This book was truly a jem (pun intended) by the incomparable Harper Lee Thompson. Harper Lee Thompson has been asked many times if this book is indeed an autobiography of her life growing up. She has said many times that it is not an autobiography of her life but rather an example of how an author “should write about what he knows and write truthfully.” This book has been ranked as one of the greatest reads ever by British librarians being put ahead of even the Bible itself as a book one should indeed absorb and indulge in before they die. So Let’s concluded this pretext and move onto the meat and potatoes of what was an impeccable read. Let’s begin with Scout, Jem and the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. The timeline is 1933-35 and Scout …show more content…
When it comes to Scout and Jem they see in their father the compassion he has not for one certain race but rather the human race as a whole. Atticus stands by the moral assertion that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, regardless of race. Naturally his children observe, in a less than friendly manner, that’s not how everyone feels when it comes to the norm of their hometown. Alabama in general during such times had a horrendous series of occurrences revolving around race and hatred and Atticus refused to let himself fall into that norm even though he knew he’d be ridiculed for …show more content…
Sykes and sit in the colored balcony of the courtroom. It is then they witness the ultimate and completely biased conviction of Tom. Not only had that been a day that their father had lost his case but to them it was the most impactful moment yet that they’d witnessed the biased nature that encompassed their everyday lives. Tom’s innocence had been proven ten fold yet he’d been condemned. This is something that Jem in particular cannot shake. The worst perhaps is when their hit with another dose of sobering reality when Tom is shot and killed trying to escape prison. This deeply troubles Atticus to his very