Atticus Finch To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout Finch is a young girl who has no clue of the racism and segregation present in her world. She was born in a time where African Americans weren't respected by many white people, but her father is someone who goes against that. Atticus Finch is a very well liked lawyer, until he takes up the case of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of assaulting Mayella Ewell. The Ewell’s claims of Tom Robinson assaulting her all seemed a little fishy, but Robinson was wrongly accused of the crime and was sent to jail. During the trial, Atticus tells Jem, “In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins” (243). Boo Radley has a huge role in the themes in the novel, as well. Webster's dictionary says courage means to have “mental strength to persevere and withstand fear,” but to Atticus Finch it means, “when you know you're
A main example of this in To Kill A Mockingbird was the case of Tom Robinson. The entire town of Maycomb seems to go against Atticus and his children all because he’s defending a black man in court. A book that I felt related to the racism present in To Kill A Mockingbird was The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel about a young girl named Liesel Meminger who lives in Nazi occupied Europe during the 1940’s. Tom and Max are two completely different people, yet they both have the same fate. Max Vandenburg is a jewish man living in 1940 Germany and Tom is a black man living in America in the 30’s, but they both live in a judging society. Twentieth century Europe was not very kind to Jewish people and they were treated like trash. They were put in crowded concentration camps and were given little privilege. Hitler discriminated against Jewish people like the citizens of Maycomb did to African