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... Others texts to be referred to throughout are; a poem The Child from the stimulus booklet; The picture book Susan Laughs, by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross; The documented experiment from “Black like me” by J. ... In the ambit of this essay it is suitable to define Prejudice as “an attitude towards someone or something, based on an opinion formed beforehand or without real knowledge. ... Prejudice is encouraged by generalisations, which in turn derive from stereotyping. ... Ranging from the racial prejudices displayed towards Tom Robinson, the Social Prejudices shown by Aunt Alexandra, and the sexist stereotypes displayed through out the book. As described in this passage,
“The older citizens, the present generation of people who had lived side by side for years and years, were utterly predictable to one another: they took for granted attitudes, character shadings, even gestures, as having been repeated in each generation and refined by time”, the prejudice ways shown here have been in place for generation after generation and show little sign of changing.
The most prevalent demonstration of prejudice in To Kill a Mocking Bird is that of the main storyline, Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell and was brought to trial. ... Thats what I dont like about it". ... He would embark on a journey to see the difference colour really did make, from a first person perspective. ... The way he was treated contrasted enormously to that of a “white man” portrayed by the episode,
“I went into the drugstore that I had patronized every day since my arrival. ...
Sexism is another form of prejudice present in To Kill a Mocking Bird. ... Portrayed by the fact that women cannot serve on juries. Again the children show none such views pointing out that Miss Maudie would make a more intelligent, compassionate and unbiased juror than the farming men from Sarum. ... This is also portrayed through the book. From the beginning the book describes the ladies as “soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum,” this is after they “Bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps,” This suggests that the ladies being so elegant, and proper that they needed to be bathed before noon throughout the summer to keep their appearance up to scratch.
Approximate Word count = 1835
Approximate Pages = 7.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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