Atticus Finch Discrimination

Despite the unwavering dedication of Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the absence of evidence, and a moving courtroom speech, Tom Robinson is convicted of a crime that he did not commit. What would have been the outcome if Tom Robinson's trial was held in the 21st century? A jury today, presented with the same evidence, would find Tom Robinson not guilty. Atticus did a good job and proved that Tom could not have beaten Mayella because his left arm was injured. The only eye witness was Mayella, whose own statements were conflicting; she claimed that Tom both did and did not assault her. Her testimony also differed from that of her father. There was never any specific testimony concerning the rape, only assault. The prosecutor would never have been allowed to repeatedly refer to Tom as "boy" during this trial with the lack of tolerance held for racism in today’s society. The most obvious form of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism; however, there are other types of prejudice and discrimination that typify relationships among the novel’s characters.

There may be discriminations among the characters in the book's society, but

the characters in the book have a special relationship and impact on each other and the book's storyline. How different would the book be if Jem and Scout's mom was a major character? Calpurnia had been the children's housekeeper and the mother figure ever since Jem was born. Scout considers Calpurnia a "... tyrannical presence... Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side", but without her Scout would be less of a tomboy. Scout believes that Calpurnia favors Jem and relentlessly picks on her. Scout slowly comes to realize that Calpurnia is both a friend and role model. It is Scout's revelation about Calpurnia's "modest double life" that both arouses her curiosity and strengthens their relationship. What if the book was narrated in Jem's point of view, would we have known who killed Bob Ewell? Jem is there, but he already knows many of the things Scout asks about or learns, so we wouldn't get as much information from him. Scout is a winsome character. The fact that she is a child affects the novel by the way she views things through the wonder and innocence of childhood, even though she is telling the story as an adult. The readers would not have had the same on look of the encounter and the outcome of that encounter of Bob Ewell, the children, and Boo Radley.
In conclusion, in To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee tenaciously explores the struggle in every human soul between discrimination and tolerance, along with characters that influence the story as narrators, being there, or not being there.

The text and the author positions us to have been influenced as readers to believe that racial prejudice is incorrect and the treatment of African-Americans' is cruel and unjust. "Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" said Atticus to Scout. In other words, according to Atticus it's a sin to help innocent people who are the victims of evil, just like Boo Radley who does not harm anyone, instead, he leaves Jem and Scout gifts and covers Scout with a blanket during the fire. Harper Lee connects justice with innocence to a certain extent and portrays justice as being easily

detected