Racial Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

In today’s modern world, racism in many news outlets frequently implement elements of racial prejudice that expose the hidden darkness within the human heart through fictional stories. Nowhere is racial prejudice more prevalent than in the influential novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The novel takes place in Maycomb, Alabama and is narrated by a young, intelligent girl named Jean Louise who goes by Scout. She has a father named Atticus and a brother named Scout who plays a major role in her growth of maturity. Her mother passed away when she was very young so her memories of her are very vague. Both Jem and Scout go through many obstacles in Maycomb County. Their father Atticus Finch, a lawyer hopelessly has to prove the innocence

Dubose an elderly, rude tempered woman because there father was defending Tom Robinson. Like Scouts incident, Jem becomes furious of Mrs. Dubose's racial slurs and cuts all her camellia bushes in her front yard. When Atticus finds out Jem terrorized an elderly woman, Atticus in an angry but polite tone tells him, “I strongly advise you to go down and have a talking with Mrs. Dubose.” Atticus advises Jem to talk to Mrs. Dubose and read to her everyday for 2 months for cutting her camellia bushes. In fact by reading to Mrs. Dubose, Jem and Scout learn self control and understand what the true meaning of “courage” is as they see her battling a morphine addiction that is almost a lost cause. Atticus teaches his kids that there is more to a person than by what they just see on the outside. Nonetheless, he has struck a good balance between being a supportive parent and being a role model to his children and leading by

Dubose. You do not really know a person’s situation unless you’re in their own shoes. Atticus teaches the lesson that to understand others, first, his children must understand how they view the world compared to how his own children view it. With the guidance of Atticus, Jem and Scout now understand people like Mrs. Dubose and Boo and the way they act as they finally climb into their shoes and understand their hardships. Atticus knows the importance of great parenting through actions, but also through times of lectures and lengthy conversations to best influence his