The Unfairness of Life - "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee

Life is tough enough without having barriers in one's way such as; being a social outcast, a victim of racism, or having to suffer due to poverty. Three of the characters from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird were born into facing versions of those barriers. The characters include Walter Cunningham, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. These less fortunate people in the novel are forced to deal with serious harsh realities of life, and the …

…even that he got punished for in the end. These less fortunate people in the story were forced to endure harsh aspects of life. This might of been their fate's, but none the less no one should have to go through that. Even today people have to suffer from related problems. Poverty, racism, and social outcasting still exists today, but unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about it-that is the unfairness of life.