To Kill a Mockingbird Discrimination Essay - 873 Words

Discrimination is prevalent in the story â€Å"To Kill a Mockingbird†, the most obvious being the excessive amount of racism (Lee). Racism is the easiest to see but there are more forms of discrimination (Lee). Boo Radley is ostracized from the community when truly nobody really knows him (Lee). People discriminate Scout for being a tomboy not a lady (Lee). The last one that no one ever thinks about is how reverse racism is seen when people threaten Atticus for defending Tom Robinson in court (Lee). Discrimination in any form is a controversial topic but everyone knows that it is not right to discriminate against people. Racism is still a very controversial topic in today’s society but still not as bad as seen in the time period†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"You arent really a nigger-lover, then, are you? (Lee 107-09). I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... Im hard put, sometimes—baby, its never an insult to be called what somebody think s is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesnt hurt you.† (Lee 107-09). This quote is one of many that show how racism is used in the story. In this quote Scout has heard someone call Atticus a nigger lover because he is Tom Robinsons lawyer and he is trying to his best job to help him as he can (Lee). Scout doesn’t really understand at first what a nigger lover is until Atticus explains it to her. The community has ostracized Boo Radley from the community even though most people don’t know him. â€Å"Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows.† (Lee 5). This is how the community saw Boo Radley in the beginning of the book (Lee). This outlook of Boo has made everyone scared to even walk past his family’s house (Lee). At the end of the book Boo helps Scout and Jem out from an attack from Bob Ewell when they were on their way back home (Lee). After that event they look at Boo differently till the end of the story. This type of discrimination happens in today’s society still and in movies everyone has seen such as the â€Å"Sandlot†.Show MoreRelatedEssay On Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird955 Words   |  4 Pages Why is there discrimination? Discrimination is everywhere in the world and there a lways has been. People are discriminated against because they are different, whether that is ethnicity, religion, social class or gender, everyone is going to be discriminated against because they aren’t â€Å"normal†. Society can fight back, they don’t have to accept this hatred that prevails throughout the world. 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