s. Told through the eyes of Scout Finch, the reader learns about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney who hopelessly strives to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of rape; the reader also learns about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. Lee’s message about prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird is she thinks it´s a foolish practice, no matter who does it.
Because Lee introduced prejudice to the book To Kill a Mockingbird, she wanted to show that it is wrong to treat someone different than others …show more content…
For example, when Atticus was giving his concluding statements during the trial he said, "She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards"(204). This shows that a simple kiss from a white woman to black man was horrible and unheard of. This also shows that at the time the prejudice practices caused Maycomb to think that a white woman kissing a black man is so horrible. In addition, when Atticus was explaining to Aunt Alexandra, Scout, Miss Maudie and Calpurnia that Tom Robinson was killed he said, “They say if he had two good arms he’d have made it. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn’t have to shoot him that much”(235). This shows that the people that shot him had no respect and hate for him. This also shows that him being black caused him to be shot seventeen times. In conclusion, these are examples on how prejudice affects many lives during the
Because Lee introduced prejudice to the book To Kill a Mockingbird, she wanted to show that it is wrong to treat someone different than others …show more content…
For example, when Atticus was giving his concluding statements during the trial he said, "She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards"(204). This shows that a simple kiss from a white woman to black man was horrible and unheard of. This also shows that at the time the prejudice practices caused Maycomb to think that a white woman kissing a black man is so horrible. In addition, when Atticus was explaining to Aunt Alexandra, Scout, Miss Maudie and Calpurnia that Tom Robinson was killed he said, “They say if he had two good arms he’d have made it. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn’t have to shoot him that much”(235). This shows that the people that shot him had no respect and hate for him. This also shows that him being black caused him to be shot seventeen times. In conclusion, these are examples on how prejudice affects many lives during the