Examples Of Social Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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When reading To Kill a Mockingbird(1960), the reader is likely to go into deeper thoughts, and figure out the true meanings and morals to Harper Lee was trying to express. The small town of Maycomb, Alabama is full of social injustice. The citizens are a group of small-minded people who judge and treat people differently based on their different beliefs. The children Scout, Jem, and Dill are sweet innocent kids who are growing up and learning the horrible discrimination of the town. Judgement and hatred towards others is what they are seeing so that is how they are going to act also. They haven't learned otherwise little kids do what adults and older role models do because they looked up to and what to be just like them. Through the book …show more content…

Since the beginning of the book, Boo is portrayed as a monster and a freak when he is just misjudged. Readers start to see Boo as a Mockingbird when he leaves gifts for the children. This quote does a good job of pointing out the difference between Boo Radley and others. “Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.”(171) This starts to reveal to the readers why Boo is a mockingbird they see he is a kind person. He was a kind neighbor who gave them gifts and no one gave him any in …show more content…

Near the end of the book, Boo Radley steps out of his comfort zone knowing that his reputation will be ruined if anyone finds out what he did. Even though it was to save Scout and Jem. He takes his chances by stabbing and killing Bob Ewell with his knife after hearing the children in danger in the woods. "The man [Boo Radley] was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him," (263) The “load” Boo was carrying turned out to be Jem. He carried Jem all the way home and then stayed with him to make sure he was okay with what he had just been through. This here is an example of Boo Radley being kind and selfless by killing someone and risking everything to help others and by staying with Jem and making sure he was okay. These examples are not why Boo Radley is a Mockingbird because all along he has been these are the things that prove to the reader and show them that he is capable of and is a

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