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Examples Of Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, many themes are shown. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the book takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama with Scout, Atticus, and Jem. Atticus is the father of the two children. When a white woman makes a black man go to court for rape, Atticus becomes the lawyer of the man being accused. This town has a sickness, it’s racism, and when the city found out, Atticus is partaking in a black man’s case the whole family gets made fun of and people yell at them. In Harper Lee 's To Kill A Mockingbird many themes run throughout this book, but there are only a few themes that stand out. Racism, maturity, and justice. These are the central themes shown almost everywhere in To Kill A Mockingbird. One tremendous theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is racism. One example of racism is when Harper Lee writes “He 's nothin’ but a nigger lover.”(110). That is an example of racism because it offends all people of color to …show more content…

The final theme I found in To Kill a Mockingbird was injustice. The first example was on page 233 in To Kill a Mockingbird; it states “Guilty, Guilty, Guilty.” That is an example of injustice because even though there were lots of evidence against Mr. Ewell the jury still believes Tom Robinson is guilty just because he is black because of this the jury and the people had an unfair advantage against him. The second piece of evidence found was on page 218 and it states “Black people surge upstairs.” this shows injustice because the black people are not allowed to be seated with the white people. Because of this, they have to sit in an entirely different section of the courtroom. The last example of maturity is on page 162 it says “Not only waiting on tables but are in the courthouse lawing for niggers.” That shows injustice because it says that being a lawyer for a black person is as bad as being a waiter. All of these examples show injustice because they all prove that people are treating other people unfair, and so is their

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