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To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice In Maycomb

To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice in Maycomb


Two major people in To Kill A Mockingbird are prejudged; Boo Radley
and Tom Robinson. One man is the victim of prejudice; Atticus Finch. These men
are mockingbirds. For a mockingbird has never hurt anyone, and neither has
Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, nor Tom Robinson. . Boo Radley is prejudged because
he chooses to stay in his domicile. While Tom Robinson is prejudged because of
his color. Atticus Finch becomes a victim of prejudice due to his valiancy to
help a innocent black man; Tom Robinson. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson and
prejudged; but because prejudice is so inclusive, even those who help the "
mockingbirds", Atticus, become victims of prejudice.
Maycomb people gossip about Boo Radley because he chooses to stay in
his house, while Tom Robinson is stereotyped by Maycomb because of his skin
color. Rumors are spread about these men because most of Maycomb is guilty of
prejudice. Boo Radley is generally gossiped about by Miss Stephanie Crawford.
Miss Stephanie recounts to Jem about rumors spread about Boo Radley. "So Jem
received much of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford..."( Lee, TKAM 11
). Miss Stephanie explains a erroneous rumor about Boo. "As Mr. Radley passes by,
Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg..." ( 11 ). Tom Robinson is
prejudged by many people, some include: Scout, Mr. Gilmer, and Bob Ewell. For
example, when Scout says, "Well, Dill, after all he's just a Negro" (199).
Maycomb people are the sin of all prejudice in Maycomb.
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are mockingbirds. Both of these men are
victims of prejudice. To take advantage of these men would be a sin, just as it
would to kill a mockingbird. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for
us to enjoy...that's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird (90)."
Tom Robinson is taken advantage of by the Ewell family. Tom had nothing
against anybody, especially the Ewells'. He would help Mayella...