Donald Trump's Speeches About Latinos

The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a novel about a girl growing up in a white house in the racist town with a father who defends a black man. Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme that even though equality is given to all, if you are different person you are not treated equal. This theme Harper Lee creates still matters because it connects to the real world because even today, as colored people are treated as non equal to the whites, such as the story of Michael Brown and Donald Trump making racial marks on Latinos.

Harper Lee creates the theme of the novel by using the Tom Robinson trial and Aunt Alexandra talking about Walter. The trial of Tom Robinson proves the theme,even though

equality is given to all, if you are a different person you are not treated equal, when Tom Robinson is innocent but is said guilty and goes off to jail. After the trial when Jem and Atticus are talking, they say, “It ain’t right, Atticus, said Jem. No son, it’s not right”(Lee 284). As Jem is crying because Tom is guilty when he is innocent, he talks to Atticus about how colored folks are always assumed guilty just because of their skin color. The phrase “It ain’t right”(Lee 284), implies that if you were in a court case against a white man and you are colored then you would always lose because you are not treated equal you are treated as someone who isn’t important. When Tom is guilty when he is innocent it shows the theme, because everyone in the court case are all equal but Tom and the colored folks are not treated equal as Tom was going to lose the case no matter how innocent he was. Also, Aunt Alexandra proves the theme of the novel when she talks poorly of Walter when Scout ask why he can’t come over. As Aunt Alexandra is explaining why Walter can’t come over, she states, “Because-he-is-trash, that’s why you can’t play with him”(Lee 301). The phrase, “he-is-trash”(Lee 301), implies that Alexandra hates those who are not like her family and will disgrace them. As Aunt Alexandra states that she proves the theme because she is not treating Walter as an equal but as someone who is trash even though, they are both are created equal. Overall, Harper Lee creates the theme by using characters in the novel that are not treated equal or treat others as non equal, even though everyone is created equal.

Also, Harper Lee’s theme of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is still important today because we see events that represent this theme, such as the Michael Brown shooting. The shooting of Michael Brown shows the theme of the novel, when Michael Brown moving towards an officer and is shot about 12 times until he is killed. As the website describes what happened to Michael Brown, it states,”In the entire altercation, Wilson fired a total of twelve bullets; the last was probably the fatal shot. Brown was unarmed and moving toward Wilson when the final shots were fired”(Wikipedia). As Brown is unarmed, he walks toward the officer to stop him from getting his friend, he is then shot 12 times before he is killed. When Michael Brown is shot for the 12th time when he is unarmed, it shows the theme of the novel, because even though he is unarmed, since he was a colored man he is going to be shot 12 times because of his skin color skin. Also, after the shooting, the officer goes to court for his action, where he is said innocent when he should’ve be guilty. I believe, the solution to the problem that Harper Lee would give is, that we redo the court case but have a jury of colors and whites that don’t know the defendant or the prosecutor. If this was the solution then the officer would most likely be guilty because the jury would see that Michael Brown was unarmed and only stole some cigarettes and was shot 12 times. All in all, the shooting of Michael Brown shows the theme of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, because a color man is not treated equal by a white man as he shots him 12 times because he is a colored man.

Another current event that shows the theme of To Kill A MockingBird, and how it is important today, is Donald Trump's speeches about Latinos.

Donald Trump prove the theme when he talks poorly about Latinos and says outrageous things about them. When Donald Trump is giving one of his speeches, he states, “They’re(Latinos) bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”(Trump). As Donald Trump is giving one of his speeches he states that almost all Latinos are drug dealers, criminals, and/or rapists. When Donald Trump says this about Latinos, it shows the theme of the novel, because everyone in the world is created equal, but Donald Trump doesn’t treat the Latinos equal because of their skin color. I believe a solution to this is to not allow people to run for president if most of their goals to remove a race just because of their skin color and who talk trash about a race just because of their skin color. If this was the solution then, we wouldn’t have the chance of a president removing all Latinos from the United States just because he believes they are drug dealers, criminals, and rapists. Overall, Donald Trump’s hate speeches on Latinos shows the theme of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, because he treats the Latinos as not equal to him even though they are created

equal.

In conclusion, the current events of Donald Trump’s speeches on Latinos, and the shooting of Michael Brown show the theme of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, because they both show how even though everyone is created equal, if you are colored person then you are not treated equal. Within the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee builds the theme of, even though equality is given to all, if you are different person you are not treated equal. This theme is still important today because whites treat colored people as non equal. Is there any other current events where we see the theme of the Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, today?