Sofia's 5 Quotes on Race
part 1
1. "Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the school-yard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended niggers. I denied it, but told Jem."
In this quote we can see how race is represented when Scout says that Cecil Jacobs made her forget how to hold in her anger when he insults her and tries to humiliate her by saying what her dad does for a job, which is defend Tom Robinson's case. Scout denies it because it is not common for a Finchto defend a black person.
2. "I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover, besides, but I'm here to tell you it certainly mortifies the rest of the family."
In this quote we can see how race is represented in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" when Francis tells Scout how he is not the only one ashamed of his uncle for defending the blacks, but the rest of the family is mortified about it too since it is weird for a white person to defend the negroes.
3. "Right. But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb's usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand... I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough... Jean Louise?"
In this quote Atticus is talking to his brother Jack about how he feels about Jem and Scout. He is telling him how worried he about his kids having to suffer because of Tom Robinson's case and he does not know how he is going to make them believe him that he is doing things right.
4. "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!"
Ms. Dubose is the one saying this to Jem children, since she believes it is no good that Atticus is working for someone who is said to be guilty and black.
5. "Scout," said Atticus, "when summer comes you'll have to keep your head about far worse things... it's not fair for you and Jem, I know that, but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down- well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you'll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you down. This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience- Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man."
In this quote Atticus is telling Scout why he really is defending Tom Robinson's case and how it affects him personally too in order to do it after all the hate he gets. He clearly felt touched with it and feels the need to stand up for him. Atticus even tells his daughter that he is doing all of it for her not to feel let down because in the future she will understand why this happened.
6. "Scout," said Atticus, "nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything-like snot-nose. It's hard to explain- ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody."
In this quote Atticus is telling Scout how people are being racist when they call people rude names like "nigger-lover". He says that sometimes normal people like the people in school say it too because they want to be common and not stand up for what it is right to stand up for.
5 Quotes on Race
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1. “Nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything like snot-nose. It's hard to explain ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves.” - Atticus
When Scout asks Atticus what a Nigger lover is because she is constantly bullied by everyone about it, he explains that its something low class people with no morals use when they feel threatened. This is a lesson to Scout as because she learns to respect the black race and to distinguish the people with manners and the people without.
2. “You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?" - Lula
When Lula tells this to Jem and Scout they felt very awkward and bad, they wanted to get out because they were being used as objects of racism and they knew they had to avoid that. Thankfully the rest of the black community decided to take them in and accept them. This is an important life lesson to Scout and Jem because both races try to discriminate most of the time no matter what color.
3."That's what I thought, but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." - Jem
In this quote Jem is explaining to Scout how society divides races and why it seems so strange to him. He talks about how deep inside they all have negro blood but it only matters if you can see the differences. They don't understand that things were just formed this way and that they have to accept it.
4."She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards. - Atticus
Atticus explains how Tom is being accused of rape but no one thinks about it from the perspective of Tom. What if she was the person that went for the kiss would it still be considered rape? People dont want to accept this and try to move on from question know that Atticus had a tight grip on the question.
5. "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." - Atticus
Atticus explains how the court is supposed to be a place were both places would have it fair no matter what color he is, but people still carry their grudges no matter who they are and no matter what color they are. This shows the corruption in the system and the sadness that lies in Atticus after the tribunal.
When Scout asks Atticus what a Nigger lover is because she is constantly bullied by everyone about it, he explains that its something low class people with no morals use when they feel threatened. This is a lesson to Scout as because she learns to respect the black race and to distinguish the people with manners and the people without.
2. “You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?" - Lula
When Lula tells this to Jem and Scout they felt very awkward and bad, they wanted to get out because they were being used as objects of racism and they knew they had to avoid that. Thankfully the rest of the black community decided to take them in and accept them. This is an important life lesson to Scout and Jem because both races try to discriminate most of the time no matter what color.
3."That's what I thought, but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." - Jem
In this quote Jem is explaining to Scout how society divides races and why it seems so strange to him. He talks about how deep inside they all have negro blood but it only matters if you can see the differences. They don't understand that things were just formed this way and that they have to accept it.
4."She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards. - Atticus
Atticus explains how Tom is being accused of rape but no one thinks about it from the perspective of Tom. What if she was the person that went for the kiss would it still be considered rape? People dont want to accept this and try to move on from question know that Atticus had a tight grip on the question.
5. "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." - Atticus
Atticus explains how the court is supposed to be a place were both places would have it fair no matter what color he is, but people still carry their grudges no matter who they are and no matter what color they are. This shows the corruption in the system and the sadness that lies in Atticus after the tribunal.