Abstract
Literature is a written work of art that goes beyond the realm of nations and gets united by themes, motifs and so on. Harper Lee, one of the greatest in American Literature has won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This paper is a study of alienation in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Alienation happens not only when someone willingly chooses to be isolated from the society but also when several situations push them to be isolated without any go. Though the novel mainly deals with societal issues such as racism, alienation also plays an important role in order to shape the novel. Each character embodies a distinct facet of alienation, revealing the pervasive nature of societal divisions in the narrative. Some characters willingly choose to be alienated while the others are pushed to be alienated. This research paper clearly studies about the impact of alienation and its relevance to understand human behaviour and societal structures.
Keywords: Racism, Alienation, Harper Lee, isolation.
References
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York :Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Lee, Harper.. Go Set a Watchman. New York, NY :Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.