TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It takes place in Maycomb Alabama, in the late 1930's early 1940's. In this story a lot of characters were introduced to the reader. Jem Finch played a big role in this book. There were many other vital characters in this book. Some were Calpurnia, who was the Finch's maid (she was a great help raising Jem and Scout), Aunt Alexandra, who …showed first 75 words of 842 total…

…showed last 75 words of 842 total…if they were charged with a crime it didn't matter if they were guilty or innocent they would be convicted. The blacks would not be able to get a job because the white people would be afraid that they would lose customers. You might not think that we live in the same way that these people did, but we still do, maybe not to the same degree, but we still do and we always will.