The theme of prejudice in To kill a mocking bird

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Prejudice, the word, can be split up into two other words for a greater understanding of what

the question is actually asking, i.e. pre- and -judge. To pre-judge someone is to be prejudiced

In the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird', prejudice is portrayed to the reader in different ways in

order to send across a message or an idea the author has. As well as being able to

understand meanings behind the novel, Harper Lee has included prejudice so that the reader

is able to understand the historical details in the book, for example; the effects of the civil war

(1861-1865) upon the USA and the effects towards black people. Harper Lee may also use

prejudice to give people a 'feeling of reality', so the readers feel as if they were present at the

time period the book was written in. The author could also be telling us that the whole

concept of prejudice, is everywhere in society, whether it is in the time period when the novel

was written or today. The way in which Harper Lee gets her messages