They give us 3 sides to the story of prejudice instead of just one. They show the person being the victim of prejudice, the person being prejudice against someone else but then they also have another side- a child’s perspective on everything that is going on, in To Kill A Mockingbird that child is Scout however in Of Mice And Men Lennie brings that child’s perspective. Both Lennie and Scout don’t understand the prejudice where they live, yet the two childlike figures add some childlike naivety to the narratives. Lennie, who is classed as an idiot and hasn’t been very well educated, doesn’t understand racism showing that it is education and adults passing on beliefs, that causes discrimination- not the individual. The same can be said for Scout as she questions her teacher over the sentencing of Tom
They give us 3 sides to the story of prejudice instead of just one. They show the person being the victim of prejudice, the person being prejudice against someone else but then they also have another side- a child’s perspective on everything that is going on, in To Kill A Mockingbird that child is Scout however in Of Mice And Men Lennie brings that child’s perspective. Both Lennie and Scout don’t understand the prejudice where they live, yet the two childlike figures add some childlike naivety to the narratives. Lennie, who is classed as an idiot and hasn’t been very well educated, doesn’t understand racism showing that it is education and adults passing on beliefs, that causes discrimination- not the individual. The same can be said for Scout as she questions her teacher over the sentencing of Tom