Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” States African American poet Maya Angelou, who personally relates to racial prejudice. Prejudice is when someone adapts a negative attitude against a particular group or person without valid reason and make uneducated assumptions about them. people can express their prejudice in different ways and take extreme measures to get a point across, targeting certain individuals or communities. For instance, in the book to kill a mockingbird bird, Harper lee writes about the small town of Maycomb during the 1930’s and how prejudice has lasting implications on the lives . Characters Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and Atticus finch in to kill a mocking
bird, convey Lee’s message that the ignorance of prejudice can affect anyone, lead to unfair society and harm innocent people.

In her novel, character Boo Radley is a victim of prejudice. Boo Radley whose actual name is Arthur Radley, prefers the quiet solitude of his home and is never seen out in broad daylight. To the people of Maycomb this is strange and abnormal. Boo does not fit into the social norm of society , so therefore is punished by. He is a main gossip topic to the people of Maycomb, to them he is a classic bed time story who "went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows... any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work"(Lee9). They make him out to be a monster. These rumours circle around back to when he was a teenager, when he is arrested then sent to “State industrial school” which his father finds as a disgrace, hence taking him into custody only to lock him up in the house. He is a recurring fascination to neighbourhood kids Scout, Jem and Dill who enjoy making cruel games about