Claim: To Kill a Mockingbird is in the literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.
Evidence: As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman , the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.
In literary criticism , a Bildungsroman -LRB- -LSB- ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn -RSB- ; `` novel of formation , education , culture '' -RRB- , novel of formation , novel of education , or coming-of-age story -LRB- though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story -RRB- is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood -LRB- coming of age -RRB- , in which character change is extremely important.