What Is The Civil Rights Issue In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee to portray to others about what happened during the Civil rights Movement. I especially felt that Atticus was placed in the narrative as a protagonist to show the reader that we can not know anybody until you make a change; furthermore, Atticus advises us in the story about stepping into other's shoes and not to follow rumors. Throughout the story, he had constantly told scout not to come to conclusions about people when you don't know much about them. The story illustrates this well by how people think of Boo Radley. The people in Maycomb County have not got to know Boo, and they just merge assumptions about his life. They say random, bizarre stuff without knowing anything about him. If you were in his shoes, I would feel isolated and just to know that individuals expect of him as “the bad guy.” Atticus repeatedly tells Scout that she should get to know anybody before she starts making assumptions because in the story she didn't like the Cunninghams but once she got to know it helped them in future disagreements. …show more content…
Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man charged with raping a white woman, he exposes himself and his family to the anger of the white community. During Tom Robinson's trial, many people testified on the side of the white people which in the back of their minds, they know that Tom is right and that they are lying which they will have to carry that burden on their backs. If I was in the trial I would get to know what his side of the story was and I would most definitely choose his side over whites,