How Does Lee Use Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

What causes racism? This novel is about a white family that lives in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout, the main character, has a brother named Jem, father/lawyer named Atticus and a cook named Calpurnia. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses Conflict and the character Tom Robinson to reveal that racism can lead to injustice.

Lee uses conflict to reveal that racism can lead to injustice. Near the middle of the novel, at their house, Scout is talking to Atticus about what was said at school today. ‘“what exactly is a nigger-lover?’ Atticus’s face was grave. ‘Has somebody been calling you that?’ ‘No sir, Mrs. Dubose calls you that. She warms up every afternoon calling you that”’(Lee 112). Since Atticus is a lawyer, he has

The conflict between Mrs. Dubose and Atticus reveals that she is racist, and has a very strong dislike for black people. With Mrs. Dubose hating on Atticus for defending a black man proves that she is biased against him, which will lead to injustice. Later in the book when Atticus is outside the jail where Tom (the black man) was staying, bunch of men pulled up to find Tom. “In ones and twos, men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights revealed solid shapes moving toward the jail door. Atticus remained where he was. The men hid him from view. “He in there, Mr. Finch?” a man said. “He is,” we heard Atticus answer, “and he’s asleep. Don’t wake him up”(Lee 153). In this quote the people of maycomb have come together at the courthouse to get Tom but Atticus stops them. The conflict between the mob