Throughout this essay I will: define and give basic information about the Allport Scale, interpreting how these types of prejudices are present In the story A Rose for Charlie and my reaction to the story, I will also write about how this scale applies to my actions and others I have observed. First of all, the Allport Scale was created by psychologist Gordon Allport in 1954. This scale is a measure of the manifestation of prejudice in a society. It consists of five stages of prejudice, they are classified according to the increasing prejudice they produce. The five stages are Stage 1 - Antilocution, Stage 2 - Avoidance, Stage 3 - Discrimination, Stage 3B (added later) - Subtle Aggression, Stage 4- Physical Attacks and Stage 5 - Extermination. Antilocution means to speak against; hatred, derogatory speech and hate speech. This stage of prejudice is perceived as harmless; however, these actions can endanger the self-esteem and sabotage the self-image of a particular group. Avoidance is when people avoid someone in a certain way; isolation and exclusion are some synonyms. Exclusion can take various forms; This is where xenophobia comes in. Xenophobia is defined as the fear of strangers or that which is foreign or strange. The third stage is discrimination. It means being denied equal access to opportunities, goods and services. The aim of this act is to neutralize a group by preventing it from achieving its objectives, accessing education or employment, etc. The discrimination subsection is about subtle aggression, simply an assumption of hierarchy, especially a hierarchy of power. This is the assumption that someone has acquired less knowledge due to certain characteristics; such as: age, gender, race, etc. The next...... middle of paper...... rose into the water. Walking towards the main police station, they stood silently in the street. Hecklers among the crowd of spectators shouted obscene names. A week later, someone spray-painted, “Faggots jump here.” Examples from history abound. However, I will just list one for each step. Examples from the story are: (in chronological order) when people made fun of Charlie, when his personality separated him from most of the boys in his town, when it was even harder to find a job because of his sexual orientation, when he was pushed around and called a "faggot", when he was finally murdered "unintentionally". As for my actions, I have only reached step four of the Allport Ladder. In conclusion, I learned a lot about discrimination and prejudice I also learned that the only stage I have not encountered is stage 5: Extermination...