In 1960, Harper Lee published her critically acclaimed book To Kill a Mockingbird. Only a year after being published the American classic novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction as well as the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Gregory Peck stared as Atticus in the successfully adapted 1962 motion picture of To Kill a Mockingbird that won an Academy Award. This book is based on many childhood experiences that Lee herself …showed first 75 words of 1913 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1913 total…it is a story that deals with racism in the 1930s. To Kill a Mockingbird contains a number of complex themes but the one that remains is that Lee utilized this novel to project a better understanding of racism and its impartiality.  Works Cited Schuster, Edgar H., “Discovering Theme and Structure in the Novel.” English Journal, 1963: p.507-508. Waterhouse, Keith, The New Statesman, 1960. Sullivan, Richard “Engrossing First novel of Rare Excellence.” Chicago Sunday Tribune, July 1960