Both Harper Lee and movie director Bryan Singer demonstrate prejudice and segregation in their works of art. Realizing this similarity led to this essay. Both To Kill a Mockingbird and X-Men teach us things about prejudice and discrimination using different manners and a different approach.

While reading these works noticing prejudice and segregation is not hard, but specifying and exemplifying it is more difficult.

In To Kill a Mockingbird and X-Men violence is supported by the main theme of prejudice and segregation. Violence is typified by the "bad guys" in the novel. This is proven when the jury convicts Tom Robinson of the rape of Mayella Ewell. Even though Tom was proven guilty, he was convicted for one reason and one reason only - he was black. This theme is also ascertained when Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout with his knife. The violence in this novel is...