Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, written in 1960, quickly transformed into a success with the public. The story of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is set during the 1930s, a period where blacks were discriminated against. People in To Kill A Mockingbird are not treated equally(especially blacks and women) because the story was set in the 1930s where no one really respected blacks and women. Women in To Kill A Mockingbird are not treated equally because those days individuals suspected that ladies were delicate and couldn't deal with certain occupations. In To Kill A Mockingbird, set in the South in the middle of the Great Depression, Jean Louise Finch tells her story of experiencing childhood in Maycomb, Alabama.
Tom's trial is the main occurrence of why individuals in Maycomb Alabama are not treated similarly, he is blamed for raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. An example is when Hell Tate tells the Jury what had occurred, "Found her lying on the floor in the middle of the front room, one on the right as you go in. She was pretty well beat up, but I heaved her to her feet, and she washed her face in a bucket in the corner and said she was all right. I asked her who hurt her, and she said it was Tom Robinson—."(Pg 184). This event turns the entire population of Maycomb against him. He turns into a simple victim of racism because of the shade of his skin. Everybody inside the town believes in Mayella's side of the story except for Atticus. Despite the way that there is no proof of his wrongdoing, regardless, he faces hatred from the citizens of his own town. This trial gives a chance to look at the racism community that existed in Maycomb.
Women in To Kill A Mockingbird are not treated equally because those days individuals suspected that ladies were delicate and couldn't deal with certain occupations. An example t is when Atticus explains to Jem why Miss Maudie can't sit in the Jury, " why don’t people like us and Miss Maudie ever sit on juries... For one thing, Miss Maudie can’t serve on a jury because she’s a woman—." Ladies are not treated similarly in To Kill A Mockingbird since they believed that ladies were feeble and couldn't deal with that sort of work. Most ladies in those days had no employment, were widows and they lived off their family's money. Notwithstanding the quality that ladies have, they were not treated similarly just because they believed that they were delicate and frail.
The story of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is set during the 1930s, a period where blacks were discriminated against. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, written in 1960, quickly transformed into a success with the public. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, the novel has been translated into over forty languages and sold in more than 40 million copies, securing its position among the best books of the twentieth century. In To Kill A Mockingbird, set in the South in the middle of the Great Depression, Jean Louise Finch tells her story of experiencing childhood in Maycomb, Alabama. Her father, Atticus Finch, is the lawyer for Tom Robinson, a dull man accused of rape and assault of Mayella, a white lady. Lee takes the story straight from the features during the 1930s when the Scottsboro young men (nine young fellows) were falsely accused of assaulting two white ladies on a train. The harsh truths of a little Southern town are brought to life through to a young lady.
Tom's trial is the main occurrence of why individuals in Maycomb Alabama are not treated similarly, he is blamed for raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Despite the way that there is no proof of his wrongdoing, regardless, he faces hatred from the citizens of his own town. Women in To Kill A Mockingbird are not treated equally because those days individuals suspected that ladies were delicate and couldn't deal with certain occupations. Notwithstanding the quality that ladies have, they were not treated similarly just because they believed that they were delicate and frail. The story of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is set during the 1930s, a period where blacks were discriminated against. Her father, Atticus Finch, is the lawyer for Tom Robinson, a dull man accused of rape and assault of Mayella, a white lady.
