Similarities Between Radley And To Kill A Mockingbird

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Throughout life people are categorized, misread, labeled, and seen as something they are not. This can often have severe impacts on the person's life and the way they interact with the world around them. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Arthur “Boo” Radley and Tom Robinson are judged as well as mistreated due to the way society views them. Rumors have been spread about both of these men making their lives much worse. Since Tom Robinson is an African American, he is put into the lowest class possible and if something were to happen between a white and an African American, without doubt the African Americans are put into mind as the bad ones. Tom is being judged for the color of his skin and Boo is being judged based on all the rumors

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