To Kill A Mockingbird? Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is an excellent book for all young people to read. It teaches us all a lesson of prejudice against colored people in the South. To fully understand the issue, Harper Lee uses terms that people would use derogatorily towards black people. Early in the novel, Harper Lee introduces Atticus as a lawyer, who defends Negroes to the best of his abilities. As the …showed first 75 words of 638 total…

…showed last 75 words of 638 total…beat a woman on her right side, he would still be charged with rape, just because of the pigmentation of their skin. The lesson of prejudice in To Kill A Mockingbird, is very strong and shows us how not to make the same mistake that the town of Maycomb had made. The lesson of prejudice is the redeeming value behind this novel because it shows everyone how terrible something like one’s prejudices can be.