To Kill a Mockingbird,
written by Harper Lee, is a well written book published in the 1960s. The front cover is black except for the
writing and a small little bird standing alone.
It looks like it represents Tom Robinson, the main coloured man in the
story. He is truly alone in his struggle
for justice except for Atticus Finch who fights to help him. On the back of the book it tells us about
Atticus teaching his two kids, Jem and Scout, about injustice and unfairness to
different races while he fights Tom’s case.
The book tells the story
through the eyes of a young child, Scout Finch.
She witnesses this injustice going on around her and sees Tom Robinson’s
trial. The family must suffer the names
they’re being called. The local people
don’t approve of Atticus defending a black man who has been charged with the
rape of a white girl. The court case is the central part of the
novel but a lot of the book is dedicated to before the case and the racist
opinions of neighbours in the ‘sleepy’ town of Maycomb. 