To Kill A Mockingbird Discrimination Quotes

Racism. Discrimination. Prejudice. All things that occurred in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, which creates negative effects for the characters’ of the book. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee reveals her negative opinions on racism and discrimination through her characters reactions to a town trial accusing a black man of raping a white woman. That man was Tom Robinson, who was the biggest victim of racism in the novel. Due to his place in the trial, Scout knew that “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (323). This quote reveals Scout’s knowledge on the town’s opinion of the trial. She understands that the town is racist and Tom had no chance against a white woman in the trial because of this, and …show more content…
Ewell in front of the whole town. Both Atticus and Tom were in the trial, but others experienced racism and discrimination without being in the trial. Dolphus Raymond was a white man married to a black woman who disagreed with the town’s views on his marriage, he said that “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey- that's why he won't change his ways” (268). Raymond acts drunk in town so everyone doesn’t judge him for being with a black woman. If Dolphus was married to a white woman he wouldn’t act drunk in town to avoid the discrimination he faces from racists. Both Raymond and Robinson don’t want to be seen in negative ways so they don’t go against racists. Atticus however, defends Tom in the trial and tries to get the people of the town to see that Tom is innocent and they can’t convict him solely because of his skin color. In conclusion, Harper Lee shows how racism and discrimination negatively affect people like Tom Robinson, Dolphus Raymond and

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