discrimination. This story shows how the United States was very inequitable, unfair, and hateful in the 1930’s. When the characters withstand discrimination, it shows what type of negative influence and outcome it brings upon their lives. Overall, the prejudice Lennie, Curley’s Wife, and Crooks are exposed to is an exhibit of a bold and forever traumatizing piece of history in the United States. Steinbeck first introduced discrimination of mental disabilities in the 1930’s through Lennie’s mental illness
in the 1930's were undermined and faced injustice every single day. The right to a fair trial was not even granted; yes it was inhuman and yes, it was a major issue, but certain cases brought these obstacles to light and allowed people to see the problems of their time and change them. The painting by Hideo Noda, Scottsboro Boys, 1933 and the painting by Hugo Gellert, Bourgeois Virtue in Scottsboro, June 1931, are depictions of the Scottsboro Boys case. Nine African American young men were accused
Power, what is power? Power means to be in control, or how much control you actually have. This story was about a rape trial involving a man named Tom Robinson, and a women named Mayella Ewell. What makes Mayella so powerful is her race. Although Mayella is powerless when it comes to her class and gender, her race ultimately makes her powerful. Mayella lacks in power because of her class. She is a lower class white woman that lives in Maycomb, Alabama. Mayella lives in a “dump” on the outside of
How is the racial problem of the southern states of USA in the 1930s portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird? INTRO In the 1930s the Southern states of America suffered from a strong discrimination and racial hatred towards colored people. They had no rights, no respect and were not allowed to go places white people went. In other words they were segregated from the rest of the society. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that show the life of a southern state od Alabama during the “black
During the 1930’s, racism was stronger than ever in the South. Caucasians were treated with ore respect and was surrounded with more luxury than the African- Americans. Racism and discrimination influences people to act differently towards each other and to treat each other differently based on their skin color and social status. Harper Lee’s ‘How To Kill A Mockingbird’ portrays a society that is filled with racism, discrimination, prejudice, justice, and lack of human rights, but mainly racism
90) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a little girl who lives in a the 1930’s and what she experiences. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shares important themes with the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Some of these themes is racism, gender treatment and stereotyping. All three of these themes are still relevant today. One common theme found in both novels is racism. In the 1930’s, racism was everywhere because the Civil Rights Movement did not happen yet. This
own a farm which would allow them to be independent. Steinbeck main influence was the great depression which was a time there were little jobs available and people migrated from country to country desperate to find work. Steinbeck
or “Black”, community has always endured racial discrimination. African Americans have always been treated inferior to the white communities, just because of the pigment of their skin. Leaders, for example, Marcus Garvey or Malcom X, have been fighting for these rights since the 1920’s. Throughout the decades, although it has gotten slightly better, the black community has been isolated and treated unfairly. Black separatism begins with the idea of separating African Americans completely from the
people can do what they want, how they want, when they want. After we achieved this status, there had to be more. Humans have a base desire to have more. As a species, we wanted to go a step farther, and the next step was to find equality between everyone and to create a harmony amongst everyone. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, a white woman falsely accuses a black man of
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is the story of a family in the 1930’s, and how one trial had a very impacting affect on them. All in all an eye opening novel that will change the way you perceive things forever. All told from the eyes of a young girl from Alabama named Jean Louis Finch, also known as Scout Finch. She vividly explains to us what her and her family go through. Jem Finch, (her older brother), her benevolent father Atticus Finch, (who is a very well known lawyer in Macomb County