Stereotypes-Discrimination

=__**To Kill A Mocking Bird**__= __**Stereotyping is seen continually throughout the whole book. On this page we will explain who is being stereotyped by who and why.**__ __**By: Brooke and Maddison**__
 * Stereotyping can be seen almost immediately when Scout and Jem meet Dill. They stereotype him for being young and strange. But, after getting to know him, they realize that he is fun to hang out with and that he has great ideas for adventures.
 * Some more stereotyping occurs when Scout talks about the Radley house. She talks about all of the superstitions that people have of the Radley house and of the people who live inside. Boo Radley never comes out of the house, so after a period of time stories began to come out about Boo and about the crime he had committed.
 * There is stereotyping against the blacks in this book a lot. The trial against Tom Robinson is a prime example of this. Mayella says she got raped by Tom Robinson. Tom is not believed that he did commit this crime because he is black. People automatically took Mayella's word without looking at any of the facts. Since Tom is black they automatically thought he was guilty. We later find out that he did not commit this crime but he is still said that he did.
 * Also, stereotyping occurs when the African Americans think of white people. They think that white people are cruel and mean and that everybody who is white takes advantage of them. This is not always true of all white people. True, there are a few people in this book that think that African Americans are as good as dirt but there are those people like Mr. Raymond who enjoys there company.
 * Mr. Raymond is also stereotyped for being a drunk who hangs out with black people only because he doesn't know any better. This is not true though because Mr. Raymond never actually gets drunk, he just acts like it so that nobody confronts him about it.
 * On Scout's first day of school when she meets her teacher, the teacher tells the class about where she's from. When she tells them where she's from all the kids automatically think about the bad things that have happened there and wonder if their teacher is a good teacher or not.
 * Another sign of stereotyping is the way all of the children view the Cunningham's. The children stereotype them for being a worthless, large family that has no money and provides nothing to the community. This is not true however because even if the Cunningham's are not rich financiall they always help the community with the other goods that they possess.
 * Stereotyping can also be seen when the problem on the first day of school arises with one of the Ewell's. Everyone stereotypes the Ewell's as a poor, good-for-nothing family. None of the children are educated and they only survive by the money that the government gives them. More often than not, the Ewell's cause problems for the community instead of helping.
 * Another case of stereoyping can be seen by the way that many people treat Tom Robinson's wife. She was unable to get a job for a long time because everbody thought bad of her because she was Tom Robinson's wife. People would bug her and constantly mess with her because they believed that Tom Robinson was guilty.
 * Since Atticus was defending Tom Robinson many people stereotyped Atticus and his children to be "nigger lovers." Some people made fun of them and picked on them for this reason. Many people threatened Atticus's life because of the fact that he was doing his best to prove that Tom was innocent. Since Scout and Jem are Atticus's children, they are also stereotyped the same as Atticus.