To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic written by Harper Lee. The book is set in the Great Depression, in a small town in Alabama. It is told from the perspective of a young girl named Scout Finch, who has a father who works as a lawyer and an older brother. One day, her father, Atticus, receives a case to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, wrongly convicted of rape by a white woman who he lived near. In the courtroom, even after Atticus defended him through clear and accurate interpretations of the evidence, Robinson was sent to jail, this was the Deep South. The woman's father is furious at Atticus and sets off to get his revenge. He attempts to hurt Scout and her brother, but at the last minute, Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor of the Finches, saves the kids.
This was a wonderful and insightful book. Lee creates vivid images so that the reader can truly imagine that they are Scout as they walk through the story. Racism is an ever-present topic, and this book clearly shows that it is taught and not inherited. Atticus' words, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," are present throughout the book, due to innocent people being targeted just for the way they look and harmlessly act. Because of all this, I give this book a five out of five.