Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Through feelings of pride, lack of acceptance, and social equity, Harper Lee illustrates that racism can be driven by many different variables. In To Kill a Mockingbird,(Harper Lee, 1960) this incredibly adventurous book told through the view of little Scout, it’ll have you hooked with the scenes that come up. There is venturing from the view of little Scout who is living a miraculous life with her attorney father who is working towards proving Mr. Tom Robinson to be innocent in light of unjustly accusations of the race of Mayella Ewell, a white young lady that had been placed on him. Scout realizes how the stereotypes that people around her are facing possibly are in a result of one's lack of acceptance, pride that people have of feeling …show more content…
When Mr. Bob Ewells daughter who had been raped, Mayella is questioned about “How long has (her) mother been dead?”... “Don’t know long time.”...”(224), this could also be a piece of evidence because it provides the information of their home lives when it comes to family etc. In some cases the feeling of social equity can drive feelings of racism because there are two sides to each story. He and his daughter are also both comparatively lower class whites that some knew of how “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind a garbage dump…”(193). This strings along with their mother and wife passing away because it shows how the environment they live in and the lifestyle they have can also be an influence on how they act towards others. As there are two sides to every story, the Ewell’s may have been affected by the fact that they had lost their wife and their mother. It has been seen that “Mr. Ewell backed up into the whiteness chair, settled himself, and regarded Atticus with haughty suspicion…”(234) This ties in because with Mr, Bob Ewells lack of acceptance towards others and pride, social equity comes in because with the suspicion he has for Atticus seems like he may be feeling how it isn’t equal how they are viewing this case. It is known that the Ewells are definitely not the highest class although they are white and their educaucation is relatively low in comparison to other whites. During the trial, Mr. Bob Ewell is being examined, he is asked, “Can you read and write?....”(236) and although he does know how to, it is not as sophisticated as one’s may have been who had possibly had better education. The lack of social equality could be one thing that can seem to influence the racist feelings that one may be

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To Kill A Mockingbird Racism