... slavery in the United States. In book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the discrimination is caused by not educated people. It means that people who are educated have the key to success because when you obtain less education you might judge people by their appearance, not how they really are. One good example from the book occurs while Scout is ... everything. In this quotation one can see how Mr. Gilmer discriminates against Tom: "Then you say she's laying , boy?...Didn't Mr. Ewell run you off the place, boy?" (#198) This passage shows us that by calling Tom "boy" and accusing him a...

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