Aunt Alexandra was horrified with the fact that Scout did not live up to the standards society had of women. She believed Scout should be wearing dresses, not running around wild like a boy. To further outstretch this topic of stereotypes, an article published in August 2014 by The New York Times stresses the phrase 'throw like a girl' and the hidden aspects of it. On the second page of the article, the author speaks of stereotypes of the female community. "Such restriction, constriction, and fragmentation can be observed in many everyday movements, including the way a woman walks, sits, and carries books.
There is Actus Reus and Mens Rea in this as he committed a guilty act but he also used his guilty mind to commit the crime. When Andy was shouting at Harry and his innocent boyfriend, he had the attention to shout at them to scare them therefore this is assault as he succeeded as they were in fear of. However, the Actus Reus started after the ill feeling was there. As soon as Andy started to shout at Harry, the Actus Reus was there but Mens Rea was also there as Harry and his boyfriend were in fear and they didn’t know what Andy was going to do next. On the other hand, to humiliate Harry even more, Andy threw a bottle and again there is Actus Reus and Mens Rea in this offence Andy has committed.
Her father threatens to kill her just for kissing a black man. This shows how, one, Tom Robinson is completely alienated from the white society, and two, how Mayella is alienated for having romantic feelings for a black man. The final example in the book of characters being alienated is Dolphus Raymond. Scout and Dill have a telling encounter with Dolphus Raymond in Chapter 19. Dolphus alienates himself on purpose from society, as the kids learn in their encounter.
Scout points out that the teacher’s own actions speak louder than her words and mentions that the teacher is being hypocritical because she herself is prejudice gainst the black people of their very own community, “How can you hate Hitler an’ turn around an’ be ugly about folks right at home” Hypocrisy is shown when people of Maycomb believe that they should treat everyone equally but really they are going through a very prejudiced trial in their town, “We American people don’t believe in persecuting anyone” 245 is said during the tea party scene by one of the ladies. This comment coming from a group who is supportive of persecuting an innocent black man at the time. The missionary ladies are not really sincere about helping black people because in their own town there are black people who they disregard as being people at all. They talk about how they need to be supportive of black people in another country but they are anything but supportive to those in their own
She didn’t care about the sledging by the other team. She cared desperately that her dad yelled at her for failing to shoot the goal’. This is a clear example of toxic parents poisoning the clubs and how bad sportsmanship can affect a careless 8 year old. Which positions
Yes, she may of lost many jobs due to her sharp tongue, but she never stayed kept her thoughts to herself. I consider myself one of those types of persons that say what they have in mind and that’s why, Minny was that one character that caught my eye. 2. Yes, indeed I think it is possible to have different personalities in different places. In my perspective, Hilly grew up with the mentality that some people are superior than others, and maybe that’s why she acts racist against colored people.
White people believed they were superior to the blacks and barely viewed them as human beings. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee writes accurate descriptions of how racism was ingrained in the daily lives of Americans such as Aunt Alexandra whose response to Scout as to why she cannot play with a black boy is "Because- he – is – trash, that’s why you can’t play with him". Alexandra is not giving Scout a real reason why because she has no reason other than she grew up with society telling her black and white children could not play together and was brainwashed into believing it. Another situation that shows the shocking segregation is when Cecil Jacobs asked a question about why the Jewish were persecuted in class "But that ain’t no cause to persecute ‘em. They’re white aren’t they?"
Rosalie strongly believed she lived in “two different worlds’ which is shown when she was confused about whether to sit with the black people or the white people” since they were sitting separately. This shows that during her early life, she was feeling uncertain about her self-identity and introspection. Such as when the interviewer asked her why she doubted ‘herself as a human being’ which she responded by saying, “Throughout her whole life, she had been treated as a second class person” and this shows the concept of not belonging in the society due to social class. The reason of her loss of identity wasn’t because her race but because of the absence of multiculturalism that led to Rosalie questioning her own identity. She constantly repeats the word ‘belonging’ as this empathises that over time she has slowly been accepted into society and that race discrimination is seen less during the past years.
She felt the first two groups were more honorable in comparison to the last two. The concept of socioeconomic status is very evident in her approach. McDougald points out that the “superficial critics who have had contact only with the lower grades of Negro women, claim that they are more immoral than the other groups of women.” Just because a woman doesn’t go to college and maintain a career does not mean she is corrupted or shameful. This shallow view of women is the same view that some White Americans had of Black Americans. McDougald was participating in the torment of her own race and she did it with selfish reasons.
These groups were determined to prevent integration at all costs. In 1957 the principal of Little Rock High School was getting death threats and threats to bomb the school. Yet another cause was that Eisenhower had little faith in the measures to support the Black community in the south because a change in heart was required and you can not enforce that. He felt that enforcing these laws may make matters even worse. When Eisenhower finally did something and sent the 1,000 paratroopers, a lot of the people in America were extremely annoyed, the west and north were angry that it didn't happen sooner and the south were angry that it happened at all, and disowned Eisenhower as a southerner.