The reference "Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow South, my father was on his own from the age of 13" shows both the racism that the economic situation Collapse occurred in the nation during the 1930s. The 1930s were a difficult time for most people in America. It was the era of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which cost many workers their jobs and many farmers their farms. The 1930s were also a time of pervasive and sometimes violent racial prejudice. Black people were despised and stereotyped as lazy, evil, and selfish. During the Depression, they were often the first to lose their jobs and the last to get them back. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites, forcing blacks to use different facilities (restaurants, schools, buses) than whites. Despite being technically “separate but equal,” black facilities were often inferior to white facilities. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is set in this turbulent time. In this novel, many people are victims of prejudice and evil. One of these people is Tom Robinson, an honest black worker falsely accused of rape. In the court trial, it is revealed that it was impossible for Tom Robinson to have raped the victim, Mayella Ewell. However, due to the racism of the all-white jury, Tom is convicted of the crime despite the clear evidence. As a result of the unfair punishment, Tom becomes depressed and tries to escape prison, but is shot and killed while attempting to escape. This terrible injustice proves one thing. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not a love story (agape) because despite the characters' attempts to communicate understanding, various forms of prejudice occur and injustices against innocent individuals result....... half paper .. ....in the city. The end result is that innocent people are hurt by injustice. Tom Robinson was an honest and just man, destroyed by the prejudices and injustice of an unjust society. Harper Lee wanted to teach that there will always be injustice in the world, no matter how much effort individuals invest. It would be better if injustice never occurred. Because injustice and prejudice can spread so quickly and virulently, we must always be careful not to introduce further prejudice into a community. We should also try to stop injustice while it is still limited, so that it does not spread and become difficult to destroy. Otherwise, the world would quickly become even more unjust, which would be devastating to the innocent people of this world. To preserve the world for future generations, we must always be careful about who we are and what we do.