Social injustice is explored in To Kill a Mockingbird with the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. The biggest injustice is Tom Robinson's being found guilty of raping a white woman when there was clear evidence that he was innocent. Even though Atticus states that the courtroom is the great place where everyone has an equal chance but this is not true because the courtroom and jury is made up of people from the society and they bring their prejudices with them. Tom Robinson was sentenced to prison and eventually shot and killed because of the social injustice of racism. Boo Radley was judged as being a crazy, violent, almost monster figure by the whole town because he was shy and never came out of his home. Instead of realizing
