Richard Wright said, "All literature is protest. You can't name a single literary work that isn't protest." This means many works of literature protest against social injustice. Whether or not this interpretation is correct, there is an agreement with the critical lenses and the interpretation. In the literary works To Kill a Mockingbird, a coming of age novel written by Harper Lee and "The Crucible," a Salem witch play written by Arthur Miller, they both support this interpretation for this critical lenses statement. Each of these authors use literary techniques such as theme, characterization and point of view to support many works of literature protesting against social injustice.

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she writes about human dignity that unifies everyone. Her story takes us to a sleepy, Southern town called Maycomb, where a variety of people were living. Theme and characterization are demonstrated throughout...