In conclusion racial prejudice plays a g role in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Whites discriminate against blacks but blacks also discriminate against whites. This racism is influenced by the characters values, traditions, and beliefs. They form their own opinions based on beliefs which then leads to prejudice. Racism is a big dilemma in the novel and it contributes greatly to the plot.
Freidrich shows great bitter longing towards Topthorn’s death. Morpurgo has created a breath-taking atmosphere by doing this to increase sympathy for the character. “For God sake he’s dead” Freidrich wails desperately. This shows the admiration the soldiers have for the horses. “For god sake” is a phrase which prickles the readers feelings- it is sharp, strong and full of raw emotions.
Many refused to allow black passengers. On Sunday, 16 July 1854, Miss Jennings set off for the First Colored Congregational Church, where she was organist. As she was running late, she boarded a streetcar of the Third Avenue Railroad Company at the corner of Pearl and Chatham streets. The conductor ordered her to get off. When she refused, the conductor tried to remove her by force.
The poem ‘Poppies’ explores a relationship between a mother and a son. It also explores images of conflict such as “Armistice Sunday”, “poppies” and “the war memorial”. The poem shows us the effects of war and describing the mother as victim of warfare as well as the child. However, in the “At the Border, 1979”, it explores how the war between countries have affected families emotionally and physically. In the poem ‘Poppies’, the mother feels very sad; “Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves” this is a reminder that war kills people which makes her sad as her son might be killed in war.
This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in. In Horse Whisperer, bitterness is shown in ‘I was the life-blood no longer’. This shows he is bitter about
Ethnic Notions The film Ethnic Notions showed the harsh realities of racism in America from as far back as slavery to the civil rights era as it pertained to oppression. Oppression in its most basic form is “to exercise harsh dominion over, to be weighed down” per the dictionary. However, this is at the physical level, but as Sandra Lee Bartky expresses there is a psychological oppression which has the same weighing down on the mind. There is also the oppression that comes from the stereotyping as well as sexual objectification. These ideas were clearly demonstrated in the film.
It discusses other ideas associated with racial prejudice such as the effects of a social hierarchy. Mississippi Burning, likewise to Wild Cat Falling, explores how the ‘coloured’ people were being racially discriminated and prejudiced against since the white Americans too, had an ethnocentric perspective on their coloured neighbours. A quote that supports the concept of ethnocentrism is, “he wasn’t doing anything except be a negro”. The diction of negro creates a tone of anger in the quote which helps illustrates the same concept of, if you’re black then you will be excluded, denied public facilities and racially prejudiced by the white society. Furthermore the tone creates an authentic voice which helps illustrate to the audience the African Americans anger and frustration towards the concept and from being racially prejudiced against in general.
He proves his racist nature when he says to Brabantio, “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” (Act-1, Scene-1, 90-91) He also says that, “… your daughter and the Moore are now making the beast with two backs.” (Act-1 Scene-1, 117-118) Othello in Ashland didn’t do as good of a job portraying how Othello is in Shakespeare’s original play. He does go into fits of passion and rage, but also overdoes those fits. He screams and shakes more like he is having a seizure than a fit of passion. He also spits and drools which kills the seriousness of his role in the play. Othello does do a good job of portraying the lack of self confidence, and at the same time the arrogance that Othello has.
Molly is symbolic of the thousands of children forcibly removed from their families. Her persecution is highlighted in the scene when Mr Neville, chief protector of Aborigines, is trying to “breed them out”. Neville is experiencing difficulty in his attempt to extinguish the powerful sense of belonging that Molly has to the land and her people. Molly speaks in her traditional Aboriginal language saying “we don’t belong here; we are going to our country, our home back at Jigalong”. This depicts her ability to overcome the barriers that Mr Neville has put in her way to be isolated from her ‘true’ culture.
This novel is set in the time period of the Great Depression and many people were not given equal rights. Curley’s wife is an outcast in the novel. If Curley ever saw her just hanging around he would tell her to go back to the house. Curley is always looking for his wife to make sure she is not talking to the other men. “You seen a girl around here?”(37).