T: To Kill A Mockingbird
A: Harper Lee
G: Historical Fiction
Pages: 281


9. If you could ask any character a question, what would you ask? If you could ask the author a question, what might that be? Explain why you chose these questions.



       I would ask Atticus why he tried to defend the nigger (not to be racist) Tom Robinson. I would ask him that question because in the book Atticus said that "a case like Tom's could ruin his personal life". If Atticus knew that it would affect his personal life why did he try to carry out the case? I know that hes a lawyer and all but that one case can ruin him (Atticus) for the rest of his life. But, even though Atticus knew what he would suffer he tried his best to help Tom Robinson in his case.

       If I had a chance to ask the author a question I would probably ask him "Why did you write this book?". I would ask him that simple question because authors write books for different reasons. If many authors wrote books for different reasons I would like to know if this happened to him (Harper Lee) in his own life. But, if Harper did not want to tell me i would try to just get a little info on the purpose of writing this book. If Harper still refused to tell me I would act as if I didn't really care for the book in the first place. Then if he see's this he might tell me the true reason he wrote this book.