To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

“To kill a Mockingbird”, an acclaimed novel, by Harper Lee is recognised throughout the world. Having read her novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960 soon after its publication, I was compelled to consider the novel in greater depth but was particularly intrigued to examine the character of Atticus Finch as a hero. Maycomb, a fictional town in the Southern States of America plays host to the novel during the period of 1933-1935. “To Kill …

…people’s opinions of them. I think that due to this Atticus deserves to be regarded as heroic. He fought in a hopeless struggle with sincerity for what he believed in, even though he knew he wouldn’t win. He describes courage as knowing “your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what”, and whilst doing this, he hopefully changed people’s opinions of the black community.