To Kill A Mockingbird Discrimination Quotes

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” -Harper Lee (azquotes.com). To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee is set in the 1930’s. It follows young tomboy, Jean Louise Finch (Scout) as her and her brother Jeremy Finch (Jem) grow up in a time of prejudice and discrimination throughout their town of Maycomb. Though To Kill a Mockingbird was set in the 1930’s many things in the book parallel our society especially the continued discrimination which shows xenophobia influences people’s view on others. Throughout the book many symbols or objects parallel society now. Last names in Maycomb and society can generate discrimination throughout people’s points of view. Lee declares, “Atticus said the …show more content…
3). In Maycomb, last names are how families are placed on the social hierarchy and influences how they are treated or how they are viewed. In society, last names or a person’s own name can influence how people think of them or how they are treated if they or their family has a reputation. If a person has a reputation they can be viewed differently because people are afraid of things that are different or not normal in society and in Maycomb. Discrimination is a big problem in To Kill a Mockingbird and still is today. People like Tom Robinson are labeled or framed for something they did not do, yet the way they look makes them a target. Lee writes, “In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.” (251-252; ch. 23). Tom Robinson and how he parallels a mockingbird demonstrates to the reader that he is innocent but since he’s a Negro he is labeled guilty. Since he is different than others in Maycomb he is an easy target. In society now, discrimination and how we view people because how they look can influence a person’s judgement on what someone says they did even though they are innocent. Throughout discrimination and other tragedies in To Kill a Mockingbird and in

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