HTRLLAP Chapter 13

          To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is beyond a doubt very political. In Foster's words, the book isn't political, it's "political." It wasn't written to make people think just about politics, and it wasn't meant to anger people either. It's "political," a novel where the politics creep in subtly under the plot, not dominating it. In Harper Lee's iconic novel, the politics seep in when Atticus Finch is defending the black man accused of murder (whose name I do not remember...) in court. he is found guilty by (surprise, surprise) an all white jury. In the south in the 1940s/50s, this was common and racism was rampant. While Lee never goes out and says trying blacks under this screwy justice system is wrong, she implies it through Scout's unhappiness during the proceedings.