14 March 2015 Symbols of Racism and Innocence “To kill a mockingbird is a sin.” Atticus tells his children this is because the birds are innocents that never do harm. Lee uses this and many other symbols to tell the story of race relations in the deep south of the 1930s. Racism was substantial during the time she was writing the novel. Because of this atmosphere, the story was not an uncommon one. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she shows the racism against a black man accused of
Harper Lee’s bestselling novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written during the Civil Rights Movement in the 60’s in the United States. The novel is set in the mid – 1930’s and deals with racism, classism and sexism that existed during the tumultuous period in United States history. It also explores the harsh realities of life in a flawed society where good and evil coexist. Throughout the novel, Lee points out that people should not only be capable of distinguishing between good and evil but should
the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, it is a growing young girl, named Scout, whose
of races so I decided to examine racism in Southern America between the 1930s and 1960s. The theme of my book project is: An Examination of the effects of the Jim Crow Legislation and of racism on both black and white in the books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which is my classic, TheHelp byKathryn Stockettand The Colour Purpleby Alice Walker. The Jim Crow Legislation was implemented in Southern America in 1876 and ended in 1965. The Jim Crow was a legalization of black and white segregation
Truman Capote was one of the most famous writers in American literature. As a child, he rarely saw his parents and was often left alone. Truman had always known he wanted to be a writer. When he was four, he taught himself to read, at age eight was learning to write, and wrote his first short story when he was ten. Two of his most famous works are In Cold Blood (1966) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958). Breakfast at Tiffany’s was later made into a movie which has become an American classic. Truman