![]() ![]() But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. 'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. ![]() The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is. /rebates/2fbook-search2fkw2fto-kill-a-mockingbird-hardcover2fbook2f&. Parents need to know that Harper Lee s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird addresses the terrible impact of racism in America through a little girls point of view. ![]()
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