behavior" (Lee). It portrays how unkind people of Maycomb County

could be. It shows a time when being different made life more difficult

than it had to be. It was a time when people did not accept differences. It

especially shows cruelty against blacks, lawyers, and the poor.

Discrimination against blacks is shown a lot all throughout the

novel. Maycomb County didn't exactly welcome blacks as well as the

whites were welcomed. The white people had more priveleges than the

black people had. "The blacks wouldn't enter the courtroom until all of

the whites had entered (Lee 166). Racial discrimination still goes on

today. "Because of racism in the criminal justice system, blacks are more

likely to be arrested, convicted, and given stiffer sentences" (Horne 135).

When slavery had ended, "the so-called freedom lands held nothing but

To Kill A Mockingbird also show the cruelty and discrimination

was defending. Scout Finch knew that she was different because of her

often. Words such as "nigger" and "negroe". It wasn't known for white

word" (Lee 172). The white woman's father said that "some nigger'd

name. These people were the people such as the "Cunningham's" and the

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Approximate Word count = 644
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)