“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a life-changing book. Harper Lee has many lessons that are woven throughout the entire story. The message in the story has universal meaning and can be related to everyone. Symbolism highlights key messages. Prejudice, in a sense, casts a shadow over two particular characters: Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and the Cunningham and Elwell families. Boo Radley is portrayed as a villain when no one really understands him. In retrospect, Miss Maudie was indifferent to prejudice: “I remember when Arthur Radley was a boy. He always spoke well to me, no matter what his people said he did” (Lee 46). Miss Maudie, unlike the other characters in the story, is sympathetic towards Boo and understands that he is a good person. There is a lot of prejudice and judgment meted out towards Boo Radley, but no one really understands it. In the movie Jem's pants were hanging on the fence so he left them, but when he returned they were hanging on the fence. This proves that Boo Radley is not quite that bad-hearted man that everyone portrays him as. I think this event was a turning point...