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How Does Tom Robinson Use Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird, a southern-gothic story, shows the view of life in the 1930’s. This story is told in the eyes of Jem and Scout and how their views changed as they grew up in the town of Maycomb. Scout is a young girl who is growing up surrounding the contentions of her father’s lawsuit. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer who is defending a black man in charge of a white girl’s rape. This essay will show how the lives of the people in Maycomb are affected by discrimination and prejudice in Tom Robinson’s case, Calpurnia’s church and the Verdict. Tom Robinson was one of the main characters of the story. His case in which he was blamed for rape was the main frame of the story. Since he was an African American, his witness and truth were biased because of his race. At that time, black man’s word was worth nothing. One of the examples that shows this is,” Reverend Sykes leaned across me and whispered to Jem. “He got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy... like to bled to death... tore all the muscles …show more content…

Once when Atticus was called by the State Legislature and had to leave Jem and Scout with Calpurnia in Maycomb, Calpurnia took the kids to the African American church. At the time the book was wrote under, African American’s had a different church than the white people. The kids were victims of prejudice by Lula. One of the examples is, “You ain’t got no business bringin‘ white chillun here —they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?”. This shows that Jem and scout were not permitted in the church by her because they were white and they were in a African American church. This also shows prejudice because they were not allowing people other races in the church. The Verdict of Tom Robinson’s case was an important event in Maycomb because it could change the future of Tom Robinson and all of

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