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Theme Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can’t just sit back and let other people define our existence’’~ Spike Lee ~. Although many people may argue that Atticus received prejudice throughout the novel, it was Tom Robinson who experiences the most prejudice. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom experiences the most prejudice in this novel because he got accused of rape, a mob full of farmers tried to kill him, got shot 17 times.
One reason leading up to his cause of being prejudice is being accused of rape. As Scout lead the readers into Chapter 14, she mentioned that, “ ‘One day I was in town with Jem and I overheard people talking about Atticus and how he was defending Tom
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