Types Of Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

The Various Forms of Discrimination in the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, we see several forms of discrimination. For most people, when they hear of the word discrimination, they think of racism, ageism, or something else similar. These are all some of the most common forms of discrimination, but they are not the only forms of it that exists. The types of discrimination I will mostly be talking about are sexism, racism, and classism. The first form of discrimination I will talk about is about how people tell Scout that she has to wear dresses all of the time, and that she has to have perfect manners. Not only is this a form of discrimination against Scout, it is discrimination against women who behave in similar

The Ewell family experienced this. They may not be the nicest of people, but other people weren't exactly great to them either. They were considered to be one of the lowest classes, and next to no one respected them. At this time, they were barely at a higher social level than the black people. This is still not saying much. When the trial took place after Bob Ewell accused Tom Robinson of rape, people didn’t really seem to care about Bob winning. He only won because no one was going to take the word of a black man over the word of a white man. Even after he won, no one seemed to care. He gained very little from it, and no one respected him any more than they did before. He may be an incredibly rude and selfish person, but it is sad that they are basically outcasts in their town. Their home and living space is a dump, and Bob Ewell doesn't seem to be able to keep a job. Atticus definitely doesn’t like Bob Ewell, but he seems to understand what he is going through. He knows that the Ewells have a hard time. He even expresses how sorry he feels for Mayella Ewell on the day of the trial. Atticus is an understanding man, and he is definitely not a vengeful one. Bob has even said that he will get Atticus back for embarrassing him, but Atticus doesn't do anything in return. He seems to be the one person in the entire story that can understand and accept anyone, no matter who they are. To Atticus, the ideas and theories

The Ewells are an important topic, and so is the topic of classism, but It is time to move on to the main controversy of the book. Racism. Racism is most clearly shown with the case of Tom Robinson. He is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Rape. In the time period that the novel takes place in, black people have little to no rights. They are even separated from white people when they attend a school. There are few people who actually understand that everyone had equal rights and should be treated the same way. Over time, we have come a long way with racism. Now we see very little of it. Obviously it still exists, but it has decreased in amount over the years. Mayella Ewell says that Tom beat her and then proceeded to rape her. Her father also accuses him of this, so Tom is put on trial. Because Tom is a black man in this time period, very few people actually respected respected him, and few people in a jury would ever say he was innocent, even though he was. The only real reason that black people were treated differently was because they are a different color. Racism is the main controversy in this story, and as the readers, we witness it through the point of view of