Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Throughout History, men have looked down on blacks and women. But this does not justify the view that blacks and women are below white men. When people look down on blacks and women, they preform injustice. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is full of injustice. During this time period, everyone looked down on blacks and women, which makes Maycomb one in the same with the discriminators. In particular, the people in Maycomb looked down on Tom Robinson, and many others looked down on Scout. Around the Finch household, Aunt Alexandria always tries to do away with Calpurnia, the black housekeeper and cook as Alexandria says, “We don’t need her (Calpurnia) now.” (182). Injustices in Maycomb include the case of Tom Robinson, the way Aunt Alexandra treats Calpurnia, and the way people treat Scout.

People in the town of Maycomb despised Tom Robinson. Tom’s trial was very unfair and unjust. Almost every white person in Maycomb did not believe Tom Robinson when he gave his testimony in court. People on the jury are supposed to consider both sides of the argument, and then make the decision with the most evidence. But the people in the jury of Tom Robinson’s case made their decision based off of the peer pressure of nearly
To start, Aunt Alex tries to get rid of Calpurnia. In addition, Alex also orders Calpurnia around like a servant. For example, when Alex first moves in with Scout, Jem, and Atticus, she commands, “Put my bag in the front room Calpurnia.” (169). Even though Calpurnia is technically a servant, nobody in the Finch household ever treated her like a servant Calpurnia. Throughout the book Harper Lee shows that Calpurnia does all of the cleaning, cooking, and gardening around the house, so Calpurnia does not deserve such sass from Alex. The way Aunt Alexandria treats Calpurnia adds on to the list of injustices in To Kill a

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