To Kill A Mockingbird Prejudice and Racial Discrimination

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of Mr Radley. This becomes an example of the catalyst of the prejudice. People are often afraid of what they don't understand, this comes in to play with Boo and not understanding his sealed off world. They do not understand Boo's humbled way of living, so instead they exacerbate their thoughts on him and treat him with contempt and stereotypical behaviours. Shut away from the discrimination of Maycomb, Arthur has become accustomed to his own company, he is changed which ultimately brings a change in him:

"You're right. We'd better keep this and the blanket to ourselves. Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him for covering her up." "Thank who?" I asked. "Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you" (Ch 8 p80)

"You're right. We'd better keep this and the blanket to ourselves. Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him for covering her up." "Thank who?" I asked. "Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know ...

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as an all-white jury that tell the verdict of Tom being guilty and it's quite plain to see that it was no surprise:

"In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life." (Ch 23 p243

(Ch 22 Pg 243)

"In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life." (Ch 23 p243

(Ch 22 Pg 243)

Atticus is a man of honour, he was given the case by Judge Taylor and accepts knowing it is morally right to defend Tom even though he had no chance of winning, due to societies criticizing ways. To kill a mockingbird is to ...

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