Essay Archive - To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice Is Part of Our Inherent Nature
To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice Is Part of Our Inherent Nature
Why did Atticus defend a nigger? What was the point of being the advocate for a
black man? It doesn't matter if their guilty or innocent, you can ceaselessly
and effortlessly convict the animals for their colour vice. You can even turn a
blind eye to the obvious truth. And so did the “people”, the white, narrow-
minded, bigoted and hypocritical people of Maycomb.
The justification for why Atticus broke from the norm, and acted unlike most
others in his community, can be compared to the motive of the central character
in t....
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