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    To Kill A Mockingbird Themes

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    The main themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are evil versus good, coming of age, and prejudice. The novel depicts characters that represent either the good, like Atticus and Boo Radley, or the evil in Maycomb, like the Ewell family. A second theme is the coming of age of Jem and Scout as they mature through experiences and events in Maycomb. Finally, prejudice is a major theme, seen in the discrimination against Boo Radley, the loss of Tom Robinson's trial due to his race, and Aunt Alexandria's prejudiced views of others' social class.

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    The main themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are evil versus good, coming of age, and prejudice. The novel depicts characters that represent either the good, like Atticus and Boo Radley, or the evil in Maycomb, like the Ewell family. A second theme is the coming of age of Jem and Scout as they mature through experiences and events in Maycomb. Finally, prejudice is a major theme, seen in the discrimination against Boo Radley, the loss of Tom Robinson's trial due to his race, and Aunt Alexandria's prejudiced views of others' social class.

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    The main themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are evil versus good, coming of age, and prejudice. The novel depicts characters that represent either the good, like Atticus and Boo Radley, or the evil in Maycomb, like the Ewell family. A second theme is the coming of age of Jem and Scout as they mature through experiences and events in Maycomb. Finally, prejudice is a major theme, seen in the discrimination against Boo Radley, the loss of Tom Robinson's trial due to his race, and Aunt Alexandria's prejudiced views of others' social class.

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Themes

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    The main themes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are evil versus good, coming of age, and prejudice. The novel depicts characters that represent either the good, like Atticus and Boo Radley, or the evil in Maycomb, like the Ewell family. A second theme is the coming of age of Jem and Scout as they mature through experiences and events in Maycomb. Finally, prejudice is a major theme, seen in the discrimination against Boo Radley, the loss of Tom Robinson's trial due to his race, and Aunt Alexandria's prejudiced views of others' social class.

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    "To Kill a Mockingbird" Themes

    Main Themes
    Evil and good this is a huge theme which is sometimes unrecognized in this story, which is the
    concept of good and evil. The novel had characters who represented the good in Maycomb like
    Atticus, Boo Radley, etc. The novel also had characters who represented the evil in Maycomb,
    like the Ewells. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb who fights against the evil in the town through
    the Tom Robinson case. He shows his goodness through interactions with the world, and shows
    his kindness through making a change. Boo Radley is the other good character mentioned above
    which is hard to believe considering the fact he stayed inside for most of the story. It is for this
    reason he is considered to be a good character, because he shows his goodness by not interacting
    with the world unlike Atticus. Through not leaving the Radley Place he does not have the
    opportunity to do anything evil in the town, therefore he is considered a good character. On the
    other hand the Ewell's represent the evil in Maycomb, because of the way they treat other people
    in Maycomb. This is first seen when they accuse Tom Robinson of raping Mayella, even though
    most know that Tom Robinson is innocent. The Ewells are also just described as being unfair,
    abusive, dirty, and disrespectful which perfectly characterizes them as being the evil in the novel.

    Coming of Age this is a less noticeably theme of the story but it is still a very important one.
    This theme focuses on Jem and Scout who throughout the story learn through experiences of
    everyday life in Maycomb, which helps to mature them towards the end of the book. In the
    begging of the book both kids see Maycomb as a simple town in which they live. However
    through the events such as the Tom Robinson's trial, and interactions with their family, friends,
    and neighbors they realize that there is more to Maycomb through discrimination, violence,
    good, evil, etc. this is a part of the kids growing up in the novel and realizing that there is more to
    their life than just the broad life which they think they were living.

    Prejudice this is most likely the most popular theme in the book, considering the events which
    took place. Prejudice can first be recognized when Scout, Jem, and Dill are talking about Boo
    and they characterize him as a neighborhood "monster" because he never left his house. They did
    this to him because they saw him as different compared to the rest of the people in the
    neighborhood which made them discriminate him. The prejudice theme is also present during the
    trial of Tom Robinson who lost the case because of his skin color. It is easy to see that some of
    the white families in Maycomb wanted Tom to lose because they went as far as to try to kill him
    the night before the trial. Prejudice can also be represented by Aunt Alexandria when she refers
    to Walter Cunningham as "trash", and says that Scout cannot hangout with him anymore because
    he is not in the same social class as the Finches, which is creating social barriers between the
    people of Maycomb.

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