To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a great book relating to the struggle of racism back in the 1930s. The book has different examples of symbolizing like the African American Tom Robinson and the dog named Tim Johnson that had an illness that rabies which symbolized racism. The book describes the struggles of being an African American in the later years. For the reader to understand that even if an African American was accused of a crime that he didn’t do he still got convicted as guilty was shocking. Today most people wouldn’t ever think that someone could get convicted wrongly on purpose. To Kill a Mockingbird is a must read book because the story of a well respect lawyer standing up for an African American and getting bad mouth is so touching.