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Handed a case with black man, Tom Robinson, he had to make a choice. To Kill A Mockingbird represents going against the majority by the case of Tom Robinson. Tom was accused of raping and beating a young girl. Atticus took his case, despite him being a black man, and his entire town and family against it. His town hated the fact that an honourble lawyer defend a black man, and his family thought it would ruin the family name by doing so.

Crooks is the only black stable-hand in the novel, he displays how he is isolated and discriminated due to his race, however, he fears others when they approach him because he doesn 't want to become more lonely. The other ranch-hands discriminates against him “‘cause [he’s] black. They play cards in there, but [he] can’t play because [he’s] black. They say [he] stink[s]” (68). However, when Lennie came to Crooks, he was very careful and defensive towards Lennie because of the thought that Lennie would also be like the other workers and discriminate him.

He doesn 't care if he’s protecting someone of color or anyone else’s opinions because in the story he was protecting Tom Robinson an African American man. “ ‘The main one is, if I didn 't I couldn 't hold up my head in town, I couldn 't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn 't even tell you or Jem not to do something again. […] “ (9.16-21). Mayella Ewell said that Tom had raped her, even though Atticus knew he had little chance of winning the trial he still continued with it. Mayella’s dad was mad at some of the events that happened during the trial because Atticus had chosen to represent Tom and certain questions that he had asked Mayella.

Irony is a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts ( Glossary... Pg 1). The greatest example of irony happens when it turns out Armand is the one that comes from black heritage. He learns this when he “finds a letter from his mom to his father explaining how he is black” turning the main plot of this story around (Chopin... Pg 5)

In Chopin’s story, Armand “absented himself from home; and when there, avoided [Désirée’s] presence and that of her child, without excuse”(904). Because Armand grew up thinking being black was a disgrace, his first instinct was to hate Désirée and leave her because his family name would be ruined. Armand has had a negative image on the black race all his life, not knowing he was part of it. He quickly judged Désirée harshly only because he refused to let go of that bad image. In a like manner, Trump has undervalued hispanics ever since he became president.

Navarro discusses that the assumptions of her future were negative and derogatory towards her and her race. There was a relationship that she had with a boy and explained that “He thought I looked ugly because my skin was too dark. He [didn’t] want to take me to the beach or lie down in the park in case I [got] tan again. Another time, he [told] me to shut up because I sound ‘too Mexican’” (Ferber et al, 2013, 128).

The Boss takes out his anger on Crooks because he is black. Crooks is being discriminated against so he is very lonely and that makes him want to pick on someone else so that’s why he picks on

Anita from the start wanted to embrace America and the opportunity that it appeared to offer, however the social injustices only push her away from wanting and conforming the ‘American way’ due to the lack of respect and possibility. Anita even projects some racist tendencies towards the other side after Bernardo is murdered; she orders Maria to stay away from Tony, she says, “A boy like that who’d kill your brother; forget that boy and find another. One of your own kind, stick to your own kind, a boy like that will give you sorrow; you’ll meet another boy tomorrow.” The racism comes through on both sides of the equation and is a key reason as to why the gangs are so violent with one

Similar to using Othello’s fear of Desdemona cheating, Iago uses Brabantio’s fear of his daughter marrying a black man to encourage conflict between him and Othello. Even Though Othello kept his composure throughout his entire encounter with Brabantio, he was later affected by the words uttered by Brabantio: “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see/She has deceived her father, and may thee”(1.3.333-334). Although, at the time Othello thought little of what Brabantio said, it may have had some effect on his actions throughout the latter half of the play such as, killing Desdemona. Through, Iago’s cunning intelligence he was able to manipulate people to stir up conflict and further his

Even after Jack and Rosie became close David disliked his father and didn’t want to be around him (246). This shows how even when the discrimination is gone it stays inside people and they cannot forgive the people that

Don’t censor To Kill a Mockingbird Rosa Parks once said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses the n-word 48 times and negro 54 times. This alone could cause readers to feel uncomfortable, along with the vulgar language and references to sexual activities. Some people may think that the best solution to these problems are to take out these words and censor the whole book.

“Hee Hee,” said Mr. Raymond, evidently taking delight in corrupting a child. ”Dill, you watch out, now,” I warned. Dill released the straws and grinned. “Scout, it’s nothing but Coca-Cola.

Who will win, what do they win? While in charge of the “lottery”, Mr. Summers doesn’t support its traditions and feels the town should end it like a few surrounding towns have recently done. To him, the black box represents death and bad traditions in the community. His community members think it 's “Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody.” They fear the young people are the ones changing the traditions and ending this tradition will lead to other breakdowns in society.

(65) At the beginning of the quote, you can clearly see that the father had some type of hatred for the little black girl just because of her color but in the last few words he felt sympathy for her. The reason he acted with hatred is because that’s the way he 's supposed to act according to media. As well as it being ironic the way the father judged his own race for being disrespectful when he was acting the same way as them. This shows the way media can influence you to have the beliefs are everyone else in your race. Also, it shows’s that white people don’t recognize the value of

If Mayella would not have lied, her father would have beat, hit and abused her both physically and emotionally. Due to the physical bruises on Mayella, Atticus was able to grasp the idea that she was being hurt and made him question what really happened that night. Some could say she also lied because of what everyone in the town would say. When Mayella was not honest, the community could not understand the real incident, which caused the society to move backwards during this racially tense time period. Similarly, another major character in, To Kill a Mockingbird, was Dolphus Raymond.