Examples Of Hypocrisy In To Kill A Mockingbird
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America is the land of the free. If you're a rich white male, that is. America is also the home of the brave. Until we feel threatened, then everyone panics. What America really is is a land of hypocrisy, where people claim to do justice while simultaneously excluding groups they don't agree with from that justice. People try to fight it, but in the end, it is simple human nature to war with ourselves. America will never treat all people fairly. Some who feel the worst of this prejudice are people of color, women, and people with different religious beliefs.
It's no secret that blacks are viewed as ‘lesser’ by much of the country's inhabitants. This is well illustrated in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Tom Robinson is clearly innocent of the crimes he is accused of, and yet …show more content…
While it is not touched upon in any great detail in To Kill a Mockingbird, it is one of the key debates in the upcoming elections. Of course, no one says that it is about religion; they claim that they are fighting terrorists, protecting the country, etcetera. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has recently issued a statement saying that America should ban all Muslims from entering the country. According to CNN, “Trump, who has previously called for surveillance against mosques and said he was open to establishing a database for all Muslims living in the U.S., made his latest controversial call in a news release. His message comes in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, by suspected ISIS sympathizers and the day after President Barack Obama asked the country not to "turn against one another" out of fear.” Donald Trump: Ban All Muslim Travel to U.S. - CNNPolitics.com." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015. People are so fearful of different religions that they are not even willing to let them set foot in the country, in the land of the
America is the land of the free. If you're a rich white male, that is. America is also the home of the brave. Until we feel threatened, then everyone panics. What America really is is a land of hypocrisy, where people claim to do justice while simultaneously excluding groups they don't agree with from that justice. People try to fight it, but in the end, it is simple human nature to war with ourselves. America will never treat all people fairly. Some who feel the worst of this prejudice are people of color, women, and people with different religious beliefs.
It's no secret that blacks are viewed as ‘lesser’ by much of the country's inhabitants. This is well illustrated in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Tom Robinson is clearly innocent of the crimes he is accused of, and yet …show more content…
While it is not touched upon in any great detail in To Kill a Mockingbird, it is one of the key debates in the upcoming elections. Of course, no one says that it is about religion; they claim that they are fighting terrorists, protecting the country, etcetera. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has recently issued a statement saying that America should ban all Muslims from entering the country. According to CNN, “Trump, who has previously called for surveillance against mosques and said he was open to establishing a database for all Muslims living in the U.S., made his latest controversial call in a news release. His message comes in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, by suspected ISIS sympathizers and the day after President Barack Obama asked the country not to "turn against one another" out of fear.” Donald Trump: Ban All Muslim Travel to U.S. - CNNPolitics.com." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015. People are so fearful of different religions that they are not even willing to let them set foot in the country, in the land of the