A thesis statement focuses your ideas into one or two sentences. It should present the topic of your paper and also make a comment about your position in relation to the topic. Your thesis statement should tell your reader what the paper is about and also help guide your writing and keep your argument focused.

Using this information, we can craft a thesis as follows:

Your thesis should include equality since it's your topic.
You thesis should make a comment about your position, i.e. what you think about equality in TKAM
It should stay focused. Your thesis shouldn't be too long and focus too much on minor details talking about equality. Your thesis is like a roadmap that is telling the reader, briefly, what they are going to read about.
You shouldn't start like this: In this essay I am going to tell you about equality, pure upbringing, and human nature in the book To Kill A Mockingbird...
Use words like you once in your essay.
Make your Thesis clear. A confusing thesis is hard to understand, so try to be as clear and concise as possible.
Always check over the details in your thesis! An incorrect piece of information is an omen of worse to come.

Here is an example thesis talking about racism:

Racism is the main theme explored in To Kill a Mockingbird; most of the people in town are racists, Tom is guaranteed to lose because he is a black man accused by a white woman, and racist language is used throughout the book.

This thesis is clear; it explains that Racism is the main theme, it says the name of the novel, it shows that throughout the novel, racism is portrayed, and that it is unfair, which can relate to your subject of equality.

Note: I didn't write the example thesis, I found it over the internet and on enotes. Please try to come up with your own thesis, and I hope my thoughts on crafting a thesis statement helps.

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