“To Kill a Mockingbird” Ever since we were little, our world revolved around what people in our society taught is. Some of the lessons we learned were about discriminating others because of their physical appearance. Tom Robinson was a coloured man living in Maycomb. He soon found himself in a situation that was impossible to escape from due to his skin colour and the position he was in may have caused him his life. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” the theme of racism is something that is learned in society. Scout and Jem developed a better understanding on how society felt towards coloured people when kids their age started to criticize Atticus defending a coloured man. When Scout was at school, her classmate made a comment and when
