What Is The Theme Of To Kill A Mockingbird

When a man to put one’s life above his own, he is showing true love. To Kill A Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. She wrote a historical fiction novel. The book followed the protagonist names Scout. Scout had an older brother named Jem, her father Atticus, and Calpurnia the family cook. The setting is in the early 1930’s in a small, tired town known as Maycomb. Even with the civil war’s end almost 60 years ago, prejudice and racism are still prevalent. The major theme of the book is racism and ignorance.
During the book we see many major events take place. At first we learn of the history of the setting and of Scout's experiences. Scout meets conflict when she goes to school as Miss Caroline and Scout got off on the wrong foot and Miss Caroline did not want Scout to read with Atticus anymore. Then we learn of a false accusation that Tom Robinson raped Mayella Ewell. Atticus argued and won decisively. However, due to the racism of the jury and the judge, Tom was accused guilty of all charges. Tom later tries to escape prison, but is shot 17 times before dying. Once the play is finished with at the school we know that Bob Ewell drunkenly attacked Scout and that Boo Radley saved her.

We see it in the Tom Robinson trial and in the way Mrs. Dubose acts towards Atticus doing his job. During the book we see a metaphor for countering racism. Miss Maudie is devoted to God and her garden. We see in chapter five that Miss Maudie hates nut grass. When she sees it “...she swooped down upon it with a tin tub and subjected it to blasts from beneath with a poisonous substance she said was so powerful it’d kill us all if we didn’t stand out of the way.” (p. 56). Nut grass is a symbol for racism. In that if we do not take care of it quickly, it will spread rampant. For people to rid themselves of racism it needs to be attacked at the source so that none may grow and