Really? Which ones? That in a case of a black on white rape allegation, the black man is always a noble innocent, and the white woman is an illiterate obese low class slob?
..... That in the case of a black on white rape allegation, the black man is always a noble innocent, and the white woman is an illiterate obese low class slob?
The father of the woman is pictured as a low life alcoholic degenerate. Full name of fictional character is:
Robert E. Lee Ewell.
Not much more need be said. However we may never know how much the author wanted to please the likes of the left and their wallowing in "white guilt".
Lee is very subtle with the conservative slant of the novel. It takes several readings to figure his out. When Mrs. Dubose says horrible things to the kids, Atticus does not say anything to her but tells his kids she has the right to say what she wants. That is when we discuss the constitutionality of hate crimes. In his closing argument Atticus tells the jury that all men aren’t created equal, that some men are more talented than others, some ladies make better cakes, etc.; however, he does stress that it is the courtroom in which all men truely are equal. This is when we discuss hiring and college acceptance quotas. Lee is brutal on modern education methods, which Jem incorrectly refers to as the Dewey Decimal System. Miss Caroline tells Scout her father is not qualified to teach as he does not have her degree. Sound familiar? Jem’s treehouse experiment fails when his father severs his supply line. Jem would have stayed in his treehouse for days as long as Scout kept bringing him food and water and doing his chores for him. This incident comes right after we learn Bob Ewell’s kids starve because he drinks their relief check. Scout suggests he stop getting one but Atticus tells her people feel sorry for the kids. Lee exposes here how welfare accomplishes the exactly the opposite of its intent. Mr. Underwood can’t stand black people and won’t have one near him yet he helps Atticus defend Tom Robinson from the lynch mob. At this point we discuss that it’s okay to disagree with or not accept someone (think homosexuality or gun control), but that does not give us the right to harm somebody because of their beliefs. Only the most ignorant people in the novel use the derogatory “n” word, at which point we discuss its intent and use in modern hip hop. I also take the opportunity to explain who started the KKK and why it was started, as well as who supported civil rights and who didn’t. We talk about the injustice of the Duke case and the issues that surround the rape case at our own school. I could continue with the conservativeness of the novel, but I have to get dinner on the table.