Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird

Prejudice stems from many things. It can come from any person at any time. Sometimes it is a part of a person when they are born. A whole town, state, or country could show prejudice towards others. Prejudice in many cases ends in violence. Hitler showed an extreme example when he killed all of the Jews. He thought that they were all inferior and the Germans were the superior race. Hitler did not think all of his decisions all the way through. Prejudice is caused by the lack of knowledge of others.

To Kill a Mockingbird is believed to be a true account of what life was like in the state of Alabama in the 1930s because Lee grew up around that time in a small town called Monroeville, the town Maycomb is believed to be based upon. With this, Lee can give more impact to the book’s events as if they actually happened which they did in the case of the Scottsboro trial.

Most of the Maycomb people are presented as prejudiced in the novel through their behaviour and speech towards...