Throughout this essay I`ll be define and giving...

Throughout this essay I`ll be: define and giving background information on Allport`s Scale, interpreting how these types prejudices are present in the story A Rose for Charlie and my reaction to the story, I`ll also be writing about how this scale applies to my actions and other`s I`ve observed as well. First off, Allport`s Scale was created by psychologist Gordon Allport in the year 1954. This scale is a measurement of the manifestation of prejudice in a society. It consists of five stages of prejudice, they`re ranked by the increasing harm in which they produce. The five stages are Stage 1- Antilocution, Stage 2- Avoidance, Stage 3- Discrimination Stage 3B (later added)-Subtle aggression, Stage 4- Physical attacks, and Stage 5-†¦show more content†¦Recently, I`ve read a short story named A Rose for Charlie. This brief passage contains examples of all five kinds of prejudice on Allport`s Scale. First I`ll provide a brief summary of the story; then in the paragraph following the summary, I`ll present evidence from the brief text of the phases of prejudices. A Rose for Charlie is a petite sized story about a gay young man. Growing up in the late 1970s when he had reached high school, Charlie Howard was fair-haired and small-boned; the way he presented himself set him apart from most of the other boys in Portsmouth. The small New Hampshire town seemed like a living hell he couldn`t escape quite often. Nonetheless, Charlie had a tough exterior being he didn`t cry or run away most days. He underwent torturous treatment from a seemingly countless quantity of people. Between the characteristics I listed above, him having asthma, a learning disability, and being gay, there was almost no way he could`ve prevented being constantly harassed. Charlie was trapped in his own life. He saw living at home after high school as being a disaster, he didn`t get along well with his stepfather and didn`t think he would go far beyond what he`s capable of. (Which probably was n`t much considering his low grades the tolerance of gays back then) Leaving town seemed to be his only option, he eventually moved in with other men twice. He later discovered that in the second