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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of discrimination in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. The role of the children in expressing a viewpoint of innocence is emphasized. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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such a tumultuous one, specifically the capacity for human prejudice and discrimination to destroy lives and tear communities apart. For the main character of the text, Atticus Finch, discrimination and
prejudice are a form of intellectual and moral laziness, a fundamental unwillingness to see life through anothers perspective and practice the virtue of sympathy. Moreover, the distinctions upon which discrimination
is typically built are in themselves entirely arbitrary; in other words, discrimination is a learned behavior, inculcated by society and culture. This theme is expressed throughout the course of the
novel through the device of using the viewpoint of Atticus children, Scout and Jem, as well as their young friend Dill. The childrens fundamental innocence is depicted as totally at
odds with the prejudice of the community around them, revealing the arbitrary nature of discrimination. This paragraph helps the student explore the use of symbolism to convey the sense of
innocence. Innocence is a value that is important to the story in several respects. First and most obviously, there is the dimension of innocence and guilt that applies to Tom
Robinsons trial, one of the central narrative threads of the book. Tom Robinson is conclusively proven to be innocent, and yet this innocence is rejected by the culture in which
he finds himself; therefore, he is marked as "guilty", and it is revealed how discrimination has the capacity to corrupt basic qualities such as innocence and guilt, with no respect
for the truth (Lee, 1988). This innocence is reflected in the Finch children who do not seem to understand the reasons behind the prejudice and discrimination they experience on a
daily basis in their hometown. For instance, young Scout cannot understand why her Aunt Alexandra will not let her play with Walter; the reasons why ones skin color would prevent
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