Injustice To Kill A Mockingbird
A world without stereotypes would mean a world without injustice. Yet, there is a long way to go until the world is rid of its injustices; for injustice has always been a part of society and will be for many years to come. Injustice, the unfair treatment of people through actions and words based on stereotypes, which ignorance and fear have fueled, has been prevalent throughout the ages. The prevalence of this injustice from the period of the 1930's in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is shown through the unfair treatment of people based on racial, societal, and gender stereotypes. Racial injustice, the unfair treatment of people based on their race, is a frequent occurrence in To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson is an excellent example of this. The entire trial, from the accusations of him raping Mayella, to the guilty verdict, were all racially biased. The entire town formed the opinion that it was typical black man behavior, and that Tom was guilty. The court gasped when he commented about his pity for Mayella, because for a black person to feel sorry for a white person was unacceptable; it was to be the reverse. The verdict of the all-white jury came right down to the color of his skin, even though Attic
Other children have fallen victim to injustice, such as Walter Cunningham, and the rest of his family, were all victims of societal injustice, the unequal treatment of people based on a social hierarchy. The town does not care to socialize with them because they are considered poor and dirty. In the eyes of Maycomb, they are but one step above the Ewells, though they have totally opposite morals. Aunt Alexandra in particular sees the Cunninghams this way. After the trial Scout is talking of having Walter over to play when Aunt Alexandra said, "Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mind that they are good folks. But they're not our kind of folks" (pg. 224). Although they are decent people, she cannot see beyond the fact that they are viewed as low class, and therefore, disapproves of them. The Radleys are very much victims of this injustice also. The town creates rumors that fly about and create a fear of the Radleys even though, like the Cunninghams, they are wholesome people. They live differently and reclusely, this is alien to the town, and the town treats them in turn with inequity. Jem, Scout and Dill create plays and skits about the Radleys' so called life. They dislike like the Radleys because of the rumors that make them appear frightening. The rumors come from the simple fact that they have no so
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Approximate Word count = 893
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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