In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, one of the main ideas explored is about "the simple hell people give other people." In "To kill a Mockingbird", this idea is explored through a number of characters and their prejudices and how it comes about due to a lack of empathy and understanding between people. This idea is explored by Harper Lee mainly through the characters of Tom Robinson, Arthur Radley and Mayella Ewell.

In "To kill a Mockingbird", "the simple hell people give other people" is an idea that is approached by Mr. Dolphus Raymond. He relates it to himself in the context of racism towards him and his family and identifies it as the result of the white society of Maycomb not realizing that the black society is also human and equal. Throughout the book, the society in Maycomb is shown to be a...