Examples Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

Recently, there have been protests at the University of Missouri about how the school had handled racial incidents, which resulted in the resignation of the university's president. Many people think that racial incidents don't occur today, but that isn't true. The reason racial incidents still occur today is because of prejudice. Prejudice is when people judge others when they only know a little or nothing about that person. People should know another person enough before judging them. To Kill a Mockingbird took place in a time where racism was still common in America. African Americans were treated different from white people because most people did not think African Americans were normal people. They thought they were created different on the inside then white people were. They …show more content…
There is still prejudice against not only African Americans, but everyone. People are still very prejudice. In the book, Jem and Scout were very creeped out by Boo Radley, who was Jem and Scout's neighbor. Since he barely ever left his house, they thought he was a mean person. They thought he was a bad person because he was different. He was not like an ordinary man in Maycomb and they judged him for it. They thought that since he was creepy, he was a bad person. They were proven wrong when they were attacked by a man who wanted to hurt them because they were the children of Atticus, who defended Tom Robinson trial. It was dark outside and Jem and Scout did not know what was going on. Suddenly, they were saved. They did not know how because they were in the dark. Later on, after everything was figured out, they found out that Boo Radley had saved them. They were amazed that Boo Radley had saved them. They had never thought Boo would save them. They judged Boo Radley before they actually knew him. They thought he was not a good person but were proven wrong when he saved