In the book to kill a mocking bird the central idea is anti-racism we can see this by using text evidence from the book. In chapter nineteen the defending party (Atticus finch) and prosecuting party (Mr. Gilmer) get done with the man on trial (Tom Robinson a black man) and the main character (Scout) pulls her friend Dill aside because he is crying while they are sitting in the court room and after they leave Dill starts to say “it was him I couldn’t stand”, ”that old Mr. Gilmer doing him that away talking so hateful to him” in this case dill is saying that the way Mr. Gilmer treated Tom Robinson (the black man on trial) was wrong, but later in the same conversation to the main character Scout says “well dill after all he’s just a negro”, then Dill replies “I …show more content…
I the book to kill a mocking bird the story is taking place in a small Sothern town called Maycomb this is a very great detail for the story because during the 1950s Sothern towns were general more racist but the reason this is a great detail is that the author is trying to tell the reader that racism is wrong and what is a greater setting then a small racist town in the 1950s. this is also a great detail because there are acts of racism in the story for example Tom Robinsons trial a case where a black man is treated unfairly in a court of law this detail is what make the setting make even more