Monday, July 19, 2010
Third.
I agree with another post, that this book is about racism. In the story, a lot of the white folks in town wonder why Atticus is actually defending a colored man named Tom Robinson. It is seen in the book multiple times that they dislike the idea. Some start abusing Atticus like trying to hurt him in his office. Luckily, Scout saved him by jumping into their argument. Another example was when Actticus' kids (Scout and Jem) were being called 'Nigger lovers'. It is also seen in chapter 16 when Scout waits at a place where her brother can find her. As she waits, Scout happens to over hear a conversation about her Dad and the 'negro' he's defending. They talk about how the don't like the fact that Atticus is aiming to defend his client. With this, Scout is confused. She knows her father was appointed by the court to defend this person, so why don't they like it? Many unfortunate events occur in this novel. Many problems (mostly pertaining to what color skin a person is) happen.
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I agree with what you said and would like to add more about this topic. The book definatly has to do with racism, but i've found that the general idea of seeing someone as unequal in the book, be it because of race, age, or actions one has commited, has been see through out the book as well. One instance in which this is clear is when Scout teacher clearly underestimates Scout and tells her to tell her father to stop teaching her to read. Even after Scout explained to her that she taught herself her teacher didnt belive her. When Scout hit Francis, Uncle Jack didn't allow her to explain herself because he thought it was in her nature to do so. Another part of the book that deals with discrimination is Dolphus Raymond. He married a black women and had children and for this he has been told he now called a drunk. The idea of steryotyping, catagorizing, a person and then acting as if that person was the same as the steryotype seems to be a point that the Lee wanted to get across to the reader.
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