To Kill a Mockingbird: Injustice In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," the people of Maycomb County are intolerant toward everyone in the society. This novel is written by Harper Lee, and set in the late 1950's. Injustice is a problem which everyone faces. There are three characters who people are both intolerant and unjustly toward. Boo Radley was falsely accused and judged by the people of Maycomb simply because they did not know or …showed first 75 words of 459 total…

…showed last 75 words of 459 total…people of different races, backgrounds and beliefs. Maycomb's first victim was Boo Radley who was falsely accused and judged simply because he was not understood. Atticus Finch was constantly harassed because of his black and white relations. Tom Robinson was convicted of an appalling crime he did not commit. Tom was an important symbol of innocence destroyed by Maycomb's evil. In a society where everyone is judged, intolerance and injustice is an on going problem.