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Prejudice Everywhere In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Maycomb Alabama, the fictional town To Kill a Mockingbird takes place, has prejudice everywhere. Racism is one of the most obvious forms of prejudice that are present, however other forms such as gender stereotyping; forcing ideas onto Scout because she was a girl, or thinking of someone as a terrible person because they act differently; Boo Radley or Dolphus Raymond. People were grouped together by whom hey associated with and were criticized if they weren 't in the ‘correct’ one. Lee incorporated these ideas and beliefs to help create an accurate and believable setting. The most evident form of prejudice is racism. The concept of racism is seen everywhere throughout the book, from children at Scouts school to Tom Robinson’s court case.
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