Discrimination In Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
Elizabeth Estes
LITR240-1202A-09
Phase 5 IP Final IP
The Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates many different types of discrimination and relates to the reader how easily people adapt to social discriminations. In the beginning of the story Atticus Finch has two children who are without their mother due to being deceased. A small boy by the name of Dill shows up and becomes friends with the two children. Immediately the youngest of the children, Scout Finch starts to ask questions about her new friend’s family. Scout wants to know what happened to this boy’s father and why does Dill not know where he is. Dill’s father is the president of a railroad and therefore never around. Scout has evidently shown signs of being sheltered. …show more content…
Robinson. The sheriff called Atticus to inform him that the inmate was about to be transferred for trial and that he needed his help to protect him. You do not hear about things like this these days, if someone gets transported you will never know until they get there. The police will not call your attorney and say come protect your client until trial either. That is exactly what happened to Atticus, he was told to come help guard his client. The sheriff knew that people would show up to kill the inmate Mr. Robinson, when he told Atticus he also believed as the sheriff believed. As Atticus sit on the front door step of the jail sure enough here come a group of the locals to blow Mr. Robinson away. The group of the locals believed that Robinson was guilty just because Mayella and her father said he was. This group of locals felt he did not deserve a fair trial and begged Atticus to move out of their way. Atticus’ children Jem and Scout knew something was going on with their father so when they found out where he was they grabbed Dill and head to go help. If it were not for those children believing in their father I am not sure that Atticus would have been able to stop these men from going right through him to get to Mr.
LITR240-1202A-09
Phase 5 IP Final IP
The Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates many different types of discrimination and relates to the reader how easily people adapt to social discriminations. In the beginning of the story Atticus Finch has two children who are without their mother due to being deceased. A small boy by the name of Dill shows up and becomes friends with the two children. Immediately the youngest of the children, Scout Finch starts to ask questions about her new friend’s family. Scout wants to know what happened to this boy’s father and why does Dill not know where he is. Dill’s father is the president of a railroad and therefore never around. Scout has evidently shown signs of being sheltered. …show more content…
Robinson. The sheriff called Atticus to inform him that the inmate was about to be transferred for trial and that he needed his help to protect him. You do not hear about things like this these days, if someone gets transported you will never know until they get there. The police will not call your attorney and say come protect your client until trial either. That is exactly what happened to Atticus, he was told to come help guard his client. The sheriff knew that people would show up to kill the inmate Mr. Robinson, when he told Atticus he also believed as the sheriff believed. As Atticus sit on the front door step of the jail sure enough here come a group of the locals to blow Mr. Robinson away. The group of the locals believed that Robinson was guilty just because Mayella and her father said he was. This group of locals felt he did not deserve a fair trial and begged Atticus to move out of their way. Atticus’ children Jem and Scout knew something was going on with their father so when they found out where he was they grabbed Dill and head to go help. If it were not for those children believing in their father I am not sure that Atticus would have been able to stop these men from going right through him to get to Mr.