The story is told from the perspective of Jean Louise Finch, a six-year-old girl, nicknamed “Scout.” Her and her brother Jem observe the three-year trial and all of the events surrounding it. They are exposed to the prejudiced views of the town as their father defends Tom Robinson, a black man who is wrongly accused of raping a white woman. Jean Louise and Jem have been brought up by their father, Atticus Finch, because their mother is dead. Their father fights to raise them as unprejudiced members of society, which forms the main conflict of the novel. A small town girl named Scout is subject to the savageness of the townspeople as her father Atticus Finch tries to defend a black man named Tom Robinson.

The opinion and influence of Scout’s peers, elders, and her father all play a huge role in her and her brother’s growing up. The setting of the story is reflective and accurate of the time p

visible in the story. The story also presents accurately the attitudes of the people and important social issues of that time. There are two depictions in the novel of how to treat someone. One is mercilessly and the other is with kindness like one would treat themself.

Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a depiction of the wrongful conviction of an innocent black man, the suffering thrust upon one family and forced two children to grow up. Jem and Scout lose their innocence because of the cruel world around them. The quiet southern town of Maycomb is torn apart by trial and events that occur over the course of the novel and only forced more strain upon the two children. This is a story of coming of age and American history as illustrated by the racism of the townspeople and the growing up of the children.

The era of the story was well portrayed by placing the correct attitudes of southerners in the story. The racism is greatly reflective of that which was present in the nineteen-thirties. It emphasizes what the temperament and feelings of the people were like at that time. Atticus does a good job defending Tom Robinson during the trial. It is debated that, “the jury’s willingness to believe what Atticus calls the ‘Evil assumption’

him.”(Lee 117) Jem’s age is what makes him so difficult to live with for Scout. She finds it hard to get along with him now that he is getting older.

reason for convicting Tom Robinson. They were still blind to the wrongfulness of their actions. The people of the town also make references to Hitler and his treatment of the Jews. They criticize him, and say his actions are wrong, but the way they treat the blacks is exactly the same.

The effects of the Great Depression are evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It is set in the nineteen-thirties at the height of the Depression and the state

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