Misjudgment in Common Books and its Negative Impact Angie Thomas once wrote “You’re making us out to be monsters” (The Hate You Give 247). Misjudgment is a common topic that is frequently brought up in books. It unfairly creates a picture of somebody, because of certain characteristics of them. Not only can misjudgment be rude to someone on the outside, but it could turn into a worse situation for the misjudged person. In common books, misjudgment is shown to highlight a character's personality and how they react to it. In the stories Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, characters are misjudged due to wealth and looks, leading the reader to learn about misjudgment. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy is misjudged based on his looks, because of his glasses, his weight, and his poor athleticism as a result of his …show more content…
From the first scene of the book, it is introduced that the Greasers often get jumped by Socs because of their greasy and raggedy appearance. Johnny has nobody to take care of him, so he always seems dirty, leading to the Socs constantly making fun of him. Johnny progressively becomes more fearful of the Socs intimidating and hurting him, and starts to have murderous thoughts towards them. The author shows how Johnny was affected by misjudgment when Johnny says, “ I killed that boy” (Hinton 56). Johnny kills a popular Soc named Bob after himself and Ponyboy are being harassed. Because of the death, Johnny and Pony both flee in hopes of evading jail. Even though it was in self defense, Johnny knows that he is most likely going to jail, just because he is a Greaser. This point in the story develops the rest of the plot from then on. People shouldn’t be misjudged for things that they cannot control such as their