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Post by burgehl0371 on Jul 17, 2016 4:27:07 GMT
Racism has a huge impact throughout the novel. During this time of era blacks were highly judged. "You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are you?" racists use "nigger-lover" to show that a person is trying to give African Americans special rights, although Atticus has a totally different side and points out that all he's arguing is for equality, loving everybody the same no matter what. Scout sees the differences between black and white people and how they live and how they are treated in society. For instance, in the novel, the character Tom Robinson is convicted because he is black, not because he has done anything wrong but just because he is black. Race is the only factor in the jury's decision. Atticus tries and tries to fight against racism, yet it doesn't end in his favor. As you can tell racism is a huge problem in this novel and serves major conflict throughout it.
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Post by madisondobson on Jul 18, 2016 23:59:45 GMT
Racism is a big problem, not only in the book, but in the time the book was written. Another example of an act of racism came from their cousin Francis says "I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover..." (Lee 9). As Francis goes on and makes Scout even more mad by making racist remarks over and over, we see just how big of a problem Atticus has on his hands. The racist remarks aren't only towards Tom Robinson, but also towards Atticus because he is defending him in the court of law.
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Post by justinott on Jul 21, 2016 19:40:15 GMT
The main idea of the book is definitely racism, and how you have to fight up stream if you want to change something like it. Another big thing was the time it was written in is like Madison has said, during that time racism was a huge problem, where African American's were treated as much less then other people, the main idea of the book being that people are working to change the views of others and equal out the playing field for both races.
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Post by jillianmeister on Jul 21, 2016 20:34:44 GMT
I agree. Racism is very apparent in the novel, and Atticus, being the great character that he is, still stands up for Robinson despite what everyone in his family and in the town thinks. He is even still willing to help Mrs. Dubose, even though she is very racist, and dislikes Atticus only because he's not.
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Post by emorydantzler on Jul 23, 2016 5:35:45 GMT
I also agree with you, racism is one of the main ideas within the novel. As Hannah said Atticus does have a different perspective on African American people, he believes everyone should have equal rights and be treated fairly and he tries to fight for what he believes in, but because of the time era the book is set in everyone is against him. Racism is a major problem throughout the book but Atticus continuously tried to fight for equality and tried to teach his children that it's not right, that every person should have equal rights.
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Post by joshseth on Aug 11, 2016 20:30:00 GMT
I think racism is very important in this book because of the time period it is set in. Anyone who stands up for racial equality is ridiculed and this seems to be a main issue throughout the novel.
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Post by laceyredinger6 on Aug 14, 2016 19:45:31 GMT
I agree racism is a huge part of this book. But also as Hannah said that Atticus has a completely different outlook on the blacks and how to handle it. He sees them as the same and doesn't see what is so bad about them and does as much as he can to help them.
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Post by keelinreder on Aug 14, 2016 22:51:03 GMT
Racism is a huge part in the novel. Atticus stands up for Tom Robinson even though he is black. As Madison said, racism was a problem back when this novel was written. Atticus's actions really shows the type of person he is.
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Post by margaretsundseth on Aug 15, 2016 5:12:09 GMT
Not only does Atticus' actions say something about him it also says something about the author and what she is like, how she feels about racism, because even though a bunch of people hate Atticus, he is also always portrayed as the one who is right.
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