"To Kill A Mockingbird" is an inspiring novel which presents many themes and issues relating to 1930's society in the midst of the great depression. Prejudice was very common during this hard time and Harper Lee emphasises this through the eyes of an innocent six-year-old girl, Scout. Scout's hometown of Maycomb plays an important part in To Kill A Mockingbird and is responsible for many of the issues raised in the novel, namingly prejudice. Thus, …showed first 75 words of 1906 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1906 total…view can also give the reader an insight into the story which Scout does not see in her innocent mind. She does not understand the meaning of rape, whereas the reader does '"what's rape?" I asked him that night...". She does not understand the issues of prejudice, however the reader does. Scout is also not aware of the meaning of the objects put in the knot hole by Boo, and again, the reader does.