This book is set in a small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression. It follows three years of the life of Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus in which an eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman took place.
Even though this story deals with important and mature issues, it is told through the eyes of a child.
Scout and Jem along with a friend, Dill, spend the summer acting out different plays and they soon become interested in a house occupied by the mysterious Boo Radley. Meanwhile, their father, Atticus, who is a lawyer, agrees to defend a local African American man named Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a white girl.
At the trial, Atticus proves that Tom is innocent but because the jury is all white and Tom is black, he is convicted and put in jail. He tries to escape later on in the story but gets killed. The victim’s father, embarrassed by the trial, decides to take revenge against Atticus, by trying to attack Scout and Jem. However someone comes along to save them.
This book is absolutely outstanding. Using the point of view of a child it gives us an innocent standpoint through which to examine major issues like racism.
This book teaches us that the worst can be brought out in even the best people, when society's views are as cruel and hateful. Readers get to learn never to judge someone till they truly know them.
A must read book for all teenagers.
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