This Pultzer Prize Winner did not fail dispose of all predictions of prejudices, by giving us a glimpse into the life of young Scout Finch, an adventurous girl living in Monroeville, Alabama in the 1960s. Her comfortable life, living in blissful ignorance of the tragedies of inequality filling the town. Jem Finch, Scout's older brother, is focused upon throught the book as a symbol of bravery that Scout often idolizes.
The disruption was her first day of school, turning a dream of learning into a nightmare of reality. Her teacher, new and young, disproves of Scout being able to read and write already. So, she lives in misery until she finds herself wrapped up in a situation that may or may not involve Boo Radley, the rumored insane hermit who live next door. Oh, don't forget being engaged to Dill, the six year old boy who visits every summer.
And yet in the midst of all this chaos, somehow Scout's father finds himself defending one of the most important and chaotic cases of the century. Atticus Finch, in court, will convict hearts, offend those who commit, and undetered by systematic injustice. .
As I finished this book, the passion of the lifeless pages seemed to conclude as the scattered chapters unite into the symbolism of our broken existence of good and evil.
But the question still arises; Would you be so willing as to sacrifice your reputation to society in order to tell the truth as Atticus Finch did in the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird'? The answer might vary, but the moral conclusion screams in our face, disregarding whether we choose to stay silent or not.
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