Becoming Evil In The Film 'The Murder Of Emmett Till'

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In the movie “The Murder Of Emmett Till”, there was a 14 year old boy that got dragged out of his house, beat to death, and thrown in a river all because he whistled at a white women. This is being prejudice, the word prejudice means(opinion that is not based on reason or actually experience). Many other evil things happened back in the 1900’s. A person can experience evil without becoming evil because someone won’t always do evil things just because they have experienced evil.
Clam: One can experience evil without becoming evil, an example in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” is.
Evidence: When Atticus went to tell Helen that tom was dead Bob Ewell showed up and spit on Atticus, Yet Atticus did not do anything he just walked away and

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