Throughout the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee discusses the effects of ignorance and the detrimental consequences it has on people such as Tom Robinson , Boo Radley, Scout herself, and many more. Through her examples of sexism, prejudice, and racism, from the populist, poverty-stricken Southerners, she shows readers the injustice of many. The victims of ignorance are the “mockingbirds” of history. A good example of this injustice is the trial of Tom Robinson, who was falsely accused of raping a young white girl and found guilty. The book is from the perspective of Scout, a child who has an advantage over most children because she has a lawyer for a father, to see the other side of the story. His father tells him in the story, “You never really know a man until you put yourself in his shoes and walk around in him.” (Lee 200). The most apparent theme of discrimination in To Kill A Mockingbird is racism, but there is more to it than that. Other types of discrimination exist in To Kill A Mockingbird such as prejudice against women, sexism. For example, Scout says, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical about my dress. I couldn't hope to be a lady if I wore panties; when I said I couldn't do anything in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to do anything that required pants” (Lee 59). This part of the book shows the views on how a woman should be and the importance of the female voice. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, published in 1960, To Kill A Mockingbird, is written through the eyes of a young girl and follows her through her childhood experience growing up in the racist, prejudiced, and sexist South during the Great War. depression. This serves as a platform to guide her father, whom she also admires, to combat the judgment of others... middle of paper...... January 14, 2014. Document URL http:// go.galegroup .com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA149353018&v=2.1&u=avlr&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=419f38ec5c9b18412ef244089f43a576 Flynt, Wayne. "The Enduring Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Universal Values: Half a century after its first publication, Harper Lee's only novel continues to shape characters and touch lives around the world." Alabama Heritage 97 (2010): 6+. Gale Literary Resources. Internet. January 14, 2014. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA233291611&v=2.1&u=avlr&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=3ffaf2f71f7f67751e3729418514353a Metress, Christopher. ““To Kill a Mockingbird”: Threatening Borders. » The Mississippi Quarterly 48.2 (1995): 397+. Gale Literary Resources. Internet. January 14, 2014. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA17534671&v=2.1&u=avlr&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=a34c43e478e4bcd8fc6f50ed438b281d