Blert's English Journal

How is hyprocrisy shown in ch.24

In chapter 24 reveals a new character by the name Mrs Merriweather. She is a prime example of hyprocrisy in this chapter

‘The poverty…the immorality…the darkness (towards the Mrunars)/ Oh child, those poor Mrunars’

‘That DARKY’S wife. Tom’s wife, Tom-‘

These two quotes where taken from different points of the chapter, they show the two sides of Mrs Merriweather and her hypocritical behaviour. The first quote suggests that Mrs Merriweather is very concerned and shows great sympathy towards the Mrunars (an African tribe) however the second quote Mrs Merriweather doesn’t remember Tom Robinson’s and refers to him as DARKY. This suggests that Mrs Merriweather doesn’t care for the black people in Maycomb and is very disrespectful towards them. This is hypocritical behaviour because how can a person feel sympathy towards a group of Black people thousands of miles away and not the black people (in very similar circumstances) just outside their front door.

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    jnorth

    This is much better. Your exploration of hypocirsy in reflection of this character is much clearer.

    To lift the level of sophistication here in your expression, you should embed these quotations within your paragraph. See me if you would like some help with this.

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