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Theme Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird prejudice is a theme constantly seen throughout the novel as shown by Atticus when he says “most people are, Scout, when you finally see them” (Lee). Tom Robinson, Aunt Alexandra and Boo Radley all demonstrate this by how they are first mistaken as someone they are not, but as the novel proceeds everyone begins to see who they really are. Tom Robinson is a black man that has been accuse of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. In the beginning of the novel the people in the town of Maycomb believe that Tom has raped Mayella. During the court case against Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell everyone in the court room “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin on my Mayella”(Lee 231). When Bob was being question for what happened
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