The novel "To Kill a Mocking Bird", by Harper Lee, is highly enjoyable to read. Harper Lee uses many different techniques to capture the reader's attention and compel them to read on. Such techniques include the characters, the setting and the differences in the way of life and the attitudes of people.

This novel is set in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the South of America between 1933 and 1935. This setting contributes to the book as the attitudes of white people at this time are extremely different to those of people today. Racial prejudice played a significant part in the lives of people back then, and especially in the lives of those who lived in the south. Lee effectively explores these issues throughout this book and describes the beliefs that made history.

The characters in this novel are very diverse and so make reading this novel an...