Colored People's Forbearance in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
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This thesis delves to find out the volume of forbearance faced by Afro-
Americans in America as narrated in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
It is a chronological series of facts and realities realized by black people that are
transparent in the Afro-American context. Political, cultural and social norms are
touched upon to explore how the Black American people resist and tolerate their
miserable conditions. Being a deep-rooted reality of the Americans, racism still plays
big role to shape the structure of present community in America. This thesis aims to
realize the pain felt by the minorities around the world. Racism and its dimensions are
the most focused terms in this thesis. Even if the color discrimination is more specific
problem glanced by the text, it tries to symbolize the vast area of the racial
segregation. Title illustrated as 'Racism and Its Characteristics' in the second chapter
has been included for the same purpose in the thesis. Likewise, judgment of the
community in terms of racism is another focused subject matter in the thesis. Amidst
the ups and downs in the lives of black people, their forbearance is always painful.
Poverty, geopolitics and structure of society are the major causes of pain felt by the
black people.