To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published in 1960, is a novel that explores the theme of challenging racial prejudice. Within this novel, Lee portrayed unintentional racial prejudice through the characters Atticus Finch, Link Deas, and Scout Finch. With these characters and their role in exploring the topic of racial prejudice, Harper Lee has set involuntary boundaries for readers, as a result, racial prejudiced thinking from contemporary perspectives, compared to historical views, is questioned in a small way measure. Atticus Finch is the most significant character, in To Kill a Mockingbird, who challenges racial prejudice as he does not follow the norms, in Maycomb, of being racially prejudiced towards others. At first, Atticus Finch is reluctant to take Tom Robinson's case; however in the end he willingly accepts. Unlike most Maycomb residents, Atticus is not racist and does not discriminate by race. He sees Negroes, just like Tom Robinson, like any other person in the Maycomb community. For this reason he believes they should be treated...