ly overlook that there are African-Americans living in the same town who live as poorly as they would in Africa, but no one seems to notice and care about them. One of the final themes that Harper Lee presents is that it is impossible to understand anyone else unless you “climb into his skin and walk around in it.” For instance, there is a character named Boo Radley, who always stays in his house, and everybody believes that he is mean and scary, but at the end of the story Boo saves “Scout’s” life and “Scout” realizes that he is just a very nice old man who would prefer to get away from the many tragic things in life.This book would not have been as well written, if it wasn’t for Harper Lee’s open-mindedness, and ability to convey her ideas in a non-threatening manner. She was able to write this book as a guide to the many “blind” people in America who really didn’t realize that they were not being as open-minded as they could have been. The same morals that were written about in this book 40 years ago can be taken out of this book even by today’s generation....
