TO_KILL_A_MOCKINGBIRD_ESSAY

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Just as it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, so is it to act with a prejudiced attitude. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice was encountered throughout the story as racial, social, or even a rare complete lack of prejudice. These three degrees of prejudice, appear in a variety of ways such as simple childish ideas expressed about a neighbour, an horrific trial, or in the personality of a unique character.

Prejudice in the novel, was largely based on racial discrimination. This became clearer with the case of Tom Robinson. Chopping down trees for wood and doing other idle chores were Tom’s only crimes. Tom was like a mockingbird in this story, it was a sin to kill him. We, the readers of the novel, were entirely aware of Tom’s innocence, but also knew that Tom’s life would come to an abrupt end. The moment that Mayella Ewe

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There is a lot of racial discrimination in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, however there is also a lot of prejudice that has absolutely no ties with race.

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. Why? Because he was a Negro, and what was a young Negro man to say when an even younger white girl accused him of rape?

Just as the children with their new air rifles were likely to overlook a blue-jay in exchange for a mockingbird, so too were the juries of the 1930’s to overlook Bob Ewell in exchange for Tom Robinson. The children would not go near his house because of the rumours (another form of prejudice) that were circulating in the town from gossiping ladies who had nothing to do but chatter. The entire prejudiced attitudes of the town of Maycomb County were based on traditional ideas that had to be changed. Boo Radley and the Finch family were just two examples that were judged, not by race, but simply by fear alone. In this example, we see that there is social prejudice throughout the novel unrelated to racial discrimination. Boo Radley, another man like Tom Robinson who could not hurt anyone, was a victim of prejudice by most of the town of Maycomb County. ll opened her mouth and screamed, he was a dead man.

Racism, as stated above, is not the only form of prejudice suffered by a character in the novel. The only evidence they had was from an untrustworthy white man and his daughter. There are several forms of prejudice that come from many people’s narrow-mindedness. Atticus’ non-prejudiced attitude was very clear to the readers of the novel when he accepted the court case to defend a Negro man named Tom Robinson. Atticus knew that he could not win the case, but felt obliged to at least present Tom’s defence, with whatever evidence existed. Because of Atticus’ non-prejudiced attitude, his entire family suffered the consequences.

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Approximate Word count = 674
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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