Which phrase defines “author’s purpose” best? the author’s attitude toward and opinion about the topic. the message or main idea of the text the author’s background and experience the author’s reason for writing

Option D. The phrase that best defines an author's purpose is the author's reason for writing.

Explanation:

In writing, an author's purpose can be defined as the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. Once the author has figured out the topic he/she wants to write about, now its time to set the purpose of writing about that topic. Does the author wants to write about something in particular in order to inform, to entertain, to persuade or to explain?. The purpose will help define other choices the author has to make, like the format, the genre and the style of writing.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).