Friday, April 20, 2012

Mutual Problems | C & C | Joseph Huynh # 2


Mutual Problems—

Throughout both novels, there are flaws scatter in both the societies portrayed. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the story took place in the South during the Great Depression. It was a time when racism and discrimination was still prominent in the United States. African Americans were not allowed to do many things with the rest of the white society. African Americans could not vote and weren’t encouraged to associate with the white society. It must have been a really hard time to grow up in as an African American. I can imagine myself being an outlier in society were people judge you based on stereotypes and your appearance, it is not easy growing up in a bigoted neighborhood being the one that stood out. It is also the similar case for the monster of Frankenstein, the monster wandered throughout Europe and it was the only hideous eight foot monster walking around. Abandon by his creator, I have no difficulty understanding the way the monster felt. The monster felt betrayed and angry that it was abandon by the one who had created him and on top of that, everywhere he went were people scream with fear and only to be shot and driven out of town by an angry mob. Both Tom Robinson and the monster grew up in societies where they are so different in appearance that they are not welcome in the location they reside in. The solution to both of these problems would be that if only society would give Tom and the monster a chance to establish a kind relationship with them It is only then that everyone may live in peace. 

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