Fighting Prejudice: to Kill a Mockingbird
If you’ve ever faced the influencing powers of peer prejudice, then you may know what Scout’s situation was. This was a major theme in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Especially if you were growing up in a 1930’s Alabama setting, then it makes it even more difficult to overcome discrimination against others. This novel goes into a bullet hard description on how our protagonist, Scout Finch, was able to achieve this goal. She gave her own description on the town’s prejudice, as well as a visit to the First Purchase M.E. Church, and everyone’s favorite mystery, Mr. Arthur (Boo) Radley.
Scout is an energetic little girl, who felt out of place her first day of school. You may have felt this way your first day too, especially if your teacher was Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline was new to Maycomb, and you could tell. She was surprised when she heard Scout could read, and ironically scolded her. Miss Caroline didn’t know the people as well. When Walter Cunningham came into school without his lunch, being kind enough, Miss Caroline offered three quarters to pay for one. Just then, Scout said, “Miss Caroline, he’s just a Cunningham.” Then she snapped at Scout.
The First Purchase M.E. Church is one great example of prejudice against whites, instead of the usual against blacks. Scout and the children were treated very poorly at the church. This is shown when Lula stood up and said, “I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church.” This also showed that the children weren’t wanted there. However, Calpurnia didn’t stand for it at all. She defended the children because she didn’t like the way Lula treated them.
Boo Radley, possibly one of the most interesting characters in the story, was heaveily stereo typed throughout until the very end, where he revealed his face to the world for the first time. At first, Scout and the children viewed him as a scary, somewhat shady person who has been locked up in his house his whole life. However, over time
Scout is an energetic little girl, who felt out of place her first day of school. You may have felt this way your first day too, especially if your teacher was Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline was new to Maycomb, and you could tell. She was surprised when she heard Scout could read, and ironically scolded her. Miss Caroline didn’t know the people as well. When Walter Cunningham came into school without his lunch, being kind enough, Miss Caroline offered three quarters to pay for one. Just then, Scout said, “Miss Caroline, he’s just a Cunningham.” Then she snapped at Scout.
The First Purchase M.E. Church is one great example of prejudice against whites, instead of the usual against blacks. Scout and the children were treated very poorly at the church. This is shown when Lula stood up and said, “I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church.” This also showed that the children weren’t wanted there. However, Calpurnia didn’t stand for it at all. She defended the children because she didn’t like the way Lula treated them.
Boo Radley, possibly one of the most interesting characters in the story, was heaveily stereo typed throughout until the very end, where he revealed his face to the world for the first time. At first, Scout and the children viewed him as a scary, somewhat shady person who has been locked up in his house his whole life. However, over time