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How To Overcome Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional book written by Harper Lee. It touches many topics, such as racism and prejudice. The book takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, in which a series of events that shape the narrator's childhood occur. The story follows Finch, the narrator, and her family consisting of Jem and her father Atticus as they go about their daily live. The children spend time with their friend Dill, while messing with their neighbor Boo Radley. Things begin to stir when Atticus takes on a case defending a black man named Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a young redneck women named Mayella. Things continue to get wilder and wilder until the end of the book, which doesn’t quite end the madness. It is an overall good book that touches many topics. A topic that this book touches in many ways is prejudice, such as the prejudice against Boo, Tom and Mrs. Dubose.

In the beginning of the book, the children are afraid of Boo Radley and believe that he does many terrible …show more content…

From reclusive and ostracized Boo Radley, to misunderstood Mrs Dubose, to wrongly convicted Tom Robinson, prejudice is heavily themed within. Although, with this prejudice comes a better time. People overcome prejudice and realize that no one is truly superior, that we are all the same. We are all human. “But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire." We all do things that are wrong, and things that are right. To Kill A Mockingbird has shown this beautifully, and exemplified humanities true traits. Such as Boo Radley saving the kids, to Mrs Dubose winning in her own particular way, humanity is shown in To Kill A Mockingbird. Prejudice can be overcome in

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