Outline Format: I. Introduction: A. The division between men and women employees in society has changed much too slowly, Emily Williams from the article “Growing Pains “ says, “‘the personal consequences, in terms of lost income over a lifetime, are staggering… The wage cap has barely budged in a decade.’”, which still results in women being victims of discrimination in the workplace. (Williams 1) B. Working females are more frequently confined to lower-ranking positions than men. Statistics have
explored throughout the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, gives an insight on a town called Maycomb where black communities are seen as inferior simply because of natural identity. Film, The Help directed by Tate Taylor closely engages with the marginalised community and extensively shows the immoral mistreatment from superior whites. Both of these centrally contrast with, prejudice due to narrow-mindedness, marginalisation and treatments of others. Influence on past generations is vital
To achieve justice, individuals often have to challenge the existing views of society? The issue of inequality and the role of the individual in achieving justice by challenging the existing views of society, is explored in both Harper Lee’s novel TKAM, and Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a dream’. In both texts, it is shown that only by the individual standing against existing views in society can justice prevail. The novel TKAM is set in the 1930s in the southern states of America, a time of
most Southern States. At the time of the Great depression most people were poor and did not know what was happening outside of the town. Harper Lee presents the problems she saw within society such as gender roles, prejudice, racism and need for courage. Lee expresses the superiority of men in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, as in the 1930s women were expected to stay at home. Scout is told by to Jem to be a gentleman but when Aunt Alexandra comes she is instructed to be a lady. Jem conveys these views when
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the laws of that time were used to control the people that had the power to make a change. Social pressure was placed upon those who rebelled and tried to help the oppressed, and the supposed 'Science' of the time approved the actions of the