In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, the game Scout, Dill and Jem play in chapter four suggests that the people of Maycomb believe they are superior to other human beings, so they can treat them unequally. In the book, during the game, “Jem, naturally, was Boo; he went under the front steps and shrieked and howled from time to time”(Lee 52). The shrieking and howling is something animals do. Jem is treating Boo as if he is an animal. This behavior is learned from an adult. Maycomb’s citizens treat others as unequals, and reflect this behavior onto their children.
