Prejudice In To Kill A Mocking
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a story of racial injustice, sexism, and many other types of prejudice.
Perhaps the most obvious form of prejudice found in the novel is racism.
Tom Robinson was a hardworking, charitable person, who always put the needs of others above his own, but becau ....
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.... person, whose only true sin was pity for a white woman.
There are many other instances in To Kill A Mockingbird where racism is clearly shown. When Aunt Alexandra makes her first appearance in the novel, she says to Calpurnia,
“Put my bags in the front bedroom, Calpurnia (Lee 127).” This shows the lack of respect and feeling of superiority that Aunt Alexandra has for Calpurnia, because of the colour of her skin.
The inhabitants of the small Southern town of Maycomb are so unawa ....
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