I think it would be
relatively easy to argue the following thesis: shows that those who are racist
are ignorant, uneducated, and unkind through her depiction of Mrs. Dubose, Mr. Ewell, and Mrs.
Merriweather.
It is not very difficult to find examples of bad
behaviors exhibited by thesewhich show that we, the readers, are not supposed to relate to them
or like them. We might sympathize, perhaps, with Mrs. Dubose, but it is clear from her behavior
towardthat we are supposed to learn compassion from Atticus's treatment of
her rather than to emulate her ideas. Mr. Ewell is portrayed in an even worse way, as a child
abuser and liar and would-be murderer. By discouraging readers from liking these , Lee
encourages us to condemn their racist beliefs.
You could also argue the flip
side of this idea, which is that Harper Lee...
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