How can you define the word “equality”? Is there really a definition that everyone can agree with? “The quality of being the same in quantity, measure, value, or status”; this is the explanation that any dictionary can provide. The problem is that no one has the same way of applying this definition to real life, and people have different perceptions of what equality really means. In Harper Lee's novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” this idea of ​​looking at equality from different points of view is one of the main themes and situations presented. Narrated by a young South American girl in the 1930s, this book explores the different cases in which one may see the rest of the world as something beautiful, while others may choose to say that everything seems dark and hateful. This innocent girl, Scout, faces many situations involving racism, classism, fear of the unknown, and various types of prejudices that have a great impact on her life and teach the reader countless life lessons. This novel is set in Maycomb, a quiet, conservative town in the southern United States. Scout, the narrator, lives a simple but prosperous life with her older brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus Finch. Throughout the book it can be seen that they are the most respectable and tolerant family in the town, as Atticus constantly reminds his children to always keep their morals and values ​​with them. The Finch refrain refrains from judging and despising others, but their town is full of people who speak their minds when they dislike someone for unjustifiable reasons. For example, the Cunninghams were a family known for their lack of money and, therefore, their bad manners. Walter, a young boy from the Cunninghams, is invited to lunch... in the middle of a newspaper... and they discover that their old opinions of him were simply based on ignorance and broad opinion. fear of the unknown. It's easy to see why this novel has become a classic and a must-read for everyone around the world. Written and published in the 1960s, society was still struggling with prejudice and discrimination, and this book had a huge impact on the world's perspective. Even today, “To Kill a Mockingbird” continues to impart valuable lessons to anyone who decides to read and understand it. Prejudice and inequality are both ideas imposed by ignorance and closed-mindedness, and people must become more understanding and tolerant of other ideas, races, religions and lifestyles; it is essential to realizing a world where love, rather than hate, moves us all to make a change. Works Cited To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960.