Harper Lee's famous book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird', is one of society's most treasured examples of writing. It has won a Pulitzer Prize, amongst other prestigious writing awards, and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. It has been turned into a movie, and is even a standard part of high school syllabus in most countries. But what angle is Ms Lee trying to convey? Is it illustrating man's inhumanity to man in Alabama at …showed first 75 words of 743 total…

…showed last 75 words of 743 total…but within the darkness, there is always a glimmer of courage and hope. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Maycomb is portrayed as a prejudiced, racist town, to the extent that men cannot acknowledge men of a different skin colour. Such a town could never thrive as a community, due to this fact. But there is always hope in the next generation, as characters like Scout and Jem illustrate continually throughout the course of the book.