To Kill A Mockingbird Equality Essay
The Absence of Equality The snowman Jem creates in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, is a mixed-race snowman that helps to express the message that racism overpowers equality in the community of Maycomb. One example relating to the snowman that displays fairness is the instance when Scout is showing her confusion to Jem about the snowman having a black surface rather than a white surface. Scout says knowingly to Jem, “‘Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman,’ I said. ‘He won’t be black long,’ he grunted” (75). Scout, being the adolescent that she is, explains her confusion when the snowman doesn’t look like the majority of the residents. This quotation demonstrates that a darker skin tone is not well-known in Maycomb suggesting prejudice
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If a snowman were to be black it would no longer be classified as a snowman just like if a person were to black, it would discontinue to be depicted as a human in Maycomb. Since diverse people are not equivalent in the community, it can be inferred that unfairness plays a part. Lee uses quotations that exemplify discrimination throughout the novel to create a clear image of caucasians being worth more than people of color. As Jem and Scout create the snowman, “Jem glanced at me, his eyes twinkling: ‘Mr. Avrery’s sort of shaped like a snow man, ain’t he?” (76). This reference validates that racism is overpowering because of the fact that Mr. Avery is an indecent character in the book and is known as behaving how African Americans are thought to behave. Although Mr. Avery has a white skin tone, his inner characteristics match the black community. Mr. Avery is seen as a white man, but his demeanor illustrates a black person; just as the snowman has a white surface with black insides. Racism is represented through the use of the multicolor snowman that Jem creates. Overall, equality is demolished by the residents of Maycomb forcing separation among races leaving a gap between the people. Segregation of the citizens of Maycomb can be compared to populations today being unequal in the
If a snowman were to be black it would no longer be classified as a snowman just like if a person were to black, it would discontinue to be depicted as a human in Maycomb. Since diverse people are not equivalent in the community, it can be inferred that unfairness plays a part. Lee uses quotations that exemplify discrimination throughout the novel to create a clear image of caucasians being worth more than people of color. As Jem and Scout create the snowman, “Jem glanced at me, his eyes twinkling: ‘Mr. Avrery’s sort of shaped like a snow man, ain’t he?” (76). This reference validates that racism is overpowering because of the fact that Mr. Avery is an indecent character in the book and is known as behaving how African Americans are thought to behave. Although Mr. Avery has a white skin tone, his inner characteristics match the black community. Mr. Avery is seen as a white man, but his demeanor illustrates a black person; just as the snowman has a white surface with black insides. Racism is represented through the use of the multicolor snowman that Jem creates. Overall, equality is demolished by the residents of Maycomb forcing separation among races leaving a gap between the people. Segregation of the citizens of Maycomb can be compared to populations today being unequal in the