to kill a mocking bird - prejudice

In this paper I intend to explore one of the main themes of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, the issue of prejudice. I intend to explore how the children change through out the novel and the novel relevance to the time and place it was written, in other words, the historical content. Prejudice is defined in Comprehensive Desk Dictionary by Thorndike Barnhart as an "opinion formed without taking the time and care to judge …

…present throughout the novel in the first part against Boo Radley and in the second part in the form of racism against Tom Robinson. The understanding of prejudice helped thee children change during from childhood innocence to a point of maturity and acceptance of people who were different from themselves. The historical content of the novel is reflected in the parallel to the Scottsborro trials and the way of life in Alabama in the 1930's.