Boo Radley Injustice

While her father, however, was left-handed and could have easily beat her in a fit of rage. There is more proof to convict her father of beating and possibly raping her then it there would be for Tom. But since Tom is a black man… he was found guilty. If Tom had been white, this trial would not have taken place in the first place. But he is found guilty and ends dying because he tries to escape from a crime he did not even commit. Finally, there is prejudice in the social class. We see people being treated differently depending on if they were in the upper class or lower class. A good example is aunt Alexandra’s treatment of the Cumminghams, kind, thoughtful People who were down on their luck and just happened to have a drinking streak in

But the most noticeable injustice to people is to Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. First, Tom Robinson death and trial is all injustice. When there is no evidence that tom Robinson committed the act the jury still acts like he is a rapist simply because “it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s” (Lee,1960,23,220) Secondly, Boo Radley has also faced a lot of injustice. Boo's father is horrible to him. Arthur was apparently a normal, kind teenager but he made a small mistake that would not effect his future in the slightest but when he is under arrest, but his father's unusual punishment, to lock him away inside the Radley House with no contact with the outside word, made no sense and it turned Arthur into the "malevolent phantom" and even after the deaths of Boo's parent, Boo remained a recluse within his own home, where his mental state must have continued to deteriorate as the years past by. we learn about the abuse that Boos Radley has suffered, beginning with his father's decision to confine Boo within the Radley house and including the terrible gossip that has consumed the townspeople. “According to neighborhood legend… Mr. Radley’s boy was not seen again for 15 years” (Lee,1960, 1,