To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive Essay
             Is prejudice fair? Are children taught good moral values at a young age? In the novel, To
             Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee discussed the 1920's and 1930's. A man named Atticus was a
             widower and raised two kids by himself. Atticus tries to teach Jem and Scout good moral values
             and to be fair. In the early 1900's, times were very rough because of the Depression. Not many
             people were employed and many were prejudice. Segregation was a very controversial issue in
             this time period. People were treated unequally and unfair. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
             should be banned from public high schools because it teaches kids disrespect, introduces bad
             language, and involves racism and prejudice people.
             To Kill a Mockingbird teaches kids to disrespect others. Children are taught that there is
             nothing wrong with lying. In Tom Robinson's trial, Mayella lied to the judge in the courtroom.
             She said that Tom Robinson raped her when he really did not. Mayella said this because she
             wanted to cover up her shame from loving him. To Kill a Mockingbird is telling the reader that if
             one lies, they get rewarded. Mayella wanted Tom to die, and in the end, he did. Maycomb thinks
             of Boo Radley as an outsider because he never came out of his house. Everyone was scared to go
             near his house, thinking it was haunted. The kids in the town talk about many myths involving
             Boo with Miss Stephanie. However, Scout also disrespects her elders. When Scout and her
             family went to Finch's Landing, she began cursing in front of her Uncle Jack and he scolded her.
             When Scout and her family went to Finch's Landing, her Uncle Jack told her not to swear in his
             Introducing bad language is another drawback from To Kill a Mockingbird. Mrs. Dubose,
             the Finch's neighbor, yelled at Jem and Scout as they were walking by. She told them that
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