How Does Harper Lee Use Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

Abstract"To kill a Mockingbird" was written by Harper Lee to criticize discrimination and prejudice to black people. Harper Lee 's Pulitzer Prize winning novel which is about white lawyer Atticus Finch who defends an innocent African American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is narrated through eyes of a child whose name is Scout. Harper Lee narrates nonsense of prejudice and discrimination through the events characters face. The most important character who suffers from prejudice and discrimination is Tom Robinson, he is treated in injustice manner, because of his race. The Finch 's black servant is Calpurnia alienated by Aunt Alexandra. Boo Radley is another character who is isolated because of prejudice of Maycomb County people. He is locked in his room by his fateher. But we see not only racial prejudice but also isolation because of class distinction such as Walter
They also see his mixed children, where Jem makes a comment. So Harper Lee lets the reader see another aspect of discrimination against blacks of the whites and prejudice against whites of the blacks, "They don 't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won 't have 'em because they 're half white; white folks won 't have 'em 'cause they 're coloured."(167) Jem says the "mixed children" are lonely and miserable because they truly don 't belong anywhere. Having one white parent and one colored parent disables them from fitting in with either group because they 're half of the other color. The colored kids don 't want anything to do with them. When they try and play with the white children they don 't accept them because they 're partially colored. So, they are taught not to have anything to do with colored people. To stand up to these kids takes a lot of courage. Anywhere these mixed children go they get called harsh names and are put down to the lowest