Racism in To Kill A Mockingbird
In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the prejudice of society causes people with differences to become victims of the town’s bigotry. Not only differences in skin color, but also differences in social status. As a man who always believes in doing the right thing no matter what, Atticus Finch teaches his children, Jem and Scout, the difference in right and wrong. One of the main characters in the novel that is being discriminated is Tom Robinson. Tom is accused of beating and raping sixteen-year-old Mayella Ewell, daughter of the town’s poor white trash family. Mayella would sometimes ask Tom to help her out with small tasks around the house. After inviting him inside Mayella made a sexual advance to Tom, which was morally unthinkable, so she connives with her father to accuse Tom of rape. Atticus Finch is appointed to defend Tom. “Atticus would risk his reputation and his life to defend a black man accused of a crime that violated the most sacred taboos of his society”(Magill, 1991). During the trial, some evidence was shown that should have made the jury realize that there was no possible way that Tom could have done the crime. When Tom was of a young age, he was in an accident that left him handicap
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Approximate Word count = 1009
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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