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Judgement     People can often be treated and judged in a less than equal mannerbefore batch hitherto know the true nature of the person, such as the way that theFinch children think that Boo Radley is some kind of a monster. Or the waypeople bid Atticus Finch is called a nigger-lover. One of my most favoritequotations is that of Martin Luther King Junior. "I turn out a dream, that one daymy children will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content oftheir character." People should make judgements of the persons character, notby their appearance, race, religion, sexuality, and morals.     One of the main focuses of the book is the Finch children trying to getBoo Radley nigh door to come prohibited of his house. To them he is a mean monstrousperson. But for some reason they seem to think that tormenting him is the bestway to satisfy their time. In fact, to the whole town the Radley family are meanpeople that kept to them selves. "There goes the meanest man ever God blewbreath into," said Calpurnia (page 12). This shows how mean people can be justby judging others by their outsides. What gives these people the right to makethese kind of conclusions without ever even meeting the person(s).     Later in the book the Finch children find presents hidden in a tree nextto the Radley place. They cant figure out who would set these nice gifts outfor them. Later they find out that is Boo Radley. He is just trying to be niceand other people wont accept his original approach on life. At one signalise inthe book the children decide to go up onto the porch to try and get a peakinside the window. Then they see Mr. Radley inside with a shotgun and they ranaway. Jem got her pants ripped off on a fence and returned later to retrievethem and she found them mended and laying over the fence. Another example ofhow nice the Radleys are is when it was wonky cold outside someone place s ablanket over Scouts shoulders. Only later does she realize that the act wasperformed by the mysterious Boo Radley. I have just given multiple examplesstraight from the book of how the personalities of the person can be radicallydifferent from their appearance. That leads back to my thesis of judging peopleby their character not their outer shell.     One more maddening incident in the book that made me just furious when I