To Kill A Mockingbird Justice And Injustice Analysis

The quality of being fair and reasonable. Justice, as well as injustice, is ubiquitous all around the world. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, demonstrates just that. Inequality and injustice can be viewed as consequences of the five social evils: elitism, exclusion, prejudice, greed, and despair. The character Atticus Finch tries his best to preserve authority the Tom Robinson case for Tom Robinson is a black man. This is not the only reason the rest of society was unmerited about the conclusion being that he was physically incapable of committing the crime. Atticus Finch tries his best to defend Tom Robinson, but seeing that the colour of his skin was darker than theirs, the jury was biased. The story takes place during the three years, 1933-1935, of the Great Depression. During this time prejudice was a very present thing and it was customary for the black community to be of a lower class due to the white elitism. As a result of this elitism, the jury was partisan. When Tom Robinson “raped” Mayella Ewell, there was not much light, and

Tom Robinson physically could not have raped Mayella Ewell. It was proven when Tom took the stand and tried to oath but could not considering his left arm is immobile due to it getting caught in a cotton gin fan when he was a boy. It also is not possible that he used his right arm because Mayella was bruised on the right side of her face so the suspect would have had to use their left arm. Even though the judge and jury both knew these facts, the verdict remained the same, guilty and received the death penalty. This decision causes the reader to conclude that Tom Robinson is indeed a Mockingbird, a gentle character who was victimized be others which is a prime example of human injustice in society in history. Amid his case, the jury only believed what they wanted to believe and not what was