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Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the novel is based on stories and events of Harper Lee growing up as a young girl. Based on her own adventurous days of childhood, Harper Lee fictionalizes similar sequences in her novel through a character named Scout, who plays an important role in the book. The novel is based on Harper Lee’s early life as she is growing up, displaying the message of injustice that constantly occurs throughout the book. During Harper Lee’s life as she was maturing she observed The Great Depression, Scottsboro case, and the Civil Rights movement that were occuring during her time. Her books were published after all these events which shaped the theme of her novel. (Chronology) The themes of innocence and injustice are explored through the experiences of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson who are protected by Atticus. Throughout the book innocent victims are wrongly accused and targeted. Starting out in the novel Harper Lee writes about the children who play around each summer with the Boo Radley game.It is a game the kids play each summer, and thier mission is to make Boo Radley come out of his house. Boo Radley is isolated from society because the people of Maycomb believe he is a maniac. Harper Lee writes,† Boo Radley was inside that house, but I couldn’t prove it, and felt it best to keep my mouth shut or I would be accused of believing in Hot Steams,phenomena I was immune to in the daytime.† (39) Jem, Scout and Dill do not know what to expect from Boo Radley, they are not very aware of their surroundings because they are naive and try to please the curiosity of their young minds.They make up absurd accusations about him and do not acknowledge the fact that he is just a human being. In reality, he is ... ...f Tom. But, at the end Tom dies while trying to escape prison. Injustice and innocence are two major themes that define the novel and the importance of it. Both, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are men who did not receive any fairness by the people of Maycomb, despite the fact that they were righteous men. Harper Lee is an intelligent woman who constructed her novel in a way that broke things up and explained the ideas on injustice and innocence. Harper Lee does not reveal much about her book because she keeps to herself and does not often grant interviews. The novel is parallel to her life which is explored through the characters with their experiences that were similar to the ones of Harper Lee and her friends. (Harper Lee: A Brief Biography) This heart touching story is a great story that displays morality, and shows unjustness full by the corrupted people of Maycomb.