Monday, 17 December 2012

Influencing Change


Influencing Change:
          
          To Kill a Mockingbird by Nelle Harper Lee is a prejudice story that includes purity, and strength. The setting is in Maycomb County, Alabama. Within the movie, there is a false accusation set to an African-American man by the name Tom Robinson. Tom is accused of raping a younger female whom is white. Since people are cruel and racist, Atticus Finch the lawyer of Tom has a difficult time defending him as a white lawyer. But his daughter, the main character, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch isn't aware of the prejudice times around her. Being a black man as a large disadvantage causes Tom and Atticus to lose the trial, announcing Tom as guilty rather than innocent.

Back in the mid ninety’s people were much more prejudiced and racist, but even though it’s said that we’re over that stage now, you can still see racist acts happening today in our everyday life. To Kill a Mockingbird gives you a different outlook on what society is really like. By showing that a little girl can see the wrong in the world but grown adults cannot, makes you really believe that adult doesn’t have any common sense.

Reading To Kill a Mockingbird certainly made me realize the sick world around us. People shouldn’t be judged by their race or religion, but by their personalities. If a white man is accused of a tragedy and the people know that it was impossible for the man to complete the task, then the man would be let go. But if it were a black man, they wouldn’t take into consideration his disabilities; they’d simply give him an unfair trial and send him to prison, taking him away from possibly his wife and children.

The book gives you a complete understanding of how people aren’t always treated fairly. People will be judged by their race and it isn’t right to do so. People should be judged by their actions, rather than the color of their skin or their beliefs. A book or piece of work can change someone's entire outlook on things, To Kill a Mockingbird certainly changed mine.


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