An Important Theme in To Kill a Mockingbird Racism. Something that is more than obvious in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Not only was it a problem in the book, but, it was indeed, a humongous problem in reality. But that’s not all, it’s still a problem today! Harper Lee wanted to address that problem, and she showed how it was slowly killing our nation by writing a book. Now, even though this book was written a while ago, it is still known to be a truly inspiring book, and with anyone that I personally know, they all say that, To Kill a Mockingbird is a very ‘informational and heart wrenching’ book due to the way Harper used her words. This is exactly what Harper Lee wanted. She wanted to show people the true destruction
