To Kill a Mockingbird is a deep story about prejudice and people growing up. The story is very thrilling from the beginning to the end and has to wondering what will happen next. This story also makes you think about human nature in general and how we act. To Kill a Mockingbird shows that the world isn’t fair and that prejudice is an aspect of life for the world of the main characters.
This book focuses on the children, Scout and Jeremy (Jem) Finch growing up in their small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The book gets off to a slow start which is perfect for a book of this caliber. As the book progresses it brings in more characters and shows you what all of them are like. This also allows you to see how the characters change as time progresses and allows you to feel as though you are living with the Finches.
A major idea of this book is on the idea of a “Mockingbird”, a bird that does no harm, only good. This idea is used throughout the book in many different ways.
To Kill a Mockingbird features a variety of different chapters. Some will get you downright laughing while others well make your gut wrench. Harper Lee takes control of the readers mind as your read from chapter to chapter.
The overall plot of the story is focused around the court case of Tom Robinson, a black man convicted of rape. The only man who is willing to stand up for Tom is Atticus Finch, the father of Scout and Jem. Atticus, in the book, is the moral person of the town. He is the person who teaches the children to only do well and always do right. When faced the Tom Robinson case he kept going for Tom even if the entire town was calling him names and saying he was doing something horrible. The entire town is affected by Tom’s trial. This is where the book starts to pick and the author really uses her ideas to full effect. The outcome of the trail is revealed pretty early in the book, so the author uses Atticus’s questioning to intensify the trial. After the trial the book settles down again back to its usual doings. The book almost seemingly forgets about the trial and its prejudices. The characters go back to their normal lives until they are interrupted by the man who convicted Tom and their lives are changed for the finishing of the story. The book really pulls through to the end and makes you wonder about the lifestyle of the Great Depression. You will be thinking for weeks about the outcome of the trial and the events of the story that take place. Overall, I would suggest To Kill a Mockingbird to any person willing to read it. You can read the book over many times and it never ceases to grow old. The classic that is To Kill a Mockingbird will live on forever.