Examples Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

In a dark world with dark people, there seemed nothing wrong with the racial slurs and poor treatment of the lower class and different race. In two different stories, two main characters stand up to fight discrimination in two towns. Scout and Skeeter both face discrimination and act differently, the way they react shows their moral beliefs in a strong way.
In To Kill A Mockingbird Scout Finch reacts toward discrimination with confusion because she’s so young. At the beginning of the book, when Scout goes to first grade on the first day of school she already knows how to read and Mrs. Caroline gets mad and yells at her for it. “Teach me? He hasn’t taught me anything, Mrs. Caroline” (Lee 22). This quotation shows that Scout is confused because her teacher gets mad at her from reading before being taught. Mrs. Caroline thinks she was taught wrong way and Scout is confused why she’s mad. Scout believes that just because you know how to read doesn’t mean you should be penalized for being advanced.
There are similarities between the both characters with discrimination because they both face racial and gender inequalities also. The differences are in the way they react Skeeter acts in an angrily manner and Scout reacts more confused and doesn’t really understand it. I think Skeeter acts differently than Scout because she is much older and can comprehend what is going on around her unlike Scout who's a little girl. The situations are different because I think if Skeeter was in Scout’s shoes and had to see Tom lose even though he clearly should’ve won she would’ve been really mad because she isn’t a fan of the whole racist thing that’s going on. I now see more clearly that the discrimination seen in both the movie and the book took a different toll on everyone that was involved in