To Kill A Mocking-Bird

Blurb:

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much....

Summary/story:

This book is a timeless classic. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells of Scout and Jem's childhood, the two main characters, in Alabama and how a series of events that happen while they are growing up, taught them about human nature. The book shows the racism and predjudice that is happening around the two children as they grow up and the struggles they face when their Dad steps up to defend a black man accused of raping a white girl...

Setting:

The story is set in Alabama in the 1960s. Everything happens in the small tight-knit community however the community still has it's outcasts. The community is split into the whites and the blacks and Harper Lee explores this racist elements behind this.
Characters:
The characters in this book are really realistic. Harper Lee shows their emotions and feelings in a sensitive but powerful way.

Language:

The language was not too difficult but a number of phrases were hard to understand. As it's set in the past and in a different country the language was more native to that perticular place.

Themes:

The main theme in this book is racism, it is explored in a brash and realistic way and has an anti-racism mood to it.

My opinion:

I give this book 10/10 because it is a beautifully written classic. The themes are different and Harper Lee has written it in an extremely powerful way.