"You haven't even seen this town, but all you gotta do is step inside the courthouse." (Dolphus Raymond) Explore the ways in which the Tom Robinson case shows the prejudices of Maycomb Society.

... "You haven't even seen this town, but all you gotta do is step inside the courthouse." (Dolphus Raymond) Explore the ways in which the Tom Robinson case shows the prejudices of Maycomb Society. Prejudice- preconceived opinion, bias or partiality, intolerance or discrimination against a person or group on account of race, religion or gender. Racial prejudice consumed the mob (pg 166), which wished to prevent Tom even gaining a court hearing, the most basic form of justice. This is probably the fiercest form of prejudice in the novel, concerning the court case Chapter 16, leading up to the court case contains various examples of racial discrimination, through stereotyping and general opinion. She waited until Calpurnia was in the kitchen, then she said, 'Don't talk like that infront of them.' The quotation above on page 162, follows after a discussion about Mr Underwood who 'despises Negroes' and 'won't have one near him.' This shows an example of

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