"Racism, a Primitive Thought"
             Racism is a horrible feeling which exists since the beginning of the human era, and it affects everyone in one way or another, even though there are some ethnic groups which are more susceptible of being a target of this feeling. Despite the huge improvement done to reduce racism against black people, whites, Jews, and other groups plenty of work still needs to be done in order to eliminate this terrible egotistic mentality. Racism is one of the many reasons for wars to happen currently in the world, and they have always been. This felling of racism towards others is a topic which influences the world today, just as this same topic influenced greatly Maycomb's society in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The story's plot goes round the trial involving the black man, Tom Robisson, and as the story progresses racism becomes one of the central themes of the novel. The intriguing aspect of racism being a major topic in the 1930's society and in today's society is that this just shows that much hasn't changed since.
             Racism is one of the most selfish and egocentric feelings that exist in the world because just as one is prejudging other for their difference, one is also putting this person down or is discriminating others for their differences. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the readers encounter situations in which the idea of racism is clearly shown. The main example of these situations is during the whole process of the trial in which Atticus enters the court knowing that he will lose the case just because his client is a black man. Event though Judge Taylor made various efforts to facilitate Tom's chances to win; he knew that they were in vain. Also all the way through the novel Scout is faced moments in which she sees clearly how Maycomb's society is, and how she used to be that way too. Right in the beginning of the novel Walter Cunningham went to...