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Post by isabellajanney on Aug 17, 2016 20:01:35 GMT
I agree that discrimination is a huge part of the novel and is much of the way people interact with each other. In Brave New World, I don't think that people were aware that there was discrimination because of all of their social conditioning and everything. But, in To Kill a Mockingbird, most people were aware that they were discriminating, even if they didn't think it was wrong. That is just the way they were brought up; people aren't born to discriminate against others, its taught.
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Post by Alexa Huesgen Hobbs on Aug 21, 2016 2:20:43 GMT
All of this is why novels like To Kill a Mockingbird and Brave New World are classics; they tackle issues that we seem to always be facing in our society. And the beauty of it is these books resonate even though they are set settings that aren't what were used to.
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Post by zacksciallo on Aug 22, 2016 1:34:30 GMT
Couldn't agree more, the blatant racism is very much there. However the thing most people miss is the racism and discrimination on both sides. For an easy example lets look at when Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to the black only church. While the pasture welcomes to them to the church, Calpurnia is forced to defend bringing the kids to the church to Lula, a women that blocks their entrance.
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Post by marliegroshans on Aug 22, 2016 1:56:32 GMT
I agree immensely with you on how there is much prejudice against lower class citizens in the town, on women, and of people of color. The book teaches us that we haven't come to far from that wold where black people are held to a certian superstition and that women have no say. But, hopefully we will be able to keep going from where we are on equality, and teach future generations.
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