Examples Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

All over the world there are victims of prejudice. The most common acts of prejudice are racial, or caused by rumors. Those same prejudices were committed against Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Reducing them to become outcasts, even though they’re both creatures that cause no harm to others. Therefore Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are alike, because they’re both victims of prejudice, outcasts, and mockingbirds. First, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are alike, because they are both victims of prejudice. Tom Robinson is a victim due to the color of his skin, the book To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the 1930s, the midst of segregation. African Americans were treated worst in the southern part of the United States. Therefore in Alabama, the colored race were treated without respect. That disrespect is shown by the people in the novel that prejudge the colored folks to be a less quality than the white folks. Many of the people that first heard of

Tom Robinson is an outcast primarily due to him being African American in the racially insensitive time period of the United States. He is forced to live in the shadows, like this “A soft husky voice came from the darkness above: ‘They gone?’”(206). Adding to the the color of his skin, Tom also has a crippled left arm. Leading him to be a product of ridicule in the white society. In comparison, Boo Radley is also an outcast in society. Boo remained in the shadows of his house for many years after he was locked in the courthouse for disorderly conduct. He was one of the few, if not the only person in Maycomb that came out at night and not day. Boo’s only connection to the outside world was the tree, where he gifted things to Jem and Scout. Sadly, that connection was lost due to his brother, Nathan Radley purposely filling the hole in the tree with cement. In conclusion, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are both outcasts in society, due to their unique