While it's true Harper Lee could have been more detailed and less sugarcoated about racial and social issues of the time, it's important to consider the target audience for the book. Harper Lee wrote the novel with a juvenile audience in mind, such as middle or high school students. Not all books are meant for all age groups. Just as Leo Tolstoy did not write War and Peace for six-year-olds, nor should he or is criticized for not making it inclusive for all age groups, so why do we bash Harper Lee for doing so? complexity of the issues of racism in her novel, I believe that for its intended audience, So, while many argue that Harper Lee lacks depth and fails to capture the full Harper Lee addressed the issues at hand with the perfect amount of tenderness while also getting the message across.