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    1) Tom Robinson, an innocent black man, is falsely accused of raping a white woman and is convicted by an all-white jury despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. He is shot and killed while attempting to escape from prison. 2) Calpurnia, the Finch family's black housekeeper, faces racism when she takes the Finch children to her church and is insulted for bringing white children. 3) Even Scout Finch faces racism and insults directed at her father Atticus for defending Tom Robinson in court. Racism divides and hurts many innocent people in Maycomb during this era.

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    1) Tom Robinson, an innocent black man, is falsely accused of raping a white woman and is convicted by an all-white jury despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. He is shot and killed while attempting to escape from prison. 2) Calpurnia, the Finch family's black housekeeper, faces racism when she takes the Finch children to her church and is insulted for bringing white children. 3) Even Scout Finch faces racism and insults directed at her father Atticus for defending Tom Robinson in court. Racism divides and hurts many innocent people in Maycomb during this era.

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    1) Tom Robinson, an innocent black man, is falsely accused of raping a white woman and is convicted by an all-white jury despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. He is shot and killed while attempting to escape from prison. 2) Calpurnia, the Finch family's black housekeeper, faces racism when she takes the Finch children to her church and is insulted for bringing white children. 3) Even Scout Finch faces racism and insults directed at her father Atticus for defending Tom Robinson in court. Racism divides and hurts many innocent people in Maycomb during this era.

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    JoeyPlishka
    Mrs.Lesinksi
    English1
    16March2015
    ToKillaMockingbird
    Paper
    Moderndaytimesislikeapicture.Blackandwhitegookaywitheachother.However,in
    HarperLees
    ToKillaMockingbird,
    thesmalltownofMaycombinAlabamaislikeapainting
    gonewrong.Theworldinthisstorywascrueltoalmostanycoloredperson.TomRobinsonwas
    notthoughtofitthatway.Hewasonewiththecommunity.Racismandsegregationaffects
    innocentcitizensofMaycomblikeTomRobinson,Calpurnia,andScoutFinch.
    Oneofthecharactersinthenovel,TomRobinson,isfalselyaccusedofacrimesolely
    becauseofhisrace.HeisanegromanthatisaccusedofrapingMayellaEwell.Therealtruthis
    that,thatneverhappened,andTomonlyhadonegoodhandinthefirstplace.Hewasforcedto
    gototrialandattheendofthetrial,Tomissenttoprisonfordoingabsolutelynothingwrong
    exceptbeingblack.Hetriedtoescapeand[then]theygothimjustaswenttothefence
    Seventeenbulletholesinhim(Lee315).Thisisasignificanteventbecausehewasputintojail
    forsomethingheneverdid.Everybodyinthecommunitythatknewhimlikedhim.Hewasnot
    guiltyinthetrialandtheonlyreasonhewasconvictedwasbecausetherewasawhitejury.He
    wasahardworkerforseveralpeopleandheworkedforhisownwifeandkids.Racismaffected
    TomRobinsonbecausehehelpedpeopleandanunfairjuryledtohisdeath.
    RacismalsoaffectedpeopleintheFinchhouselikeCalpurnia.Onesummerafternoon,
    shedecidedtotakethekidstoherchurch.OnememberofthechurchgaveCalahardtimejust

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    becauseshebroughtJemandScout,whoarewhite.Calstandsupforherchildrenduringasmall
    fightandshesetsthetonewith,Whatyouwant,Lula(158).Thesignificanceofthisquoteis
    veryimportantbecauseitshowshowCalwasprotectiveofherkidseventhoughshewasbeing
    insulted.ReverendSykes,thepastorthere,madesurethatJemandScoutwerewelcometoa
    coloredfolkchurch.EvenpeoplejustlikeCalaregivinghersomehardtimes.Racismwas
    tearingpeopleapart,butCaldidanexcellentjobofprotectingherchildren.EventhoughCalhas
    averylittleinvolvementwithracism,thissituationwasabigeventofpeopleofthesame
    ethnicitiesturningagainsteachother.
    EvenScout,whoiswhite,hadsomeracialissuesinherownfamilyjustbecauseAtticus
    wasdefendingTomRobinsonduringthetrial.Inthebeginningofthenovel,Scoutisgetting
    calledaracialtermandlover.EvenherownfamilymemberwasinsultingAtticuswiththeuseof
    thisphrase.EverybitofthenamecallingwasfromAtticushelpingTomRobinson.Scoutfeels
    insultedanddisgustedwhenFrancis,...calledHesnothingbutan[aughtyword]lover(110).
    ThiseffectsScoutbecauseitisuseddirectlytowardsAtticus.WhenFrancisinsultedAtticus,
    Scoutgrewfuriousandpunchedhiminthemouth.ThisevenshowsthatScoutwasprotectiveof
    Atticus,herownfather.Scoutisveryupsetwithherfamilyandisinsultedwhenitisdirectedat
    Atticus.ThisshowsthatnotalloftherelationsarestrongintheFinchfamilywhenitcomesto
    segregation.
    Racismwasaveryunfairthingduringthetimeofthestory.Peoplewereslavesandit
    waslegal.Duringthegreatdepression,therewasnoCivilRightsMovementthatwouldhave
    madethesmalltownofMaycombnotsegregated.Namecallingwasthemostinsultingthingthat
    happenedinthisbook.Itwaseverywhere.RacismhasalwaysaffectedpeopleBothinthe1930s,

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    moderndaytimes,andeventocharactersin
    ToKillaMockingbird
    likeTomRobinson,
    Calpurnia,andScout.

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