Many people as well as Suzanne Swan think that the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird is outdated and should not be taught in schools nowadays. However, she is incorrect. This old historical literature is very educational and useful for high school students. Even though some novels get put aside, they teach students a lot about our history and life lessons. To Kill A Mocking Bird has been the most popular novel taught in high schools all around North America since 1970. I believe this novel teaches us a lot about racism, prejudice, and the way different races were treated in the 1930’s.
To Kill A Mocking Bird is still relevant to many different people. Such as people who live in a small town or village, teens, and religious people. But, most particularly white, black and people who would like to know about racism in the in the past. This novel is very useful for people who face racism nowadays. This quotation shows the racism within the court room between the whites and the blacks. “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads- they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s word, the white always wins. They’re ugly, but these are the facts of life" – Atticus (pg.255) Atticus is trying to show Jem that the law isn’t always right and can be very prejudice. He is talking about the problems of society at large. To Kill A Mocking Bird was written during the time of the Civil Rights Movement. It reflects on an important part of history and exposes practices that young people may not be familiar with. For example, “The Rosa Parks story”, As a Member of the NAACP, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger. She was then arrested and the Montgomery black community launched a bus boycott, which lasted over a year, until the buses are desegregated on Dec. 21, 1956. The novel may not be relative to life