Examples Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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’To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee covers the period in the lives of a sister, Jean-Louise(Scout) and her older brother,Jem, as they mature while they learn about the prejudice in their community and developing empathy with people who appear different. Scout learns to respect Walter Cunningham how to act like a lady while Jem realizes the injustice in the justice system. Scout learns what prejudice is and realizes that she must respect everyone because they are all equal. In the beginning of the story Scout calls black people “niggers” because that is “what everybody at [her] school says.” However by the end of the story she realizes that everybody should be treated the same and “it’s not right to persecute anybody” because “there’s just …show more content…

In the beginning of the story Scout beats Walter up and does not respect him because he is “ just a Cunningham” but Scout learns to treated Walter as she would anyone else. Scout realizes that all human beings deserve equal treatment this can be seen when she cross with her aunt for calling Walter Cunningham “white …show more content…

By sitting through the court trail and watching how prejudice the jury was against Tom, Jem developed empathy for Tom. This made him utterly upset and angry when Tom was wrongfully convicted which can be seen when he starts to cry and “his face was streaked with angry tears”. Scout said she “felt a twinge of remorse…having taken part in what must have been sheer torment to Arthur Radley”. It is evident from this that Scout regretted trying to all the childish games involving Boo because she was developing empathy for him. It is thought that Scout understood prejudice and had empathy for Boo Radley when she told Atticus indirectly not to put Boo on trial for Mr Ewell’s death. She understood that the jury would be prejudice against Boo and would therefore convict him of something he did not do which she believed to “be sort of like shootin’ a mocking-bird”. She also learnt to see from Boo’s perspective when she walked him home and stood on his porch after he had saved her life which is evident when she said “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was

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