Monday 16 May 2011

Saleha-To Judge a book by it's cover or not?

The whole story revolved around the prejudice views of this Southern community. The whole reason why the trial was going on was because of people views towards blacks in the south. Since the alleged rape victim's father has such a prejudice view towards black, he is embarrassed that his daughter was actually flirting with a black man. To combat this he falsely accuses the innocent Mr. Robinson of rape. If it wasn't for the prejudice view which existed in the south the accusation would had never been brought against Mr. Robinson. These racist views in the south created a double standard of justice.Dill had a drink of Mr.Raymonds drink, which everyone thought was whiskey. They thought that the only reason he would marry a black women is because he was drunk. But when Dill drinks it, it's Coca- Cola. Mr. Raymond explains to the kids that if he did this because of all the racism. In the book, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson are all judged like a book and a cover. All though I think that eventhough you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover and most people say that people still do. People still judge people by appearance not personality. I think that the cover of the book or the appearance of the person is still important but not that important as the actual book or the persons personality. There was a bright spot when it came to the Racism issue. This "ray of light" came in the form of Scout's father Atticus. Atticus represented hope. Hope that good people still exist. Even in a society filled with hate. Atticus represented the hope that one day things can change. Jem , Scout also understand the injustice and want to help, as well as Boo Radley who comes to Scout’s rescue at the end.

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