To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

     I recently finished the touching and powerful book, "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The main character was a girl, named Scout Finch who lives with her brother and her father Atticus, a triumphant lawyer in their tired town of Maycomb, Alabama. Jem and scout become friends with a boy named Dill, who is living in Maycomb for the summer. The three of them become fascinated by the spooky house on the end of street called the Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, who's brother, Boo Radley, has lived their for years without ever leaving it. Many bad rumors surround him, like that he is a runaway murderer who steals children. But Atticus tells  them to see the world from other peoples perspective.
     Another plot line involves a black man named Tom Robinson, who is charged of raping a white woman. Atticus take the case because he believes that their is a serious mistake. The entire Finch family is given the cold shoulder by their white neighbors, and welcomed into the black community. When the trial is finally over Atticus proved that the white woman actually seduced Tom and the bruises and cuts on her face from her father. mad that she tried to sleep with a black man. Despite the evidence that Atticus has, the white jury convicts Tom and he is later killed while trying to escape from jail.
    The woman's father is angry at Atticus because he claims he made a fool of him. So he attacks Scout and Jem one night, and tries to hurt them. But they are saved Boo. Who then kills the attacker.
    Scout finally comes face to face with the person she has been fearing this whole time, and realizes that Boo is very kind man, who stays covered because he suffers from a mental issue that makes him appear simple. The lesson that Scout learns from Tom and from Boo is the importance of seeing people how they are, and not from the misunderstandings of racism.