How Does Prejudice Exist In To Kill A Mockingbird
In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” prejudice exists. It Exists because people are easily swayed to dehumanize because of their skin colour, or even their personality. They are this way because of Fear, Ego, Plus Mob Mentality.
Fear is a word that means scared. All throughout the boom we have noticed that the whites would discriminate the colour out of their own fear. An Example is a quote on (240) that quotes “Tom’s death was typical. Typical of a negro to cut and run. Typical of a negro’s Mentality to have no plan, No thought of the future, Just run blind first chance he saw. What they are trying to say is that, White people are scared for what they cannot control so they give himself a mindset, that all coloured people have no future. …show more content…
They would think one way is better of living is better than another way. Basically the whites think that living their way is better than living coloured. There is a quote on (125) that quotes “Why do you talk Negro talk to the- to your folks when you know it ain’t right”. What scout was trying to imply is that One way of talking is better than another way because the other way isn’t right. But what Calpurnia is trying to teach her is that there is not only 1 way of talking. There are plenty of ways to talk. And If you are a Black person talking white to another black person, That isn’t right. And whatever colour you are born with, you should speak that tongue. People can’t judge the way you are supposed to speak. Also, Back in the day, White people knew that coloured people get no justice. There a quote on (220) that quotes “When a white white man word is against a black man, the White man always wins. Their ugly, but they are facts”. What this quote means is that in Tom Robinson’s case they all knew that Tom is Coloured. And white people knew they already won because Tom is black. Whites are thinking that their life is better than coloured because they know they get justice and coloured people don’t. Whites would try to hurt them by not treating them right, and giving them less respect. Throughout this book whites would brag about their life as a heaven and the coloured life as
Fear is a word that means scared. All throughout the boom we have noticed that the whites would discriminate the colour out of their own fear. An Example is a quote on (240) that quotes “Tom’s death was typical. Typical of a negro to cut and run. Typical of a negro’s Mentality to have no plan, No thought of the future, Just run blind first chance he saw. What they are trying to say is that, White people are scared for what they cannot control so they give himself a mindset, that all coloured people have no future. …show more content…
They would think one way is better of living is better than another way. Basically the whites think that living their way is better than living coloured. There is a quote on (125) that quotes “Why do you talk Negro talk to the- to your folks when you know it ain’t right”. What scout was trying to imply is that One way of talking is better than another way because the other way isn’t right. But what Calpurnia is trying to teach her is that there is not only 1 way of talking. There are plenty of ways to talk. And If you are a Black person talking white to another black person, That isn’t right. And whatever colour you are born with, you should speak that tongue. People can’t judge the way you are supposed to speak. Also, Back in the day, White people knew that coloured people get no justice. There a quote on (220) that quotes “When a white white man word is against a black man, the White man always wins. Their ugly, but they are facts”. What this quote means is that in Tom Robinson’s case they all knew that Tom is Coloured. And white people knew they already won because Tom is black. Whites are thinking that their life is better than coloured because they know they get justice and coloured people don’t. Whites would try to hurt them by not treating them right, and giving them less respect. Throughout this book whites would brag about their life as a heaven and the coloured life as