Examples Of Social Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

There is a lot of social prejudice in the book. The Finches are some of the better to do, people in Maycomb county. After the Finches, come the townspeople. Then poor and ignorant farmers, like the Cunninghams lie below the townspeople. Then the Ewells, that depend on welfare checks lie below the Cunninghams. Underneath all of these people lies the African American population. Even though they have admirable qualities, just because their skin colour is black, they are inferior. Bob convicted Tom of harassing his daughter when there was no real proof, other than Bob’s daughter, Mayella, and Tom. The prejudice is what allowed Bob Ewell's to put Tom Robinson, into jail. Another example is that, Scout cannot understand why Aunt Alexandra refuses