Thomas Jefferson who wrote in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal, Robert Mulligan displayed a great example of this lesson in the film To Kill a Mockingbird. With themes such as discrimination, injustice, and courage the audience get an up close and person experience of these life lessons seen through the eyes of an adolescent by the name of Scout. This film originated from the book with the same title, which was written in 1960 by the author Harper Lee, won a Pulitzer Prize, and is amongst the most unifying common literary experience for the current generation of college students (Jimison). To Kill a Mockingbird covers some very interesting and intense events that changed the lives of the people living in the small town of Maycomb, GA. Scout, which is the narrator of this film and also the daughter of the well-respected lawyer Atticus. Jem is his son. Throughout the story, these two adolescents do what most children do at this age, they are curious and like to probe. They’re most curious to know about the neighborhood’s outcast, Boo Radley. There were rumors about Boo Radley stating he was crazy and did not like to be around people. This is said to be the reason he never comes outside or is seen outside. He becomes an object of games and tales. Here is the first sign of someone being judged or labeled before anyone could ever get to know who he really was. This is one form of discrimination found within this film. The black population within this small southern town also played a role in being discriminated against. The two blacks who stood out the most in this film would be Calpurnia and Tom Robinson. Calpurnia, a strong black woman who took on the role as the household’s nanny and cook was viewed to the Finch’s as someone that was a part of the family, but to Atticus’ sister, Alexandra, saw her as no more than a black slave and did not respect the way that she was helping to raise Scout. Tom Robinson, a black laborer, who tried helping a white woman in need of help and then was accused of raping her instead. The discrimination here was because of the color of their skin. The setting of this film took place during the 1930s in a small southern town around the time of the Great Depression. During this time period, blacks were not viewed as equals to whites. One more group of individuals who stand out as being discriminated against was the Ewell family. Now this was a white family, but was frowned upon as if they were black people. They lived poorly as most blacks did in the town of Mayella, AL. The daughter, Mayella was a girl who lived with