The Theme Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

It’s not necessary to ask if you have seen or heard of a prejudice situation, you most likely saw one this past month, in a social setting or in your typical history class. A judgement or opinion that is not based on reason or experience is prejudice. This is just one of the many stories told about racism, and social inequality. Therefore, In the novel to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson and Boo Radley to portray the theme that social inequality is caused by prejudice. Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson’s character to communicate that people in his community were discriminant towards him and others. For instance, Tom Robinson is looked down upon or is made to be less superior by the people around him. Only one of very few people upheld Tom’s name, that one believer is his defender, Atticus. Atticus says, “They couldn’t be fair is they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black mans, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life” (Lee 252). What Atticus is trying to indicate is that in Tom Robinson’s court case, or even in life, one man will always condescend another based on any justification due to prejudice. In the end, lack of evidence wasn’t enough for the people who saw Tom Robinson not as

Boo is the reason for most of Maycomb county’s superstitions, he allegedly had a dreadful past that eventually turned into gossip for young Jem and Scout. Scout gradually begins to realize that Boo isn’t made of the malignant rumors being said about him. Scout says to her father, “When they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice…” (Lee 323). Thus, Scout realizes that Boo isn’t what everyone says he is and that he is indeed an innocent character. The simple way to put it is to not judge a book by its cover, but prejudice is the central