Effects Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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"I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you,"(Page 109). A quote that Atticus said that shows that he believes that everyone is equal. In To Kill a Mockingbird, racism has its effects on Maycomb throughout the novel. Which is unlike the people of Maycomb. Racism is the main point in Lee’s novel. In conclusion, the effects of racism are seen in Tom Robinson, the Finch family, and Bob Ewell.
Tom Robinson, a black man, is a main character in this novel who faces the biggest effects of racism. The first effect is that Tom is falsely accused of beating Mayella Ewell. In the trial, he faces an unfair trial because of his skin color. During this court case, Tom's identity changes from a hardworking, family man to a careless man that has nothing to live for. Tom decides to take matters into his own hands because of this case, it made him lose all that he had to live for, which when he tried to escape he got shot seventeen times. If Tom went into the appeal, he would have ultimately been found guilty and executed.

The Finch family also feels the effects of racism. A lot
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The effect of being racist destroyed his mind. Which ultimately caused his death. After the Tom Robison trial, he starts to develop a vendetta on the people who he remembers made him look like a fool. This is caused because of his racist beliefs. He started his revenge by trying to break into Judge Taylor’s house, which failed. Then he tried to get his revenge on the Robinson family by stopping Helen from getting to work, which failed. Finally, his last attempt to get revenge is on Atticus’s kids. He attempted to kill them with a kitchen knife, which failed because Arthur Radley saved the kids by killing Bob Ewell. His racist beliefs deleviped his mind and started to think the best way to solve the proplem