Hypocrisy In To Kill A Mockingbird

The most
obvious one is that an innocent man, Tom Robinson, is convicted of beating and raping Mayella
Ewell when it is blatantly obvious that he did no such thing.Another example is 's third grade
teacher, Mrs. Gates, who tells her class about all the evil things Hitler is doing to the Jews
in Germany; however, Scout observes how she overheard Mrs. Gates talking about how happy she was
Tom was convicted and that the black folks in the community needed to be kept in their
place.Another example is when Scout is sitting down with Aunt Alexandra and her circle of
friends.Mrs. Merriweather refers to the northerners as "hypocrites" for setting their
blacks free but refusing to congregate with them or treat them as equals.She states that down
south they have a reasonable way of life - the whites are free to go about their way of life and
the blacks are free to go about their way of life.But what Mrs. Merriweather isn't able to see
is that the blacks down south cannot go about their own way of life because of all of the Jim
Crow laws and discrimination practiced there.A final example is seen in how Aunt Alexandra
believes the Finch's family is above most others in Maycomb.Yet, that is not true, forexplains
to Scout that their family history is as tainted by racism and insanity and inbreeding as any
other family in Maycomb.