How can publishing a book be courageous? How bad was racism a problem in the 1960s? How bad were women’s rights really? In “To Kill a Mockingbird” we see the unfair trial of a black man from the point of view of a young outspoken tomboy. This makes Harper Lee, the author a very brave woman to have published this in the 1960s because of social issues and racial tensions running high. She was a woman with an opinion talking about equal rights neither ideas America embraced. In the 60s, when the book was published race was a big topic with segregation and many whites feeling that they were superior to the colored citizens of America, but Harper Lee wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” about equal rights.”What was one Negro more, more or less, among two hundred of ‘em (Lee 235).” This quote by Atticus just shows that the guards didn’t really care about the colored and they still didn’t when this was written. The book shows the gruesome flaws with society by accusing and convicting an innocent black man because of his skin. The horrific beauty is the drunken racist Bob Ewell he represents how most white men felt during this time period . the racial tension is but one of the reasons that makes Harper Lee brave. …show more content…
Very few men would lesson or care about a woman’s opinion but Harper Lee asserted her own and made sure it would be heard. Also scout would not have been appreciated by white men a strong and independant girl that supported equal rights would make people livid. Next is my final