How Does Harper Lee Position Herself In The Book Morally?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many scenes where we think of Harper Lee’s moral position in the book. Through her characters she places them in situations where morality is tested. the most recent situation I read about is the scene after Scout and Jem have a fight in Jem’s room and they discover Dill was under the bed. After Dill explained how he got there in the first place it was not long until everyone noticed Atticus at the door. Everyone thought Atticus was mad to find that Dill snuck in, instead he responded with ‘Just hungry, I’ll bet.’ and his actions were described as ‘Atticus’s voice had its usual pleasant dryness.’ Atticus offered him to come down and eat instead of sending him back home because he knew Dill came here for help instead of going anywhere else. Atticus is a good example of a good morally correct character, during the time this book was set there was a lot of racism, in a scene where Scout asked Atticus about the term ‘nigger-lover’, Atticus explained that it is a term given to someone giving special rights to an African-American. Scout asked if he is one with Atticus responding that he is ‘most certainly not’ for he tries to love everyone no matter the race. This shows that Atticus has a good moral to everyone and that he is a perfect example of the moral capabilities of a person. Harper Lee lived in the time this book was set in so she knows how some situations such as racism were carried out. She used Atticus to show how she thought of that very situation and that she would never be unfair towards anyone of any race.