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The statements made in “To Kill a mockingbird� about prejudice, include the presence of; class, gender, religious and importantly racial discrimination. These lead to injustices which are conveyed by having the story told through they eyes of a minimally prejudiced child. Her family provides the contrast in the book, which is furthermore conveyed by the use of; the title as a motif; metaphors and the fear of the unknown.

Racial prejudice is a strong theme in the novel. Prejudice about a race normally results in an untrue generalized perception of the race, regardless of the truth. In the novel injustice through racial prejudice is conveyed by having a ‘black’ man, Tom Robinson, on the receiving end of an unfair trial. This is due to the fact of the preconceived ideas made by others in the town.
Atticus, one of the characters with a contrasted, non-prejudice view, comes to the harsh realization that “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and......

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