Whenever I read books, I like to compare them to my average everyday life. In some books this is hard, because theres fairy tales or none of the characters relate to me. When I read To Kill a Mocking Bird, I could compare some of the themes in the book to the problems we have in our society today. The theme that stood out the most to me was the prejudice against class. In every day life we see it all the time, even if it isn't as big of a problem. From the "rich" people driving expensive cars to the people sitting on street corners begging for money, we're never going to be able to stop people from judging people from there class in society.
Another thing that stood out to me was the whole thing about growing up. It made the point that growing up isn't just about falling in love, which didn't happen in the book. Scout got more responsibility as she got older and learned a lot more valuable and deep lessons then I did when I was her age. I know this sounds lame and a bit weird but it made me think about how the lessons Scout learned could reflect on me.
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