To Kill A Mockingbird Prejudice And Injustice Analysis

prejudice and injustice in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”- Martin Luther King Jr. Prejudice is, by definition, a pre-existing bias without any proof or evidence. A distorted way of thinking that rotten the mind, alienates, and dehumanises one group or an individual. It is the belief that is not born with but developed by the environment and lifestyle that one is brought up. It brings hardships and difficulties to the people that are affected by it. Prejudice and injustice are not just exhibited in human beings, but also in the fictional stories that

Although, without any shred of proof, Tom Robinson goes on trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell. This pre-determined bias is exhibited clearly through the actions and words that the people of Maycomb ensue, all because of his skin colour. Tom Robinson is ridiculed, name called, and dehumanised by the citizens of Maycomb and is left to face an unfair trial. From the beginning, Tom Robinson does not have a fair chance to defend himself as the jury is highly biased against people of colour. Also, Atticus Finch explains why Tom Robinson has zero chance of winning the trial, “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads-they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts where it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.” (To Kill a Mockingbird 295). What the statement boils down to is that the men in that jury have a bias against black people and that a black man could never beat a white man in court. Based on what Atticus said, there is just something about race that makes white people go crazy and not be able to think straight. The quote illustrates the main struggle that Tom Robinson must overcome, biases and prejudice that the men in that court have against him. The people of Maycomb that are not directly involved in the court case are also a problem, with the racist comments and

The hostility is due, to the numerous rumours, and allegations. Prejudice against different social, economic and racial classes; The scapegoating of other characters just because of their differences; The systemic racism displayed in the school and courts. To Kill a Mockingbird exemplifies quite effectively the prejudice and bias that human beings have towards others and grounds people back to earth to deliver a message that is powerful, we are all human, and we are all