Discrimination: Intolerance ToleranceDiscrimination, its very existence can be considered one of the ugliest and permanent scars of civilized society. Like most other sins of this type, the origin of which is the potential moral corruption of the person, discrimination has neither preferences nor boundaries. Discrimination is a poison to humanity that comes in many forms, including racism, prejudice, and ignorant prejudice. In a bold attempt to expose discrimination in the contemporary world, Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, exposes forms of discrimination through the eyes of her novel's main characters, as well as through the mutual behaviors and ideals of Maycomb's fictional company. Although the plot of the story may be fiction, the lessons regarding discrimination are not. Discrimination and its effects are not openly proclaimed, but rather expressed through the motions of Arthur Radley, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson; whose life and destiny are sealed by it. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay Although discrimination takes many forms, one of its most harmful forms is racism; the false belief that one race is superior to another. No one faces more discrimination in the novel than Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson, a loyal and honest worker, is condemned by Mr. Ewell, the trashiest white man in town, for raping his daughter Mayella. Being convicted solely out of hatred and not because of evidence of a crime qualifies this as a racist act. Tom Robinson gets no mercy in court either. On the witness stand, Tom Robinson attempts to maintain his innocence in his testimony, even under the pressure of Mr. Gilmer's prosecution. He valiantly gives his testimony until an error marks his words: “'Yes, uh. I felt really sorry for her, she seemed to be trying harder than the others – Did you feel sorry for her, did you feel sorry for her? » (Lee 264). During his testimony, Tom insists that he is doing the extra work for Mayella out of sympathy. But in Mr. Gilmer's eyes, no black man can say he pities a white woman; this statement requires that the black man be superior. Tom never had the chance to win the case for his own innocence. He is doomed from the start for a white man to accuse him of anything, with no chance of his word being supported. Atticus tries to explain this Jem after the trial: “There is something in this world that makes men lose their minds – they couldn't be righteous if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins” (295). Two false beliefs/testimonies from white trash are considered superior to the honesty of a black man. Tom's suffering is unnecessary. It is not out of justice, but out of hatred. Judgment does not come from peace, but from discrimination. In this way, Tom represents the black community as a whole who also suffer from the law and others due to unjust persecution. Discrimination costs Tom his life, and almost that of Atticus, his defense lawyer. Atticus is a white, humble, and well-known lawyer from Maycomb County. So for him to defend a nigger really turns heads. The same Atticus that people are proud of as a lawyer and friend, lowers himself to the level of a Negro's defense lawyer; and the people do not hesitate to be hostile. Keeping this to.