The main theme in To Kill A Mockingbird in my opinion was racism. I thought this played an important part during the trial of Tom Robinson because he was innocent but sentenced to death because he "raped" a white woman. Racism was showed here because there was conclusive evidence proving that Tom Robinson was physically incapable of doing the sin he was convicted of yet the jury, after lengthly consideration found him guilty. Another example of racial prejudice is when an angry mob storms to the jailhouse where Tom Robinson is being held and nearly beats Atticus in the process before his children make Walter Cunningham see things from Atticus' point of view.
My third and last example of racism in this book is when Calpurnia takes Scout and Jem to the colored church she attends. Automatically the new addition is noticed by a colored member of the church and wants them to leave. Segregation at that time was nothing out of the ordinary and the children were ready to leave when other members said it was alright for the children to stay.
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