Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit
'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a
Mockingbird.' Atticus Finch gives this advice to
his children as he defends the real mockingbird
of this classic novel - a black man charged with
attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of
Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores the issues of
race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s
with compassion and humour. She also creates one
of the great heroes of literature in their
father, whose lone struggle for justice pricks
the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice
and hypocrisy.