Harper Lee was trying to express many specific tribulations in the world through the book To Kill a Mockingbird. She suggested that prejudice was a commonly occurring, horrible obsession. It is arguably the most prominent theme of the novel, and is directed towards groups and individuals in the Maycomb community. Harper Lee illustrated prejudice in this story through the racial unfairness in the judicial system, through the prevalent racism in the everyday people, and through the differences in people's social status.

The judicial system was largely flawed in one specific way. It was discriminative towards people's racial qualities. In other words, the jury had intolerance towards black people; specifically Tom Robinson. The racism was so obvious at some points in the book, that it was odd that the characters were not all so surprised. The trial of Tom Robinson was very interesting because many instances of racism had...