What do you think is the primary conflict in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Question:

What do you think is the primary conflict in To Kill a Mockingbird?

umm..
this is a question for everyone who read the book:
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I just finished reading the book and i just
wanted to hear what everyone thought was
the primary conflict in the story was.
i think the primary conflict is the tom robinson trial.
what about you?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: the primary conflict in the book was loss of innocence. why do you think the title is To Kill a Mockingbird? the point of the title is to understand that not only is it a sin to kill a mockingbird, as atikus says, but that it should be seen as a sin to kill the sweet innocence of childhood. the book is told from the point of view of his daughter and we see the events of the book unfold from her perspective and we see her loss of innocence as she is surrounded by all these different events, including the tom robinson trial. but she also sees that people can misjudge based not only on race, with boo radley or with her own father. she and her brother think atikus is week, unmanly even, but as she sees the respect given him not only by the black community but by those who would try to lynch tom robinson or one man's trust and faith in atikus when he kills the dog, she gains understanding and maturity and repsect for her father. the book is set in the rural south of the early 1900's and, of course, race is going to run undercurrent through the whole book but the main conflict is scout's struggle with letting go of that childhood innocence we all lose.