Bessie Coleman claims, “The air is the only place free from prejudice.” In other words, the air is the one thing in the world that won’t judge you. Prejudice isn’t just seen in the real world, but even in movies, books, and games. Harper Lee is an amazing writer who wrote the award-winning To Kill a Mockingbird. In this story, a young girl who goes by the name Scout tells us a story spanning a few years of her life. This story is written from Scout’s perspective and is based on the 1930s. She has an older brother who also goes by Jem. And also her father, whom she calls Atticus. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee conveys how deep-rooted prejudice can influence people’s actions and their thoughts through the use of strong word choice and indirect characterization. …show more content…
Throughout the novel, most of the characters in Maycomb judge the Radley place and stay away from his home on the street. Scout said, “A Negro would not pass the Radley place at night; he would cut across the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked. The Maycomb school grounds joined the back of the Radley lot; from the Radley chicken yard tall pecan trees shook their fruit into the schoolyard, but the nuts lay untouched by the children: Radley pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball and no questions asked” (Lee 11). In other words, Scout explained how people around tried to avoid the Radley house at all costs. Even making a point to cross the street so as not to go near the house. Many may say the Radley house was the Monster house of the whole novel, therefore furthering the expansion of prejudice being displayed. At the beginning of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Scout starts very young, so in many ways, she comes off as unknowingly prejudiced. The Cunninghams, poor farmers. Scout and some of her family have dinner with the Cunninghams and are sitting at the dinner table