To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, tells the story of a young girl named Scout Finch and her older brother Jem as they are exposed to the injustice and segregation in their town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout is a tomboy and enjoys reading, writing, acting, and spending time with her older brother Jem and their friend Dill. The novel takes place in the 1930s when there are very stereotypical views and when the Jim Crow laws and prejudice and widespread around the south. When her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson in a case against a white lady named Mayella Ewell, Scout faces criticism about her father from the society. Afterwards, the jury decides to convict Robinson even though he was clearly innocent,…