Social change is the general term that refers to change in nature, social behavior, community of people, and/or other social structures. Social change is any event or action that affects a group of people. Some of the most obvious examples of movements for social change include the Civil Rights movement, the Gay Rights movement, and the women's right to vote movement. Often authors write about social change. It is very common, and is a good topic to write about. The causes of social change are when someone goes with something because its what everyone else does, the effects are when someone stands up for what is wrong. The works I will be mentioning will consist of: To Kill a Mockingbird, “I Have a Dream”, "The Crucible," and “Ballad of Roosevelt." In Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird," there are many themes dealing with social change. For example, good and evil is a main change in the story. Throughout the book, Scout and Jem make the change from innocent to mature. At the beginning of the book, Scout and Jem start life off innocently believing in the God their father does. During Tom Robinson’s trial, the children were very disappointed because Tom was found guilty just because he was a black man. In the end of the book, between the opposing forces, good prevails because everyone found out tom wasn't really guilty. Other social change themes in To Kill a Mockingbird is prejudice, education, growing up, courage, and their small town life. Once you get into the book, Scout starts her first year of school. She is ahead of all her classmates because Atticus, her father, taught her how to read and write, and Calpurnia even taught her script. Once her teacher finds that out, she gets punished and is told not to learn anything from home again. This was the educational social change because her teacher didn't want anyone else teaching her things except her. By the end of the book, the children begin to lose their innocence and sta