What is truth? I think, everyone has asked this question at least one in his life. It has been the main problem of many works of art. Well, "What is truth" can also be called the key problem of the novel "To kill a mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Here all the events in a small town in Alabama move around one problem, the problem of truth, which is revealed through such things as temptation & slander, humbleness & courageousness, court, sentence & death.
             In this novel we come across a dramatic trial of Tom Robinson, a Negro, who is accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell. His efficient smart lawyer Atticus Finch does his best to save the defendant's life, but all these attempts are in vain: Tom Robinson is found guilty.
             This plot is as old as the sea, but it doesn't prevent it from being an interesting & very deep one, helping to dwell upon very burning social & human problems. We know that the action takes place in a small quiet Southern town in the state of Alabama really rocked by this lawsuit. Although it's already the year of grace 1935, race discrimination hasn't slackened its power – Tom Robinson is sentenced to death, with everyone knowing the indictment is framed up, only because he is black & the supposed victim is white. The conflict between black & white is as strong as right after the Civil War.
             These colors, the opposition between black & white, are mentioned several times in this extract, & it lets us think about the presence of the image of the color, embodying the eternal conflict, expressed in several fields. Atticus Finch in his speech uses a simile "This case is as simple as black & white" talking about the nature of the lawsuit clear to everyone in the courtroom. These words also have some metaphorical meaning: we know that in Alabama the borderline between black & white is rather evident. Yes, Atticus talks about the prejudice to the Negroes, about t...