To Kill A Mockingbird Liberty And Justice Analysis

With Liberty and Justice for All… Prejudice has been present from the early reaches of history till the present day. The prejudice faced in the modern day is similar to how it was portrayed in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel the main character and narrator Jean Louise Finch or Scout recalls a story of one summer she had as a child. During this summer the themes of prejudice and bias are ever-present in Maycomb County affecting the everyday lives of multiple people though in a few cases the prejudice is overcame allowing the people to live better lives. The greatest case of prejudice in this book is that towards Boo Radley, a resident of Maycomb who is believed to be “…a malevolent phantom.” Boo Radley or as known by the adults of Maycomb Arthur Radley is a young adult who had not been seen outside his house for many years. Boo Radley hadn’t even been seen by young children such as Scout and Jem yet they were terrified of him and thought that he would be a terrifying person. Along with this people created rumors such as “…the nuts lay untouched by the children: Radley pecans would kill you.” These rumors spread far enough that the kids of Maycomb would not come near the Radley house let alone eat pecans that had come from its trees. Though this hadn’t been proved Boo Radley was

Harper Lee used this novel to show how injustice occurred at the time of writing her book with racism being a common thing and African American people being treated as worse than white people. This led to the book being banned in public school systems because it portrayed the south in an unfavorable way leading to it being outlawed. This book is an important piece of history as it tells the story of injustice faced by black people in the 1930s and how someone such as Scout or Atticus could try to overcome