How to 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”; that's the explanation any dictionary can provide. The problem is that no one applies this definition the same way to real life and people have different perceptions of what equality actually 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. Told by a young South American girl in the 1930s, this book explores the many instances in which some may view the rest of the world as something beautiful, while others may choose to say that everything seems dark and hateful. This innocent young girl, Scout, faces many situations involving racism, classism, fear of the unknown, and various types of prejudice that have a great impact on her life and teach the reader countless life lessons. This novel takes place in Maycomb, a quiet and 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 town, as Atticus constantly reminds his children to keep their morals and values ​​with them at all times. The Finches refrain from judging and looking down on others, but their town is full of people who will speak their mind when they don't like someone for unjustifiable reasons. For example, the Cunninghams were a family known for their lack of money and therefore bad manners. Walter, a young boy and one of the Cunninghams, is invited to lunch......in the middle of a newspaper......lly, and they learn that their former opinions about him were simply based on ignorance and ample 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 outlook. Even today, “To Kill a Mockingbird” continues to impart valuable lessons to anyone who chooses to willingly read and understand it. Prejudice and inequality are both ideas imposed by ignorance and closed minds, and people need to become more understanding and tolerant of other ideas, races, religions and lifestyles; it is essential to achieving a world in which love, rather than hate, drives us all to make change. Works Cited To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960.