To kill a Mockingbird. Themes (ignorance)

TKAM <Tab/>The dictionary defines ignorance as the lack of education or knowledge. Throughout TKAM Harper Lee writes about ignorance and it's affects on society. We learn about the sweet childish ignorance of Scout and Jem compared to the mean coldness of Mr.Ewell. Ignorance shows itself in many different ways such as racism, sexism, and class- ism. <Tab/>Jem and Scout are sheltered from the world …

…the end it all adds up to not knowing enough about other cultures and the other people in your own. In TKAM there are three main outcomes from the town's ignorance, racism, sexism, and class-ism. If they looked under the fake sweet layer of the town they would find how their society really is, it's not the perfect southern town but the ignorance that helped make the stereotypes that people have lived with ever since .