Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me do you believe that 's true? In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which follows the life of Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch, who lives in the town Maycomb, Alabama in 1930. Scout and Jem are faced with adventures that happen in the novel and trial case of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a young white girl. Their father Atticus Finch is the lawyer of Tom in the case and gets attacked by the town 's people for defending a black man. it proves the answer to the question In the novel.The statement, "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you." Is proved false in TKAM because, in the novel, we see events that take place that prove us that words can hurt and deeply affect a person 's mind and emotions.This is shown by using family matters destructively, for example, Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, it could be used hateful words with characters in the story, it may also show the controlling nature of characters and how that harms others. The use of family problems can be used against someone in a harmful manner. For instance, the Tom Robinson case which is Tom a young black man being blamed for the raping of a young white girl named Mayella. Atticus is Tom 's lawyer proving that he is an innocent man, he gets bullied by the townspeople for defending a black man. A classmate of Scout uses that information to try and get Scout upset or mad, Cecil