"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee shows, through the use of irony and characterization, that ignorance is present in the town of Maycomb and how determination can combat prejudice.

Literary Analysis Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the civil rights movement that took place in the United States. This quote is one of his most famous ones, it signifies what he …

…make the world a livable place. Lee shows the reader this through the use of irony and characterization. In the world we live in there will always be prejudice and there will always be those trying to put an end to it. If more people were to keep an open mind about others and try to view the world as if they were them then the world would be a much better place to live.