In chapter 23, Atticus says “I wish Bob Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco”. This was said after Bob Ewell spit on Atticus’s face and threatened his life. It shows the length and extreme hatred for anyone standing up for someone of color. Without plot, a book would be pointless, but without characters, it would be boring. They come together to make a great book with exciting events, great characters and emotion. These elements are also very essential to showing a common theme, in this case, racism. To Kill A Mockingbird, also has other themes in it such as ‘it’s a sin to kill something that hasn’t caused any harm to you’ told as “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird’ and other themes like ‘get both people’s point of view before punishing someone. The main theme of this book was to show how cruel a little town in alabama can be to someone just because their skin is different. Harper Lee’s characters and plot does a very well job of portraying