Next the mixed children are completely alone and ignored because of their background. The author demonstrates that although justice is "a right to every person" racism overrides this right. Tom Robinson is a prime example of injustice. He is wrongly accused and convicted because he is a black man. Even though he is innocent, because he is black, there is almost no chance he will win.
Rose certainly highlights the defects in the jury system as it relies on twelve mean selected randomly, therefore it is certain that some will have flaws. Through juror 3, Rose shows that personal experiences means that bigotry can certainly make the way one may deal with a situation. He is determined to convict the young defendant because of his past problems with his own son. The jurors aggressive language ‘It’s the kinds, the way they are nowadays, you can’t do a damn thing with them’. His lack of objectivity makes it very clear that he is unable to separate his feeling for his son and the defendant showing that his distorted view prevent him from making a clear decision about the case.
Hornbeck's statement makes the reader understand that even the largest group or society can feel challenged or threatened by one single person. During the play, this person happened to be Bertram Cates, a young, mannerly school teacher. Although Bertram Cates was not causing destruct and conflict on purpose, he became a threat to everyone around him because he did what he thought was the truth. He explored outside the lines of which he's always been taught, and unlike any other individual in his town, he went with what he believed. This caused a raging uproar because during that time era, science was not yet studied the way it is today.
Scripted Pages 201-206 Scout: I had a feeling tat i shouldn’t be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn’t care who knew it, but he was Fascinating.I had never encountered a being who delicately penetrated fraud against himself. But why had he entrusted us with his deepest secret? I asked him why. Mr. Raymond: “Because you're children and you can understand it,” he said, “and because I heard that one-” Mr. Raymond:”Thing’s haven’t caught up with that one’s instinct yet. Let him get a little older and he won’t get sick and cry.
Piggy’s brains help the group of boys drastically because even though Ralph is calling the shots, he gets almost all his ideas from Piggy. Also, he is very reserved and never really steps up to any challenge or obstacle. Instead, he hides behind Ralph and believes he needs approval from him to do anything. Lord of the Flies, by the end of the book, is survival of the fittest, and Piggy does not have the characteristics to survive and ends up perishing due to a rock. He is not able to be a proficient leader to the assembly of boys because of the certain character traits that Piggy
Exploring and understanding different characters decisions and beliefs truly helps reveal human morality. Aside from Scout, her father Atticus helps explore the good and bad of the Maycomb community. Atticus understands that, rather than being good or evil, everyone has good and bad qualities. The important thing is to appreciate the good qualities and understand the bad qualities by being comprehensive to others and trying to see life from their shoes. “You never really understood a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around it.” pg 30.
Throughout their stay on the island, Jack demonized Ralph, making him look like a dictator, and slowly drilling into the heads of the kids that he was the bad guy, despite the fact that the little progress made was really Jack’s fault. Also, Ralph didn’t really make it clear enough to the kids that what Jack was doing was wrong – most kids thought that they were just having harmless fun, but he didn’t make them see that (especially when Jack let the fire go out) if they sided with Jack then they would never get off the island. Jack may have been a powerful dictator, but he was also a coward – he couldn’t stand up to Ralph himself until he had the technological advantage of a spear, and the military advantage of army size over him – only in the end, when he literally had the power to burn down the island, did he dare to face Ralph’s moral influence head on. Ralph should’ve taken advantage of this and acted
Morrie is telling Mitch that “It's funny...I felt a little ashamed, because our culture tells us we should be ashamed if we can't wipe our own behind. But then I figured, Forget what the culture says.” (116) Morrie realizes that he needs help and he isn't ashamed of it. Throughout Morrie's life he has been himself. He never cared about what other people thought or what the culture said. He had a very happy life with that.
“’Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman,’ I said.” (Scout, pg. 72) It shows that Negroes aren’t important in society, but when you take a closer look at it, there would be no civilisation in Maycomb without the hard work of Negroes. “’He won’t be black long,’ He grunted” (Jem, pg.72) White men will simply be treated better and with more royalty, even if they had done the same sin as a black man has done; For instance in Tom Robinson’s case with Bob Ewell’s daughter Mayella. Everyone knows that the white man Bob, will win. A black man never has a chance up against a white man.
Character to Theme Almost everyone is prejudice in some way or another, its almost impossible not to be. Its almost as difficult to not act on the prejudiceness inside almost each and every one of us. Atticus Finch was an amazing person because he seemed to have mastered this skill. If he was prejudice, he did an extremely well job of hiding it because throughout the whole To Kill a Mockingbird book it seems as if he is only ever trying to be helpful to everyone or at the very least he is always trying to show respect to everyone around him. This is the exact opposite of what prejudice is.