To Kill A Mockingbird
(Harper Lee)
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) is probably one of the greatest depictions of small town life in the Deep South during the depression. The novel is peopled with coloful, realistic characters, with real problems and difficult solutions. There are several themes throughout the book, including prejudice, the difficulties of growing up, and doing what is morally correct, even though it means going against what society dictates.
Lee chose to depcit this era through the eyes of a young, Scout. When their father is chosen to defend an innocent man, who by the nature of the color of his skin is automatically guilty, Scout and her brother slowly realize that their town and its inhabitants have many sides. Many people of the town turn against Scout's family because of deeply rooted prejudice. Lee show us how that ever present prejudice can make seemingly normal citizens react in unexpected ways.
Throughout the trial and even during the aftermath, Scout and her brother have to come to terms with the realization that their lives will be forever affected. They find out that a long time recluse of the town is not who he seems to be and that their father has talents of which they were not aware. The things that were once afraid of no longer cause them worry.
Readers will admire Scout's father, Atticus, who quietly raises his to children to always do the right thing, even when it is difficult. Even though he is often criticized by his sister for the manner in which the raises them, he never wavers. During the trial, the never loses his composure and never doubts than is acting the only way his conscience will allow.
This book will appeal to both young and older readers. Readers will experience that it was like for blacks and whites to live in what was then a "closed society". To Kill a Mockingbird is a quietly powerful, often humorous statement against racism.
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