To Kill A Mockingbird Racial Discrimination Analysis

Standing Up Against Discrimination Discrimination is a big problem throughout the world. It was a problem in 1930, 1960, and as well as today in 2016. Discrimination occurs every day. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is influenced from racial discrimination from her neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, as well as her Aunt Alexandra. In The Help, Skeeter's friends discriminate against African- Americans. Scout grows up as the only girl in her family because her mother died when she was very young. This kind of influenced her to be a tomboy, or at least did not help her to act more like a lady. In the minds of people in the 1930s, Scout does not act like a lady should or wear what a proper girl should wear. Skeeter grew up in a rich family with an African
Being different than everyone else in the 1930s is a big deal. Their neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, does not understand Scout and is rude about it. Mrs. Dubose tells Scout that she Is going to grow up waiting on tables if she keeps dressing in her overalls. Mrs. Dubose also points out the fact that she should be wearing a dress. In response to Mrs. Dubose's rudeness, Jem says to Scout, “Don't pay any attention to her and hold your head high and be a gentleman.” (Lee 135) After Scout takes in what Jem says to her, she finally realizes that she cannot let people get to her like that, especially a grouchy old lady like Mrs. Dubose. Scout isn't going to let it bother her. Of course Scout got a little upset by it. She is 6, after all, but she is not about to stop wearing her overalls because of it. She is not going to start acting lady like either. Scout is a very strong girl for not letting others change her and wearing her overalls with pride. Scout is a firm believer that girls should be able to wear whatever they want to wear. Atticus, Scout's father, defends Tom Robinson, an African American at court. Most of the town makes fun of him for this, and they call him names behind his back. Even young children at Jem and Scout’s school talk about him. One day. a young boy named Cecil Jacobs approaches Scout about it. Cecil calls Atticus a “n*gger lover’ and says to Scout, “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the
Scout and Skeeter both deal with discrimination but in two very different ways. Scout has to deal with racial discrimination and discrimination against blacks, unlike Skeeter who just deals with discrimination against blacks. Scout and Skeeter are both very mature when standing up for what they believe in. After reading these stories more clearly, the main characters, Scout and Skeeter make others realize that discrimination is wrong and gives outsiders more