To Kill A Mockingbird Injustice Quotes

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere”. Martin Luther King envisioned a world in which society lived without hate but in peace with one another, his dream was cut short when he was assassinated purely because of the racial prejudice someone had. The injustice he faces relates heavily to his quote as it speaks the truth about the innocence of one person and it must be protected from the evil of society. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee, addresses the cruel society in which injustice is served based on the withstanding prejudice and racism the town of Maycomb contains. The author addresses this to the reader through the use of characters that symbolize the victims of

Symbolism is significant throughout the novel with the mockingbird used to symbolize the theme of injustice committed upon the innocent.

To begin with, Tom Robinson is an excellent example of portraying the symbol of the mockingbird. Tom being an Black African American in the late 1930’s, when society in the southern parts of America were filled with racial prejudice, is the best example of an African American not receiving the justice he deserved. The amount of racial prejudice in the town afflicts people's judgement and it labelled an innocent man, a convict. When waiting restlessly for hours at the courthouse in anticipation for the final verdict of the jury, Scout says,“ I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: “Guilty… guilty … guilty… guilty… guilty” (Lee, 282). A society's view of a black man is the ugly kind, their moral code does not allow them to be in favour of a black man, despite all evidence proving the innocence of one. Moreover, Tom knew he was unable to defend himself when the whole event of “rape” that took place, because he knew it he did say anything or did anything thin in his

Atticus thoroughly believes that there should not be a cultural divide between races and therefore proceeds to take on the case of Tom Robinson. Bob Ewell, father to Mayella- who accuses Tom of rape- becomes frustrated after being made a fool in court and even though Tom was jailed, but wanted to get back at Atticus for taking on the case to begin with. After Tom was arrested and taken to a county jail Bob Ewell mumbles these few words to a follow member of the town, “One down, two to go”(Lee, 323). He refers to killing the Finch children to gain revenge on Atticus for his decision. This man was filled with so much hate, wickedness, prejudice he decide to plot the murder of a man's own children. Atticus is innocent as he has done nothing wrong to deserve such evil acts, representing again the mockingbird and how it is once again defenseless as there is nothing it can do before it is shot. In spite this, Atticus begins to be verbally abused by the towns members as they believe that he is a traitor to their own race by protecting a black person. Fellow neighbour Mrs. Dubose takes it upon herself to criticize the Finch family in front of the children and decides to say, “Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” (Lee, 135). Majority of the town does not understand the decision of a white man taking on a black mans case