I think that Harper Lee places her moral position within the book in several characters, what I mean is that there’s a bit of her in every character in the book. I personally don’t think that there is a single book out there without a bit of the author’s personal experience or without their moral position or thoughts placed somewhere within the book.
Harper Lee’s younger moral position, her moral thoughts as a child, is placed in the character Scout, her teenage moral thoughts are within Jem and her adult moral position is placed in Atticus.
This family believes in the common christian values and it is shown when we find out what situation Atticus is in, he chooses to stand up for the black man who was accused of raping a white girl and he knows himself that he won’t win but he does it for moral reasons, he felt as though if he didn’t do it, he wouldn’t be able to face his children and be able to discipline them. During the time that this book was written, there was still a strong look against black people and Harper Lee writes her point of view through Scout, a little girl who is developing her character and growing up in these times, just like Harper Lee. I think that Harper Lee shows her view about these time in America but doesn’t infiltrate her audience’s views on it at the same time. Harper Lee’s moral position is in all of the characters in the book.

March 27, 2015 at 1:19 pm
This is a really interesting piece of work that seems different from most peoples typical analysis. I especially like your first paragraph where you dont just talk about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird you talk about authors in general.
My main suggestion to improve is to use quotations that support your interesting points which would always make them easier to understand.