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    The document compares the portrayal of blacks and whites in To Kill a Mockingbird and Mississippi Burning. Blacks were shown to be caring, tolerant, and spiritual while whites were depicted as biased, cruel, daring, outlaw, hypocritical, vindictive, and proud.

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    The document compares the portrayal of blacks and whites in To Kill a Mockingbird and Mississippi Burning. Blacks were shown to be caring, tolerant, and spiritual while whites were depicted as biased, cruel, daring, outlaw, hypocritical, vindictive, and proud.

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Mississippi Burning

    Blacks 1. Caring 1. Spiritual


    - Calpurnia always treated - There were many churches in
    Jem and Scout like her own which the Blacks pray in.
    children.
    - There were also many scenes of
    - Calpurnia cooked Scout’s the Blacks praying
    favourite food after her
    first day of school. - Instead of running away, the
    little boy knelt down and prayed
    2. Tolerant to God.
    - Even though they knew it
    was unfair, they did not 2. Fearful
    protest and just carried on - They did not dare to stand up
    with their own lives after for themselves even though
    Tom Robinson’s trail. they were being bullied.

    - Tom Robinson helped - When being a witness for court,


    Mayella Ewell even though the black boy wore a paper bag
    she called him a nigger. over his face.
    Whites 1. Biased 1. Daring
    - Hated the blacks and - They lynched the Blacks
    treated them of lower whenever they wanted to.
    class. As well as calling
    them Nigger-lovers - They shot into the FBI’s motel
    and burned a cross outside.
    Examples: Mrs Dubose,
    Aunt Alexandra, etc - They conducted cases of arson
    on the Black’s house and
    - Were not willing to sit with churches.
    them in churches and
    named them as coloured
    people. 2. Outlaw
    - They killed the Civil rights
    2. Cruel workers.
    - Bob Ewell tried to kill
    Scout and Jem after their - They went to ambush outside
    Halloween Party. the Black’s church.

    - Bob Ewell spat on Atticus.


    - They held clan gatherings even
    - Tom Robinson was shot 17 though they stated it as a
    times when he tried to political speech.
    escape.

    3. Hypocritical
    - Miss Gates, she said that
    Hitler was wrong in
    persecuting Jews but she
    herself was bias towards
    blacks (pg 250 - 253)
    4. Vindictive
    - Bob Ewell framed Tom
    Robinson, and after the
    trial, he went after Atticus
    for revenge (pg 177-184,
    223)

    5. Proud
    -Many of the whites were
    portrayed as proud people.
    For example, Miss
    Stephanie was portrayed
    as a very proud person
    who liked her own views to
    be heard and felt. There
    were of course, exceptions
    such as Atticus who was a
    humble man.

    Done By: Leonard Goh, Kenneth Pay, Eliel, Gordon Koh

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