Essay On To Kill A Mocking Bird

The book I chose to read was “To Kill A Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee. This classic piece of American literature was written in 1960. It also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. This book is about what life growing up in Maycomb County is like for Scout (Jean Louise) and her family during the Great Depression. The book was written in first person point of view in the perspective and narration of Scout Finch. This novel is told in past tense on a timeline through 1933-1935 in the fictional setting of Maycomb, Alabama. In my opinion this book was written to express some of Lee’s personal child hood experiences through the fictional characters she constructed. Also, including her own opinion on some injustices that might have occurred in her time that

For instance, racism, sexism, and unbroken tradition county-wide are some of the problems addressed in the book. Racism was present in the book when Mr. Bob Ewell was testifying in court and used a derogatory term towards Tom Robinson. Sexism was present when Jem continually told Scout she was becoming more and more like a girl every day. In the most subtle way unbroken tradition was present when it was said that no one will take a black man’s word over a white man’s when it is brought into court. In that instance they had a chance to change traditional ruling in court, but they chose not to break tradition. The thing that I liked least about this novel was how the beginning started off, it was somewhat confusing to follow into the middle of the story. The language usage was also hard to follow. I used context clues to find the meaning of most of the words. The thing I enjoyed most about the book was the suspense in the court hearing. It was really interesting to follow. As well as the unspoken relationship between Scout and Boo Radley. Over all I think that people should read this book because of the moral values and good vs. evil look at human