To Kill A Mockingbird Impact On Society

Have you ever been blamed for something you didn't do? Well, that's exactly How Tom Robinson felt in To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird Shows the plight of an African American man in the 1930s. It also shows injustice and lack of equality that an African American has to deal with on a daily basis. To Kill a Mockingbird by: Harper Lee, was written in 1960. The book describes in detail how African Americans were looked at and treated in 1930. Atticus was a lawyer with 2 children, Jem and Scout. Atticus is defending an African American man named Tom Robinson, who has little to no chance of winning the case. Tom Robinson in Harper lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a character that really sheds light on the plight of an African American man
But that don't mean that you can say it just cause you got N**** friends. N****, that word was originated for you to keep us under And when we use its just how we greet each other. And when you use it, we know there's a double meaning under.” The song “I'm not racist” really showed us about the way Tom Robinson is hurt when someone says that word to him. African Americans were treated very differently in Maycomb. As Atticus explains, "She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards" (268). From this quote, we learn that people in Maycomb are disgusted when they thought Mayella attempted to kiss a black man and were even saying that it’s unspeakable to do in Maycomb. This just shows how divided the African American and white cultures are. Tom is an African American man in Maycomb in the 1930 this means he has almost no chance of not be charged guilty in court. The reason that he was taken to court was because he is accused of raping a white woman, even though Tom’s completely innocent. If, Tom