To Kill a Mockingbird Themes and Characters

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a heartfelt tale, focusing on the lives of two children living in a small community with lots of racial prejudice, class distinction and gossip. Harper Lee chose Maycomb, a small town in Alabama, as the setting to her story at a time in the 1930s when black folks faced racism on a daily basis and were expected to respect white people in their community. There are many …

…been confined to his house. The children imagine Boo to be a ghoulish figure who eats cats and stalks about the neighbourhood in the night. In fact, Boo stands as an innocent man who befriends the children by leaving things in the knothole in the tree and protects Scout by putting a blanket on her on a cold night. He is a pathetic hidden character in the background with a need for love and attention.