To Kill A Mockingbird Conflict Essay

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel about the act of growing up. The main character is a girl named Scout Finch who is the narrator as well as the protagonist of the story. She is a very curious person for someone of her age. The book discusses what she learns about people and about life. In the primitive stages of the novel Scout’s narrating is very childish, humorous, and innocent, although as the novel progresses it becomes increasingly dark. It takes place between 1933 and 1935 in a small quiet town called Maycomb located in southern Alabama. Scout’s father, Atticus, is a lawyer. Their family struggle’s with money because his clients are poor. Scout lives with her father, her brother Jem, and their cook Calpurnia. Her mother passed when her and Jem were young, for they continuously morn in her absence. However, they look forward to the summers due to the fact that their friend Dill comes and stays next door. They go on many adventures together.
The main conflict presented in the book is the childhood innocence with which Scout and Jem are deprived of as the book continues. It is threatened by numerous incidents that reveal the more horrific side of human nature, most significantly the guilty verdict in Tom Robinson’s trial and the unforgiving actions of Bob Ewell. As the story continues, Scout and Jem struggle to maintain faith in the human race fighting the conflicts of both man vs. man and man vs. self. Soon Scout, Jem, and Dill become mesmerized with their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley and have frequent series of encounters with him. In the meantime, Atticus is alloted to defend a black man, Tom Robinson against the ignorant rape charges with which Bob Ewell has brought against him. Witnessing the trial, Scout...

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... think about my own personal situations and configure a way to apply the concepts of Scout Finch in addition to every other character. Every detail she incorporated had a strong effect on the end results of the story and her literal purpose. The strengths without a doubt out-way the weaknesses in this piece of literature. The major strength of the novel is in the author's interpretation of a young girl growing up in a tiny Southern town. Scout is an interesting, sympathetic, and a very relatable character. The only weakness I can detect is that it is a rather difficult read, and the concepts are very strongly hidden among the words. I found this book to be very moving and inspirational, for the expression received within this book is beyond words. I would recommend this book to anyone who can read, as it has a particular lesson to teach any one who approaches it.