Fear is an important theme in the novel, as the book displays the white Americans fear of the African Americans. Roosevelt once said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". There's nothing more sickening to me than a low grade white man who'll take advantage of a Negro's ignorance."Īs Franklin D. Atticus also teaches Scout "As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life. Dolphus Raymond says "the hell white people give coloured folks, without even stopping to think that they're people too". He simply does not understand "why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up". In the novel, Reverend Sykes mentions "I ain't ever seen any jury decide in favour of a coloured man over a white man." Atticus is fed up with Maycomb's racist attitude towards African Americans and calls this behaviour "Maycomb's usual disease". One horrible assumption was that "all blacks lie, that all blacks are basically immoral human beings". Personal relationships between them were also forbidden. In the 1930s, there was no recognition that African Americans felt the same emotions as white Americans, and white people were allowed to exploit and employ African Americans.
Aside from the trial, the other main display of racism is Aunt Alexandra's disapproval of Calpurnia. In fact, in Maycomb, it's not just black people who are discriminated against, white people and families are as well. The setting of the story is in Maycomb County, which is more traditional than most of the rest of the Southern United States. The main section of the story focuses on Tom Robinson, a black man who has been taken to court for reportedly raping a white woman. Race is probably the most important theme in this novel.
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