Prejudices in To Kill A Mockingbird " As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it "whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." ... He was an average black man in Maycomb. ... Walter Cunningham was a little boy in Scouts first grade class, who did not have money to buy lunch. ... She soon grew to know about each of the kids part that they played in Maycomb society. ... Miss Maudie, acr...

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Avery/Miss Stephanie, the Radleys", the Cunninghams", the Ewells", and on the very bottom the black community. ... " I felt right sorry for her- With the Maycomb caste system how is possible for a pathetic black man to feel sorry for any white person, even a Ewell? ... (Lamb ) They were children once and this is why Atticus has the mentality that he does about the way he views society. ... Atticus was a boy just like Jem at one point and he could see that Jem was seeing what he saw as a boy. ...

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The book is set in the 1930s in Southern America just after the civil war when blacks were seen as an inferior race and whites are superior. ... An example of this is when Mr Gilmer, the prosecutor on Tom's trial, calls Tom 'boy!' lowering Tom's status and indicating that black people are inferior. ... The lowest social class consists of the blacks. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird is a story about everyone's right to be treated fairly no matter their race, color, background or creed and not blinded by racial prejudice or fear created by others and not placed into social cl...

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Scout describes her feelings about a friend that she and Jem both share. ... She has feelings for a boy. ... They question their father Atticus as to why the white people do not like the black people. ... As the trial progresses they, mostly Scout, begin to question Atticus more about why people are treating the blacks the way they do, and why they treat Atticus the way they do. ... Scout is offended by this and inquires about this to her father. ...

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During the first summer they befriend a boy named Dill and the three children act out stories together and they become fascinated with the occupants of the run-down, eerie Radley house. ... Jem, like the reader, is convinced that the source of these events is Boo and he tells Atticus about the episode with his pants and the presents. Atticus is appointed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson accused of raping a white woman. As a result, Scout and Jem are subjected to harassment from other children, being accused of siding with black people. ... The mob seems determined to have their way...

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During the first summer they befriend a boy named Dill and the three children act out stories together and they become fascinated with the occupants of the run-down, eerie Radley house. ... Jem, like the reader, is convinced that the source of these events is Boo and he tells Atticus about the episode with his pants and the presents. Atticus is appointed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson accused of raping a white woman. As a result, Scout and Jem are subjected to harassment from other children, being accused of siding with black people. ... The mob seems determined to have their way a...

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She is aware that it is intolerable for her to try and seduce a black man. ... Tom Robinson is a very respectable and humble black man. ... Radley's boy was not seen again for fifteen years.... " (16) This is one of many very rude remarks made about him. It is very ignorant to say things about somebody based on assumptions. ...

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Although she is a child who has a black housekeeper, she doesn't really know of the prejudice that still lingers against them. ... Even though Scout had her doubts about Tom Robinson's charges being dropped at all, she was still crushed by the fact that the entire jury would vote against him. ... Huck is forced to face the same problem as Scout; the way you are seen in the eyes of society for helping and enjoying the company of blacks. ... Huck's ability to choose over something he has thought about deliberately and not act only on impulse and instinct shows how his maturity has...

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Many citizens of Maycomb speak highly of Atticus and others despise him because of his decision to defend Tom Robinson, a wrongly accused black man, in court. ... Scout, a frizzy-haired tomboy, and Jem, an adult-like 10 year old boy, are very protective of each other. ... Being bored children living through the Great Depression, the Finch kids are extremely curious about Boo. ...

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When Atticus was asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused for raping a white woman, people in Maycomb started to talk about it. ... Not every man could put aside everything he has ever been taught his whole life, and represent a black man like Atticus did(Lee). ... Atticus strongly wants do the legal action about Bob Ewell's death. He doesn't want his boy starting out with something like this over his head. ... He doesn't want Jem to grow up and hearing gossips about him. ...

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There is nothing admirable about sitting quietly or walking away from brewing conflict. ... Cecil Jacobs, a boy Scout attends school with, is one of the many children to torment and condemn Scout and her brother Jem in regards to Atticus's decision. Atticus remains firm about his stance on the issue despite the adversity he knows he must endure because of this. ... Regardless of this final outcome, the message about Atticus's courage and integrity remains constant because he made the effort. ... Maudie notes Atticus's influence in the community by saying, "did it ever strik...

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Jem has to see for himself that blacks and whites hatred towards each other is more than just the word "nigger", and that it is deeper. ... She is always thoughtful and good; always worrying about the good and evil in people and intends to act with her best intentions. ... He witnesses the racial comments and ideas and begins to realize himself, the hatred in white man towards blacks. ... Dill leaves us with much of the story left but holds what he witnesses but still reforms back into a normal boy. ... Scout tells her father about the book they read saying "why he hadn't done any of t...

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The black community is represented first by the Finch's maid, Calpurnia. ... One thing that impressed me about Reverend Skyes was that he never described himself or his congregation with the word "nigger/s". ... Lastly, Tom Robinson is the married, handicapped character that attended Purchase Church since he was a boy and worked for Mr. ... It came down to the word of the "poor-white trash" Ewell family against an upstanding black citizen. ... Bush - refused an invitation to visit Jasper to speak about the racial murder because he did not want to offend the Christian Coalition and othe...

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Atticus follows as a lawyer and his family prior to and during a legal case to defend a black male, Tom Robinson, charged of raping a white female, Mayella Ewell. ... When Scout had an issue with a poor boy from school Atticus advised her that, "You can never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his shoes and walk around"(pg. 35). ... The only time that he seriously lectures his children is about the evils of taking advantage of those less fortunate or less educated. ... Atticus is prominent in that he despises the segregation of w...

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One summer when the children were playing in their tree house, they noticed a little boy sitting in the garden. The boy's name was Dill. ... It was pitch black and neither of them could see anything. ... Her father asked about Jem. ... We talk for about a half hour and the woman was very nice. ...

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Scout and Jem meet and befriend seven-year-old Dill Harris, a boy who has arrived in Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. ... Despite this, Atticus's defense of Tom is unpopular in the white community, and Scout and Jem find themselves taunted at school due to their father's defense of a black man. ... When the trial begins, Atticus tries to protect his children from the anger and prejudice they would hear; however, Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak into the courtroom and sit in the balcony with the black community. ... The children's attitudes about Boo, for example, represen...

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Further, Scout talks about several families like they were clans with distinct and fixed identities. ... He was the one who renewed Jem and Scout's curiosity about Boo Radley and the Radley Place in general and set the plot of the novel in motion. Similarly, Calpurnia was another device used by Lee to act as a link between the 'whites' and the 'blacks'. ... Harper Lee also points at the superstitious nature of the people of Maycomb through Scout's description of the stories that she had heard about the Radley Place. ... Radley's boy was not seen again for f...

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Atticus reminds them to see it from her point of view before judging her which leads to them learning about her drug addiction. ... Especially over a matter as serious as a black man raping a white woman. ... In to Kill a Mockingbird, the heroes come in many shapes and sizes, from and frail old lady, to a twelve year old boy. ...

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For example, Mrs Dubose shouts racist comments at Jem and Scout as they walk by and Tom Robinson is sent to jail for a crime he did not commit but because he is black he is sent to jail even though the evidence that he did not commit this crime is right in front of the jury. ... This is because it is set during the 1900's, when the effects of the depression were spreading and there are racial tensions between black and whites. ... She also feels worthless, and thinks about running away or if this is not possible to never "eating or drinking more" (P.10). ... She at first thinks about ...

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