Question

How would you describe the main conflict of the novel? With what are the main characters struggling, and how does that struggle present itself? Use at least two specific examples from the novel? Your answers should be at least 200 words.

Answer 1

The main conflict of the novel seems to be a girl who is trying to cope with the negative outside world while being her own person at the same time. She seems to face many struggles in attempting to cope with her surroundings and tends to get upset some of the time. The main struggling characters are the main character, Scout, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus. That struggle presents itself by hundreds of people putting hatred through to the family because they were standing for what was right. One example is: taking the case of Tom Robinson to be his defense. At the time, segregation was a huge problem, which led him to be hated. Another example is that he kept defending Tom no matter what, always pushing forward about defending him to keep his honor.