Literature Review Report: To Kill A Mockingbird As part of my personal novel study, I have decided to read Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Furthermore, I believe that this novel is an excellent match for my interest in the Southern Gothic genre. I enjoy this category as it mostly explores the social order of the southern part of America. This can be demonstrated through the interactions between characters, which I believe often invoke the burden of judgements and inequality that the community
running time of the film, To Kill a Mockingbird, it surprisingly grasps much of the main idea of its corresponding book. However, readers of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee could easily identify the major differences: the absence of some influential foil characters, the lack of a couple important scenes and the different characteristics of the main characters. Even though the book and the film contains many notable differences, they share the same morals and concepts that the novel contained including
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch learn about racism and prejudice through a legal battle involving their father at the young ages of 11 and 8. One person who introduces them to this concept is Mrs. Dubose—and not in a good way. Mrs. Dubose, while her character could be defended, should be held accountable for her actions. Her age does not excuse her racist, sexist, purposely provocative words. The things she said to Jem and Scout was said with the intention of upsetting
As children grow, their minds expand through their experiences, environment, schooling, and ultimately the choices they are faced with. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird follows the life of Scout, a young tomboy, as her father defends a black man against a white man in court over rape. Set in Maycomb County, Alabama, in the 1930s, Scout, her older brother Jem, and Atticus are faced with backlash from a racist community as the court case plays out. The experiences Scout and Jem took away from the