To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) is a novel written by Harper Lee in 1961. The novel was set in Maycomb, Alabama in 1933 during The Great Depression (GD). TKAM is about the narrator's (Scout Finch) coming-of-age and the effects of racism and prejudice. Throughout the novel the reader learns of the Tom Robinson case being corrupt with racism, ultimately leading to the death of Tom and the prejudice treatment Boo Radley received by the townspeople. TKAM is a well written book with many quotes having correlation with life. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (22). Atticus Finch uses these impactful words to inform Scout of the misunderstanding
