Lorenzo's 1st Blog entry.

Beginning.

Theme: Prejudice.

"... Ms. Caroline, he's a Cunningham... "

Chapter 2, page 22.

Prejudice is clearly depicted in this brief statement of the Narrator, Scout, as she tries to explain to Ms. Caroline the reason of Walter Cunningham's dilemma. The significance of this line in the novel is nothing more than an introduction to the racial, social and economical prejudices that the Author would provide to the readers. In our society today, these kinds of comments are subject to critical dismay for it is considered as an anomaly and a racial comment. A racial comment, " [is a comment based] on a belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. " (Farlex Dictionary.) If we try to incorporate the definition of a racial comment in the words spoken by the Narrator, it is clear the she is implying that the name, "Cunningham [has a] difference in human [norms in their society.]" If we delve deeper to the source of this kind of mentality, it is evident that almost everyone in our world today are guilty of this state of mind. A state of mind in which we tend to judge a person solely by the name they posses, the color of their skin and by the country where they were born. Although the majority of us today are well aware of this social illness, knowing that the matter exists in our society clearly is not enough to disclose the affair. Having paradigm shifts on this matter, or changing in general, is not ultimately the awareness of what is it that needs to be changed but the actions that we implement in our daily lives. Ergo, we must not only be conscious to what we are saying, but we must also be conscientious to whomever we are speaking with. For who knows, a simple and flattering compliment on a person's hair style might be considered as a racial comment.