" To Kill a Mockingbird" By Harper Lee

Many themes of predujice and social identity are presented in this novel. ( Is it me or do I sound like an essay?) anyway. Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. Kind of dreary and boring old town. Typical small town gossipers. Main character is a small innocent girl named Scout. Her father is the all knowing Atticus, which stands apart from the typical town folks. Jem is Scout's brother. Town gossip was like a fever. It hit everywhere in the small town. In a strange house near Scout's a strange being lived. Named Boo Radley, he was a strange figure in the gossip. He was said to look like a zombie like man, 6 feet tall and white as paper. Scout's fantasy's ran wild. Later on in the turning point of the story, Tom Robinson a young African American, was accused for raping a white woman. No evidence was found besides the woman's father, who was an illiterate hilly billy. Atticus fights for him but with no avail. The racist jury had an inevitable answer because of the man's color.


After the womans father realizes that he is losing, he spits in Atticu's face after the court. Atticus took it in without a hint of fury. Revenge strikes once but fails.

Exotix rating 5/5