Prejudice stems from many things. It can come from any person at any time. Sometimes it is a part of a person when they are born. A whole town, state, or country could show prejudice towards others. Prejudice in many cases ends in violence. Hitler showed an extreme example when he killed all of the Jews. He though that they were all inferior and the Germans were the superior race. Hitler did not think all of his decisions all the way through. Prejudice is caused by the lack of knowledge of others.
             The book, 12 Angry Men, showed a lot of prejudice from the jurors. During the case most of the jurors based their first decision on a stereotype. They looked at the defendant's past history of crime and just assumed that he was guilty. Only one juror at the beginning had the courage to stand up to all the others with his beliefs. As time passed he got others to follow him as they looked over all the evidence. The Defendant could have been put in jail or even killed for a crime that he didn't commit. This prejudice could have ended in a terrible mistake and could have taken this mans life or at least a good portion of it.
             In To Kill a Mockingbird the prejudice came from a whole community. The white portion of the town thought that just because Tom Robinson was black he must be guilty. The black community was right when they said Tom was not guilty. During the case all of the evidence pointed away from Tom and towards Mr. Ewell. Atticus is mocked more than anyone else in town because he didn't have to defend Tom. He made the decision to do it because that is what he thought was right. Even though Atticus showed evidence that would have made it easy to convict Mr. Ewell Tom was convicted of rape. In the end this prejudice takes the life of Tom. Realizing that no matter what he did he would always be guilty he decided to try and escape prison. He started climbing the fence and after a shor
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