Examples Of Hypocrisy In To Kill A Mockingbird

What do you call a term that turns simple words into being covertly used against one another and have been used by the Government, politicians, media and so forth? This term is called “Hypocrisy”. Hypocrisy is commonly used to gain power and self respect. In most novel, characters and situation always include hypocrisy in between human nature and injustice.

In the novel To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee,many of the characters showed signs of hypocrisy. For example, Tom Robinson portrays as a victim of hypocrisy throughout the novel, as well as his race of being an African American. In the event of Tom Robinson being convicted for taking advantage of Mayella Ewell, most of Maycomb thought he was guilty, despite the facts that Tom

It will always be there whether it is perceptible or within subliminal messages. For instance, fairy tales do a scad more to entertain their viewership. Their heroes and villains teach important lessons about life to understand the world in an easy way children can. Although, not all the lessons fairytales teach are always good for children. Villains and protagonists are often exaggerated by the way they look and act like. Thus, from a very young age, children learn not only learn to judge the way people look, but also learn to stereotype an abundant of individuals. It is understood that fairytales has the intention to teach young individuals independence and strength. In contrast, fairytale princesses often do nothing for themselves to achieve triumph. Instead, they let everyone else do everything and take over their obligations. In the same fashion, the protagonist in the short story About School by an Unknown Author shows an act of independence and individual personality from his schoolmates. Even though the school forces creativity upon students, they are still compulsed to think and act similar to each other. Thus, creating labels and stereotypes. As an example, To Kill A MockingBird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson is shown as a victim of racism and labelling by Maycomb’s individuals who describes themselves as “God fearing”. The entire novel shows Christian hypocrisy against colored individuals. Tom

Unfortunately, violence has been a main part of humanity evolving. Violence has become an ordinary thing in the world despite the age group of viewers and what it may lead to. Critics say that violence on television is “a contributing cause to violence” in society. Although, the studies conducted by psychologist George Gerbner of the University of Pennsylvania led him to believe that television violence led him to believe that what happens on the screen is one way of preserving social order in real life. Audience crave violence in television and that is why more of these shows are made. They control the dial and chooses a show of their choice, leading more children accidentally or volunteeringly watch materials made for adult viewers. Violence has become ordinary in television that we have become desensitized enough to not become bothered to see several murderers in a week. Children cartoons is also an example of this fact, “Each week, the Road Runner eludes the Coyote, who is smashed with anvils, thrown by catapults, burned with blow torches, hit with rocks, shot with arrows, and generally beaten up. (Crawford). Human nature has it’s strengths and weaknesses. Trust being one of it’s strengths. While that being one of the strengths, it also does not mean people do not try to do the opposite and cause doubt. In the short story Grace by Vicki L. Sears, Jodi-Ann and Billie Jim started off