Boo Radley Discrimination

Many people believe that everyone is born equally. Unfortunately, this is not completely true because the world is not perfect. People are born into a society that is filled with prejudice. Others judge a person without knowing the person. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, rumours, fear, and ignorance are what feeds the prejudice in this community of Maycomb, Alabama. Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Atticus Finch are victims of prejudice of their small town. These people are being discriminated and segregated from the community. These characters are seen as Mockingbird figures in their community because they are “killed” without a reason.

Even if a person is innocent, they can still be found guilty if there is prejudice similar to the case
Boo Radley is considered to be “weird” because he is different from the rest and therefore treated unfairly. People are trying to avoid him and his house because of fear. Scout and Jem would always run past the Radley house as fast as they could. Scout infers “A Negroes would not pass the Radley place at night.” (Lee 11). Just because a person is different from a group, people consider them to be dangerous since they are unpredictable. This is why people are already scared of Boo, but they never see the man. Also, rumors and gossip are things that feed prejudice in this town. Rumors are built off his mental disability and because of that, people think Boo is “crazy”. He is accused of small crimes like the death of azaleas after a cold snap. The townspeople said the frozen flowers are a result of Boo breathing on them. Apparently, he is also seen stabbing his father's leg with a pair of scissors, but Miss Maudie says it was not true. It is absurd to blame someone for every small crime possible of Maycomb. Nobody is certain if these stories are true or if even any of the Radley stories are. People know that Boo is different and assume that he is dangerous. Boo would not be able to do the crimes if he is always at home. The rumors would contradict each other. The real reason why Boo stays in his house is because he does
Atticus is immediately seen as a bad person to the people of Maycomb for excepting the case of Tom Robinson given to him by the judge. The people start to call him names such as “nigger-lover” (Lee 144). Cecil Jacob “announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy [defends] niggers.” (Lee 99). They lost respect for Atticus. Furthermore, in his community, Atticus neither his family, is accepted in Maycomb and are being bullied. The community treats him and his family as they treat the black people, without respect and with neglect. Although he knows that all of Maycomb will not approve of his decisions, he still stands his ground and follows his moral compass. Atticus is the real hero in this novel because even though he knows he is going to lose Tom Robinson's case, he still tries his best and fights off all the opposing forces such as the racist townspeople which took a lot of courage. Like the Mockingbird, Atticus did not do any harm but did what he thought was right Instead, he is “killed” by Society and their