The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee contains few aspects about Maycomb black community. This links very well with one of the most important theme of the novel, racism. Harper Lee describe black community as poor, uneducated and unfairly treated people, but in the end Harper Lee tells us that white people Blacks Black">black people are just like anyone else in Maycomb and they deserve to be treated equally.
To begin, Harper Lee describes black community as extremely poor, uneducated group of people. Harper Lee describe the First Purchase African M.E church as ancient paint peeled building, the only church in Maycomb with a steeple and bell/ A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstone; newer ones were outlines with brightly coloured glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles. This quotation vividly shows how poor these people are. Also, scout realise that most people in the church are not well educated.About four folks in First Purchased read/ there wasnt school even when he was a boy this quotation tells us that majority black people cannot read, just because they didnt have the chance to learn it. These two evidence imply to us that there are some sort of social injustices in Maycomb.
Secondly, Harper Lee shows us that black people cant even use the same church as whites. The quote Negroes worshipped in it on Sundays and white man gambled in it on weekdays tells us that White people not only prohibit black from their church, they even gamble in the holy place where people worship in. This kind of action tells us that white man neglect not only black but also their god, even though it is the same one as the whites. All man are equal, one of the most basic belief of Christian is being neglected by them.
The Essay on Women in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
The Stereotyping of women is common in literature and it is not any different in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The ladies of Maycomb are excellent examples of stereotypical roles women play in a “man’s world. Scout’s observation of the ladies of Maycomb is …”Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men, seemed unwilling to approve wholeheartedly of …[men ...
Lastly, Black peoples view on Tom Robinsons case is well shown. Rather than discriminating him, they collect money for Toms wife and his three children. Toms wife is again face racial prejudice, Helens finding it hard to get work these days/ if everybody in Maycomb knows what kind of folks the Ewells are theyd be glad to hire Helen white people hated Ewells but they thought it would be better just to be on Ewells side, just because he is a white man like themselves and Tom is a black man, Tom Robinson is made into a Mockingbird by these people.
To sum up, Harper Lee presents black community as poor people, who never had a chance to learn, as well as freedom of religion. They are discriminated by whites, just because of the different skin colour and look. In the end, this rotten mind leads to unrightful death of Tom Robinson. The clear message we get from here is that it is wrong to discriminate others just because they are different from us. Harper Lee is telling us that its a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Source:Novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee
