Post by maddylarder on Nov 13, 2015 0:21:49 GMT
Prejudice:
The gender prejudice is prominent throughout this novel.
>Aunt Alexandra tries to play a feminine influence upon Scout, as she believes she can transform her into more of a lady.
- "Jean Louise... It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right."
- "You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady."
> As Scout is the only girl child character in the novel, she sees being a girl is boring as they must wear dresses and clean and cook.
- "By watching her, I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl."
>Women are not allowed to be apart of the jury in the Maycomb court.
- "For one thing, Miss Maudie can't serve on the jury because she's a women... I guess it's to protect our frail old ladies"
Racial discrimination is strongly depicted upon Tom Robinson as he is an African-American.
>Tom Robinson is an innocent man and is charged on word of mouth rather than evidence.
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>The town harbors immense hatred towards 'black' society.
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>The only man who can see past this blind hatred and stand up for a black man is Atticus.
- "Theres something in our world that makes men lose their heads... When its a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins... Those are the facts of life."
The wealth and poverty is segregated between people in the Maycomb town.
> The Ewell family are portrayed as lower class white people within the town.
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>Aunt Alexandra tells Scout that "Finch women don't play with trash like that" This is due to the Cunninghams being lower class.
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