American poet Maya Angelou once said, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” This is especially true during the 1930s period in Southern United States history. However, prejudice comes in many forms, like in social status or even on the basis of race. Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird was a major example of the type of racial animosity most southern Americans showed towards people of a different skin color, religion, or even gender. However, Jem and Scout’s Aunt Alexandra was a combined example of the type of people who tended to be racially and socially prejudice towards certain people in their society. Some people were even hypocritically prejudice to other people, like