When an innocent blackman is accused of raping a white girl in a depression-era south, an idealist lawyer must defend him, even when all society is certain of his guilt. – To kill a mockingbird.

This one is tricky.? Because the father’s defense of the Black man is witnessed and experienced through the eyes of his young daughter, Scout. She is the main character, the pov character.

Now Atticus Finch is certainly the hero of the narrative.? But he is also a steadfast character; he undergoes no significant character arc during the course of the movie.??And if one adheres to the dictum that when in doubt, the one whose character arcs (aka: undergoes a change of heart, purpose or understanding) during the course of the plot is the designated protagonist, then Scout is? hands-down the protagonist.

Scout Finch does undergo a profound character arc when she finds out that Boo Radley, the recluse neighbor whom she (and everyone else) demonized all her youth?is a shy, gentle man who has just saved her life.? Indeed, the story is (beautifully, brilliantly) framed around her relationship/obsession with Boo Radley.

As the story was pre-sold because it was a mega-best selling, prize winning book, I’m going to punt on trying to write a logline.