To Kill A Mockingbird Prejudice Quotes

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c) In Vietnam, my home country, as well as numerous countries, especially, Asian countries, gender discrimination really exists as the breadwinner problem. It reflects the superposition of men in social treatment between women and men. Although it has been considerably reduced in this modernized century, it still can not completely disappear because the prejudice has accessed deeply inside people's minds. The effect of feudalistic custom on Vietnamese people has begun sexual differentiation in Vietnam nowadays. Firstly, in feudalism, a man was the head of a family, he is the only one who can access to the education and has rights to speak so that his wife had to obey him without question, and that condition is still reserved in numerous Vietnamese …show more content…

Notwithstanding numerous characters displaying the "madness" of prejudice, there are the three characters showing it the most: Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell as well as well as Aunt Alexandra Finch who is Scout's aunt. Firstly, Bob Ewell demonstrates that racism is kept alive through ignorance by blaming Tom Robinson at the law court,"I have seen that black nigger yonder ruttin' on my Mayella!"(231), which he uses the skin colour "black" in front of the word "nigger" as well as the word "rutting", which is only used for animal, to emphasize his scorn. Furthermore, he harasses Tom's widow Helen Robinson on her way to work after his death. For instance," the Ewell, according to Helen, "chunked at her" the first time she tried to use the public road"(333), after that, "she turned and walked on, and Mr. Ewell kept the same distance behind her until she reached Mr. Link Deas's house. All the way to the house, Helen said, she heard a soft voice behind her, crooning foul words."(334). Moreover, he also calls her "nigger" with the same contempt. Secondly, Mayella Ewell, who is Bob Ewell's oldest daughter, is considerably affected by her father on discrimination. To give an illustration of the prejudice of Mayella Ewell, she uses the word "nigger" for Tom, nonetheless, he is the …show more content…

In the world, the blue jay bird is often quite abusive and aggressive towards other species that get in its way. The blue jay, in nature, eat up gardens and is sort of a bully because it simply doesn’t tolerate other birds being around. When any other birds approaching its nest, it will be chased and attacked them. Certainly, not communal in nature, the blue jays'nests are usually the only thing in the trees and they not only defend their nest but forces all other birds out of the entire area. There are lines of trees along fencerows where there are only blue jays'nests, one after the other(reflocate.com). Consequently, in "To Kill a Mockingbird", the aggressive blue jay represents the racially and economically torn society of the time as well as racist members of Maycomb because they are trying to dispatch members of their society that they feel do not belong. Bob Ewell is the most obvious blue jay because of his passionate hatred for Tom Robinson and his desire to gain revenge on Atticus for defending him. Indeed, Bob is not only the perpetrator who hits Mayella, his daughter, after he catches her trying to entice Tom Robinson but also accuse him of raping his daughter. Furthermore, even after Tom's death, Bob continue giving Tom's widow, Helen Robinson, a hard time on her way to work and making she has to "walk nearly a mile out of her way to avoid the Ewells, who, according to Helen,

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