With the mind of a child, Haarper Lee tells a tale of prejudice and a society's coming of age. ... The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are prejudice, as illustrated by the town's attitudes about Tom Robinson and Boo Radley; the transformation from the innocence childhood to the cynicism as represented by Scout Finch; and how justice and injustice can be relative terms -- with the conviction of Tom Robinson, despite Atticus Finch's reasonable doubt being unjust, but the sheriff's "rewriting" of the facts concerning Bob Ewell's death being portra...