Posted on August 24, 2009 by Nayab Naseer

To Kill A Mockingbird is James Harper Lee’s only novel, and a fantastic work for which it received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize.

The novel deals with racial prejudice in the Soutehrn United States in the pre-Civil war times. The story is told through the eyes of Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout. The other major characters are Scout’s brother Jem, and their father Atticus. Atticus is lawyer who fights the case of a black man raping a white women. Unlike the multitude of cases Atticus handles, this particular case has profound impact on Scout and Jim’s lives.

Though the novel is fast paced and entails a lot of action, what makes this book stand out is the brilliant characterization. Scout grows up with the novel and she learns a lot about life when the case comes about. She understands the racial prejudice in her own town and understands that the world is not always fair.