Abstract: Harper Lee is a famous American writer well-known for her masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird, which is popular among readers all over the world. It describes the life in Maycomb in South America during the Great Depression. Through analysis of different attitudes of the Whites towards the Blacks in American society, the paper point out that racial clash is developing in a positive direction and the society begins to accept the Blacks gradually. However, some Whites are still prejudiced against the Blacks in deep-seated mind. It is a complex process to eliminate racial clash totally, which needs the change of the Whites’ minds as well as the efforts of the Blacks.

Key words: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, racial clash 

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

1.1 Introduction to the Author and To Kill a Mockingbird

1.2 Literature Review

2. The Presentation of Racial Clash in To Kill a Mockingbird3

2.1 The Whites in Prejudice against the Blacks

    2.1.1 Robert E. Lee Bob Ewell

    2.1.2 Aunt Alexandra

2.2 The Whites in Acceptance of the Blacks

2.2.1 Jean Louise Scout Finch

2.2.2 Atticus Finch

3. The Analysis of Racial Clash in To Kill a Mockingbird.6

  3.1 Background of Racial Clash

3.2 Progress in Racial Clash

3.3 Solutions to Racial Clash

4. Conclusion8                    

Bibliography.9

Acknowledgements10