“The black man did it” she said.
“Typical”, he said in response.
Humans tend to judge others for many reasons. In the book To Kill a
Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, it shows a great theme of judging and that you don't really know a person until you have walked around in their shoes. This story takes place in the 1930s in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb County. It is a story of a black man being accused for something he didn't do, and the family of the lawyer who defends him. In this book many people are judged. Some are judged for their class, some are judged for their race, and some are judged for the things they do or say. Mayella Ewell, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch were all victims of judging throughout the story. To begin, Mayella Ewell may have a bigger story than some people know. Most people in the town know her as a poor girl with a huge family
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Most of the things they said about him were rumors. One fact, that everyone knew, was that he did not come out of his house very often. When people noticed that they started spreading rumors that his parents locked him up because he tried to kill his dad. These rumors were not true. Stephanie Crawford told many stories about him. One time she said “Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room, and as Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.” (Lee 13). A lot of stories began to spread after this story started. More rumors were made. Now when people saw or heard of him, they would become silent and get scared. They didn’t like him, yet, most of them haven’t met him. This is a huge example of judging. At the end of the story we met Boo and he was a very sweet man. It is sad that judging is so easy, and that it can ruin someone’s