"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it," pg.30. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells us not to judge a person without knowing them, and we could prevent prejudice by getting to know a person instead of just judging them by their first impressions. Many characters in the novel were prejudged including Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, Mr. Raymond, Atticus, Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, and the black citizens of Maycomb County. Tom Robinson and the black citizens were misjudged because of their race, and Boo Radley was prejudged by the stories the townspeople and the children heard. Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Dubose were prejudged by their first impressions and Atticus was misjudged because he seemed like an old man who couldn't do anything.

Tom Robinson was a...