Harper Lee's novel "To Kill A Mocking Bird" is set in the thirties in the Deep South of America. It is about a young girl named Scout Finch, who explores the events that has happened in her community through the past years. In the novel she recalls of when her father Atticus Finch (a lawyer) defends a black person who struggles for justice.
             During the time of defence, Scout discovers the prejudice that people she knows has towards certain situations. In the novel prejudice is the main theme and is portrayed through Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, Boo Radley and the children. Harper Lee uses these characters to show what they do and say to portray the views of prejudice that exist in the society that we live in. The author also shows in the novel how these prejudices can be solved by either discovering the truth and by stepping into the person's skin.
             Atticus Finch (the main character of the novel) is a lawyer from the white community. His views on prejudice are different from the people in his community. Whilst other white people despise the black people, Atticus does not think black people are evil. To express how Atticus feels about prejudice, Atticus defends Tom Robinson who belongs to the black community.
             During the trial Atticus expresses how people in his community "assume that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings." In this comment Atticus emphasises the idea how people in his community assume that all Negroes are the same and there is no unique difference them between each Negro. To show that we shouldn't judge people who look different Atticus suggests " you never really understand a person until you climb into their skin and walk around it" Atticus solution of solving prejudice is that we should not really judge a person of what they are like physically but should judge them by trying to see from their perspective. Overall in the novel, Atti
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