In this essay I will deal with: defining and providing basic information on the Allport scale, interpreting how these types of prejudices are present in the story A Rose for Charlie and the my reaction to the story, I will also write about how this scale applies to my actions as well as others I have observed. First of all, the Allport scale was created by psychologist Gordon Allport in 1954. This scale is a measure of the manifestation of prejudice in a society. It consists of five stages of injury, classified according to the increasing damage they produce. The five phases are Phase 1 - Antilocution, Phase 2 - Avoidance, Phase 3 - Discrimination Phase 3B (later added) - Subtle Aggression, Phase 4 - Physical Attacks and Phase 5 - Extermination. Antilocution means to speak against; hatred, derogatory speech and hate speech. This stage of injury is perceived as harmless; however, these actions can endanger self-esteem and sabotage the self-image of a particular group. Avoidance is when people avoid someone or something; isolation and exclusion are some synonyms. Exclusion can occur in various forms; this is where xenophobia comes in. Xenophobia is defined as the fear of foreigners or strangers or that which is foreign or strange. The third stage is discrimination. This means being denied equal access to opportunities, goods and services. The reason for this act is to incapacitate a group by preventing them from achieving goals, obtaining education or employment, and so on. The subsection of discrimination is subtle aggression, simply an assumption of hierarchy, especially a hierarchy of power. It is assumed that someone has acquired less knowledge due to certain characteristics; such as: age, sex, race, etc. The next…half of the paper…went up into the water. Marching towards the main police station, they stood silently in the street. Hecklers in the crowd of spectators shouted obscene names. A week later someone spray-painted, “Fags jump here.” Examples from history abound. On the other hand, I will only list one for each stage. Examples from the story are: (in chronological order) when people made fun of Charlie, when his personality separated him from most of the kids in his town, when it was even harder to get a job because of his sexual orientation, when he was pushed and called "professional" "faggot.", when he was finally murdered "unintentionally". As for my actions, I only represented the fourth step on the Allport scale. In conclusion, I learned quite a lot about discrimination and prejudice. I also learned that the only phase I haven't encountered is Phase 5: Extermination.