Examples Of Social Inequality In To Kill A Mockingbird

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"A white man's word, against a black man's word, the white man always wins"(242) In the novel To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee, some characters are negatively affected by social inequality. There are a few different types of social inequalities. The novel shows many examples of social inequality: gender, class, and race. First, Scout is pressured by Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to act more ladylike. "I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants" (83) Dill and Jem do not let Scout play with them because she is acting like a girl. "I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always
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