The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a novel written with a certain substance that is lacking in many novels of the 20th Century. Harper Lee was able to write this book, which heavily represents a very robust set of morals, in a way that expresses her opinions, rather than desecrating other people's beliefs. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee introduced her feelings towards the injustice that happens in our justice system, the ways that segregation and discrimination are sometimes overlooked in our society, and that you can't fully understand someone else's opinion until you "climb into his skin and walk around in it." She was able to express her views through these themes, without being overly manipulative. The injustice in our society's jus
This book would not have been as well written, if it wasn't for Harper Lee's open-mindedness, and ability to convey her ideas in a non-threatening manner. She was able to write this book as a guide to the many "blind" people in America who really didn't realize that they were not being as open-minded as they could have been. The same morals that were written about in this book 40 years ago can be taken out of this book even by today's generation.
One of the final themes that Harper Lee presents is that it is impossible to understand anyone else unless you "climb into his skin and walk around in it." For instance, there is a character named Boo Radley, who always stays in his house, and everybody believes that he is mean and scary, but at the end of the story Boo saves "Scout's"
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