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To Kill A Mockingbird Argumentative Essay

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Thesis: Prejudice is a prejudgment based on the preconceived ideas without knowing or experiencing the real person or the culture.
Topic sentence #1: Prejudice is present as long as a person has a cognitive ability of having his or her opinion. It is an automatic process of making judgement based on stories and the past. It may not always be shown in the form of discrimination because it is subtle and unconscious. It can occur as prejudicial thoughts without direct interactions.
Intro1: Prejudicial behavior is even observed from the 2-3 year old children. Young children make assumptions about different people from their past observations and comparisons.
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Analysis1: Socialization is invoked by experiences children have as they learn from their environment and friends. Parents, friends, religion, social status, culture, and economical status they are raised in play a part of internalizing prejudice. Matters like race, religion, language, social …show more content…

In the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, racism lead to the judge’s adjudication, causing Tom Robinson to be convicted as guilty. Despite Atticus’s strong evidence and defense, he lost because Tom was a black man.
Quote2: Atticus tells his children, “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads- they couldn’t be fair if they tried (Atticus).”
Analysis: Maintaining a high social status is one factor for prejudice. Individuals who have the desire to be superior to another (ethnic) group can end up discriminating. An example from the past was during the Gold Rush. The Chinese were disowned because the Americans feared the Chinese would acquire wealth and gold. When the situation is incompetent, the innocent and helpless people can be forced into being the scapegoat. Hitler’s anti-Semitism aroused when he decided to take over Germany. Anti Semitism is basically the discrimination against the Jews. They were taught that the Jews were

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