Excellent story of the prejudices of the past

Rating: 9/10 (14 April 2015)

To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent story of a girl named Jean Louise, or Scout, Finch in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. Scout grows up here together with her older brother named Jem under the vast wisdom of her father Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch is one of the town's most respected lawyers. In her adventures with her brother and other various friends, Scout learns the sometimes grim realities of the world she lives in. When the trial of Tom Robinson comes about, a black man accused of the rape of a white woman, the viewer learns the harsh realities of the time through Scout's childish ignorance. She cannot comprehend why it is that the townspeople hate her father for defending this man, or why they are bent on convicting a man who clearly has not committed the aforementioned crime, yet it becomes painfully obvious to the viewer just how racist the town of Maycomb is as the plot builds. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us how one can rise against the injustices of the time in order to make justice prevail. This classic film will serve as a reminder of the past and as a representation of what true heroism looks like.