To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

What does it mean to be a great piece of literature? Everyone answers this question in a different way. A person could say that a great piece of literature is just simply a good book that they enjoy reading. Others would think more in depth. They could say that the way the author brings the book to life is what makes it great. Or how each character in the book is relatable. There are many different reasons, and when someone finds that one book that grabs their attention from the beginning and holds on to it all the way to the last word of the last page it truly is an amazing feeling. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many traits that make it a great piece of literature, but the three that make it an amazing piece of literature are that it is written in a unique perspective, it is written with interesting and vivid language, and finally because it is truly a timeless novel. To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that deals with many of the harsh issues in society in the 1960s, and because it is written in the perspective of a six year old girl trying to understand this unfair world she lives in makes it a very unique perspective. "This is there home, sister,' said Atticus. 'We've made it this way for them they might as well learn to cope with it"(Lee 285). Atticus is talking to Aunt Alexandra after the trial of Tom Robinson. Aunt Alexandra was upset because the children went to the trial and she felt that they were too young to be at a trial of this subject. Even though Scout seems very mature at her age and she is growing up in this world and she is very curious about how the world works and she is trying to explore. "I climbed into the back seat of the car without saying good-bye to anyone, and at home I ran to my room and slammed the door"(Lee 112). Scout is upset because she was being yelled at for hitting her cousin. She was acting more like her own age in this chapter. Instead of her being very wise for her age like she is in the rest of the book she is immature