When Harper Lee wrote her book, the Great Depression and racism were part of many peoples lives. The books main theme was about how there is good and bad in people, and that you can't judge them until you know them for who they really are. During the entire book, people in Macomb made assumption on people because of stories, race and even class. Atticus, explains many times in the book that “You can never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”(pg 35). Today this still relates because all of us stereotype people as soon as we see someone, we judge instead of getting to know the person.
Another lesson is that when we try to cover up our mistakes we cannot only hurt other people but also ourselves Mayell
Another lesson is that when we try to cover up our mistakes we cannot only hurt other people but also ourselves Mayell