In To Kill A Mockingbird racism is described as a disease that plagues Maycomb. Racism can be symbolised by not only characters in this book, but by an entire town, Maycomb. Other than Maycomb being a symbol of racism, Tom Robinson is a symbol of racism towards the black community in Maycomb. Tom Robinson was put on trial in Maycomb over a false accusation of rape and was convicted for a crime he did not commit. There was also a moment where a mob hunted down Tom Robinson to potentially kill him. “‘He in there, Mr. Finch?’ a man said. ‘He is,’ we heard Atticus answer… ‘You know what we want,’ another man said. ‘Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch’” (Lee 202). The mob that confronted Atticus at the Maycomb County jail was most likely looking for Tom Robinson, the person referred to as “he”. Atticus is related to the subject of racism, but in the sense that he detests it. “‘For a number of reasons,’ said Atticus. ‘The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town’” (Lee 100). This quote demonstrates how Atticus is dissatisfied with the racism and bias in the town that’s plagued with racism. Atticus wants to change the fact that racism in Maycomb is part of the norm. He took it in his hands to show that the people who point fingers, in this case the Ewells, are part of the problem, and not the black community in …show more content…
The two links that connect all three themes are Maycomb and the Ewell family.The Ewells have a reputation around town that refers to the poverty that they were forced into that forced out their extremely rude and hostile side. Mr. Ewell beat his daughter, Mayella Ewell, for coming onto a black man because he thought that was an atrocity. Mr. Ewell also blamed Tom Robinson for all the bruises on Mayella’s face, because he knew that between a black man and a white man Maycomb will always side with the white