To Kill Whose Mockingbird?

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First impressions of people are often lasting impressions, especially in the minds of children. Unfortunately, these impressions lead to hasty conclusions, thus, discrediting the individual who conveys the impression and causing the observers to inaccurately assess his true character. Many times these impressions, aided by misunderstanding and prejudgment, cause unjust discrimination against an individual. In Harper Lee's novel the standardized prejudices or misconceptions of people accepted by everyone in Maycomb limit the way its citizen's …

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…teaching them both verbally and through are action that people are defined by what the majority of people think about them. The individuals who raise children or influence them pass prejudices down generation after generation for children to act upon and define relationships by. When there is a choice to ignore or destroy others, relationships are limited to those choices. People cannot change or grow to be something different without stepping out of those prejudices.