To KiLl A mOcKiNg BiRd

To Kill a mocking bird - by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. The novel revolves around a young girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nicknamed “Scout”. I found it to be an interesting and powerful book. I feel the book does a great job in portraying the extreme prejudice that existed at that time.

The “Prejudice” theme is also represented in the title of the book “To Kill A Mocking Bird.” In the novel Scout and his brother Jem Finch get air rifles for Christmas. Scouts father tells her and her brother that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds are harmless creatures who do nothing but sing for our enjoyment. In the story Mr. Robinson is clearly the “Mocking Bird”. He is a good man who has never harmed anyone and is figuratively and literally shot by society because of prejudice. The jurors sentence him to death not because he did anything wrong but because of prejudice. He is then later shot for trying to escape this unjust ruling. Mr. Robinson just like a mockingbird is shot for no reason at all.

So if you are looking for a great and powerful book, just go and read it.