Prejudice concerning one's class in society is dominant in the town of Maycomb. Class structure in this novel is important because it creates a caste system for the people to follow. In this system, the black population permeates at the bottom. Families with the Finch's stature would be found at or near the top. According to the caste system people had a position to uphold for example, if you were of a Finch's status you were to act respectably and not act like trash. The Ewells' in this story are just above the colored folks only because they are white. Most people look down upon them resulting in avoidance. Th

Racial prejudice runs deep in this novel. It is shown throughout the Tom Robinson trial. Even before the trial begins people were ridiculing the Finch family by calling them "nigger-lovers," and other epithets associated with this form of negativity. The town verbally attacks a white family just for defending a black person. More evidence of this extreme racism is found at the outcome of the trial. It is clear that Atticus proved Tom Robinson did not rape Mayella Ewell, and have been declared not guilty. Although he should have been found to be not guilty, the jury, which happened to be all white, charges him guilty because of the color of his skin. Some of the jury members may not have wanted to do this, but they were compelled to because of the deep racial prejudice in their town. The jury is forced to find him guilty simply because it is a white person's word against a black's. The town is forced to do this to maintain white people's assumed superiority.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)