Prejudice and Isolation in To Kill A Mocking Bird

To Kill A Mockingbird was written around a time where Jim Crow laws and interracial marriage laws were in affect. This novel focused a lot on prejudice and the relationships between whites and African Americans in the southern United States. Maycomb had very different rules for blacks and whites. There were many incidents where prejudice was explored and experienced by the town. Jem and Scout learned a lot about prejudice from Atticus, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, and the town.
Prejudice was viewed very differently from person to person in Maycomb. Miss Maudie was a very unique being. She loved to garden, but even she liked the weeds that sometimes were in her garden. Miss Maudie’s feelings toward her plants were symbolic to the way some town people felt about others. Scout recollected, “[Miss Maudie] loved everything that grew in God’s green earth, even the weeds. With one exception. If she found a blade of nut grass in her yard it was like the Second Battle of...