Examples Of Stereotypes In To Kill A Mockingbird

Sometimes, people think that other people from different races can’t or can do something simply because the people heard or saw the other race do it. People have sometimes believed that all black people are athletic or that all white girls like starbucks. Movies these days are almost always filled with stereotypes. I think that this story is from a child’s point of view is because some kids can be more observant of events that happen around them. Kids may see racism and people that were labeled.

People were very stereotypical towards other people because of rumors. In the book, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Boo Radley was stereotyped as a crazy person because people spread rumors like, “Boo Radley stabbed his dad on the leg” or “Boo Radley eats squirrels”. All these rumors made people believe that Boo was a crazy person even though some people have never seen Boo. This stereotype caused some people to believe that Boo had something to do with every small crime that goes on in Maycomb. I once had a neighbor in my old home who wouldn’t come out as much because he was old. I was being stereotypical when I thought he was scary and creepy until I met him. It turned out the old man was the complete opposite.

Some people are stereotyped as a result of their actions.

In the book, the narrator had said that the Radleys would never go to church like the other folk and they also hardly came out. The residents in Maycomb thought they were weird so people that knew about the Radleys avoided their house. I knew a boy in elementary who never hung out with any friends. I know now that I was stereotyping him by thinking that he was

weird.

Lots of people are stereotyped because of their race. The book states a lot of stereotypical things about other races such as blacks. This is pretty racist too because, black people are stereotyped as robbers, crazy people and this causes them to be a suspect in crimes. Today, rather than being stereotyped as thieves, they are seen more as athletes who like to eat watermelon or as people who can make others laugh easily.

The saying goes “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, does not imply to people in real life because people are too busy stereotyping people by the way they look or act than seeing how they really are. Most stereotypes are caused simply because of our race. Other stereotypes may happen because you may have done something people will judge and remember you for and because people spread rumors about you. One thing we should definitely note, is that we should know the person before we give them any sort of label.