Prejudice in Maycomb

Prejudice affects not only the prejudged, but also the prejudging person. In her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee displays many of the unfortunate consequences of both the people who are prejudged as well as of the people who are prejudging. Prejudice blinds the prejudger and hurts the innocent prejudged. Thus prejudice affects all people involved. The prejudged are not the only victims; the pre-judgers are also injured by their own actions. Because the …

…prejudice does not affect only the person it is directed. Prejudice will always be in the world. It is an invisible weapon that wounds in an indescribable manner. A person who is prejudged cannot avoid being affected by this weapon, but the potential pre-judger can choose whether or he wants to affect or be affected. He can choose to change the way he sees things and be able to absorb life to its fullest possibility.