Racial Love-Hate Relationship in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

Abstract

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird deals with the theme of racism wherein the novelist exposes a long existing love-hate relationship between black and white people in American society. In the novel, Tom Robinson, a black boy is falsely charged of an attempted rape of a white woman. Because of this the whole white community surrounding Tom turns hostile to him. But Atticus Finch, a white lawyer attempts at the best of his capabilities to defer Tom’s case and to defend him. In this present research, the researcher has probed into this dual aspect of racism of white towards black people with a special focus on Atticus Finch and other whites.