Examples Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

Prejudice is the intellectual or moral bias of a race and/or group of people based upon strict opinions. It is treating someone harshly based upon a person’s overall opinion on that race. Prejudice is usually based upon stereotypes of the victimized group that others may attach to them, being true or untrue. Prejudice has been seen throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee whether it was against the African-American population or perpetrated against white folks in Maycomb by blacks. Prejudice is seen throughout the novel to be wrong as certain characters in the novel are shown to be against their group's stereotypes, whether it is blacks such as Tom Robinson or n white folks such as Atticus Finch or Dolphus Raymond. Prejudice is a prevalent theme in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which is illustrated by the characters of Atticus Finch, Dolphus Raymond and by the

For example,Mr. Raymond tells Dill after seeing him cry about the events in the courtroom,”Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks without even stopping to think that they’re people, too.” Mr.Raymond believes in how everyone are equal and that the way white people in Maycomb treats the black population doesn’t make sense as he believes that they also deserves to be treated fairly. Moreover, when Scout and Dill walked out of the courthouse after Dill cried after seeing how Tom was being treated like, Mr. Raymond asks him,”You aren’t thin-hided, it just makes you sick, doesn’t it?”.Mr. Raymond asked that since he realize why Dill is crying. Furthermore,He knows that it is wrong to treat someone so negatively only based on presumed facts based upon that person’s race. That is why Dill is crying, which Mr. Raymond understands. Dolphus Raymond is an example of someone in the novel who thinks prejudice is