Racism plays a major theme in the novels "To Kill A Mocking Bird, and "A Time to Kill". This is evident by many occurrences. In "To Kill a Mockingbird", they wrongfully accused Tom Robinson of attacking Mayella Ewell, and in "A Time to Kill" the Ku Klux Klan involvement in the Carl Lee murder case.
Racism is a major theme is Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mocking Bird. There is many examples of racism in her novel. During the time period when To Kill a Mockingbird is set, blacks were not considered equal to whites, this caused maybe crimes to be blamed on them. This is apparent went Nathan Radley hears someone in a cabbage patch. He opens fire and when people ask what happened, without he thought he says it was a "nigger", and he didn't even know who it was. To be associated with blacks during this time was just as bad as being one yourself. This is evident based on the main storyline of Tom Robinson being accused of rape. Atticus is criticized for defending Tom in court. An example is when Mrs. Dubose said, "Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for." He is also called a "nigger lover". He is threaten and jumped many times by lynch mobs as well. It's not just the adults that are saying this either, children are as well. In Harper Lee's book the situations of racism show how terrible it really is.
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Racism also plays a role in "A Time To Kill", but it is a more violent role. An example of this is two white men rap a little black girl, and then the black girl's father shoots and kills the two white rapists. In this novel the KKK plays a major role in creating a racist atmosphere. Throughout "A Time To Kill" the presence of the Ku Klux Klan, is both as an antagonistic force and as the shows the blind hatred that existed in the form of racism in Mississippi at the time. For example, they held rallies against the Carl Lee, burned crosses on black jurors lawns just so it would frighten them and drive them away from the case.
