Prejudice:How Did it Affect Tom & Boo?

E.B. White once said, “Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.” This statement is entirely true, and illustrated numerous times in To Kill a Mockingbird. Misunderstood, mistreated, ridiculed, and tormented are just a few words to describe how Tom Robinson and Boo Radley feel. It all boils down to the one idea- prejudice. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee takes her readers deep into human thought and behavior; describing the worst concept known to man—prejudice. One of the book's important themes involves the threat that hatred, prejudice, and misunderstanding pose to the innocent: people such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are not prepared for the evil that they encounter, and, as a result, they are destroyed. She further explains how prejudice is not done upon only one group of people, nor is it only done based on race. Lee describes how prejudice truly weakens society. The question arises: how can you have a tight kni...