To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird Essay


The story To Kill A Mocking Bird has a plot set around the 1950’s in a small southern town. In this certain era people did not have any declared respect for African Americans. This race was highly frowned upon and shunned by society.
The vulgar language used toward and referring to African Americans could be reason enough to make this specific book banned from many schools. At the time the book was set colored people had a very low rank in society and there was no thought of equality among the races. One word in this book showed very little respect toward black people and it is very understandable that they would be objective toward it; this word is Niger. It was obviously a bad thing to be associated with an African American person. When Cecile Jacobs called Atticus a “Niger” lover Scout took it as an insult; and this was a rightful feeling at that time. (chapter nine, pg.75) Although it is a very racist word it would be incorrect...