TKAM Essay
How does prejudice affect the way we as humans get along? In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a young girl named Scout lives with her brother,Jem, and her father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Throughout this book, Scout learns a lot of important life lessons. Prejudice plays a huge role in the book and serves as examples to Scout learning the way things are no matter if they are fair or not. Not only is Scout learning important life lessons on being fair and treating others nicely but so are the readers. Throughout TKAM, the theme of prejudice creates separation and stirs up emotion in Maycomb. Race, social class, and gender all affect the way people get along.
Race causes there to be many prejudices throughout the novel. One example is Tom Robinson. Tom is an African American man. He is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, by her and her dad. After Atticus is able to build a very strong case of proving Tom’s innocents, the all white jury finds him guilty. Another example of race prejudice is with Calpurnia. When she invites Scout and Jem to go to her church, Scout notices that she speaks differently at church. Instead of speaking proper English, Calpurnia speaks with a black dialect. It hadn’t occurred to Scout that Calpurnia has a different life outside of the Finch’s house. My final example is the difference in where the blacks live opposed to the whites. The blacks live in a separate part of town called the quarters because it is seen as how it should be, living separate from each other. These are all examples of prejudice in the novel. “He’s nothin’ buta ni..er-lover!” Francis said (Lee 110). Social class causes there to be many prejudices throughout the novel. One example is with Boo Radley. Everyone thinks that he is a dangerous mean guy because he never comes outside. He is rumored to come out at night and kill animals and peek through kid’s windows but in reality he is a good caring man and is just shy. Throughout the book it turns out that he has been looking after the town’s kid’s all day and protecting them. Another example is with Walter Cunningham. He is ten years old and still in the first grade. He lives in a poor family seen as “Trash,” by Aunt Alexandra. These things cause Aunt Alexandra to not want Scout to hang out with him. My last example is Aunt Alexandra. By everyone in town, she is …show more content…
Race, social class, and gender all affect the way people get along. Racial prejudice is what you might expect for the time of the novel but certainly not today. The idea that whites are superior to blacks is revolting. Social class prejudice can greatly affect someone's life. Being shy or living in a poor family should not make people think you are a bad person. Gender prejudice shouldn’t force a male or female to act the way that society or someone else expects them to. Everyone has different personalities, likes and dislikes. Judging others is no way to go about life. The next time you judge someone, think about if you would like to be judged the way you have judged them. Harper Lee teaches a very important lesson in this novel, “Remember, it’s a sin to kill a
How does prejudice affect the way we as humans get along? In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a young girl named Scout lives with her brother,Jem, and her father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Throughout this book, Scout learns a lot of important life lessons. Prejudice plays a huge role in the book and serves as examples to Scout learning the way things are no matter if they are fair or not. Not only is Scout learning important life lessons on being fair and treating others nicely but so are the readers. Throughout TKAM, the theme of prejudice creates separation and stirs up emotion in Maycomb. Race, social class, and gender all affect the way people get along.
Race causes there to be many prejudices throughout the novel. One example is Tom Robinson. Tom is an African American man. He is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, by her and her dad. After Atticus is able to build a very strong case of proving Tom’s innocents, the all white jury finds him guilty. Another example of race prejudice is with Calpurnia. When she invites Scout and Jem to go to her church, Scout notices that she speaks differently at church. Instead of speaking proper English, Calpurnia speaks with a black dialect. It hadn’t occurred to Scout that Calpurnia has a different life outside of the Finch’s house. My final example is the difference in where the blacks live opposed to the whites. The blacks live in a separate part of town called the quarters because it is seen as how it should be, living separate from each other. These are all examples of prejudice in the novel. “He’s nothin’ buta ni..er-lover!” Francis said (Lee 110). Social class causes there to be many prejudices throughout the novel. One example is with Boo Radley. Everyone thinks that he is a dangerous mean guy because he never comes outside. He is rumored to come out at night and kill animals and peek through kid’s windows but in reality he is a good caring man and is just shy. Throughout the book it turns out that he has been looking after the town’s kid’s all day and protecting them. Another example is with Walter Cunningham. He is ten years old and still in the first grade. He lives in a poor family seen as “Trash,” by Aunt Alexandra. These things cause Aunt Alexandra to not want Scout to hang out with him. My last example is Aunt Alexandra. By everyone in town, she is …show more content…
Race, social class, and gender all affect the way people get along. Racial prejudice is what you might expect for the time of the novel but certainly not today. The idea that whites are superior to blacks is revolting. Social class prejudice can greatly affect someone's life. Being shy or living in a poor family should not make people think you are a bad person. Gender prejudice shouldn’t force a male or female to act the way that society or someone else expects them to. Everyone has different personalities, likes and dislikes. Judging others is no way to go about life. The next time you judge someone, think about if you would like to be judged the way you have judged them. Harper Lee teaches a very important lesson in this novel, “Remember, it’s a sin to kill a