In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, symbolism is used throughout the novel. The novel takes place in the 1930s in Alabama, in which racism was at its peak. Harper Lee uses her characters to symbolize justice, morality, and ethics: Tom Robinson symbolizes the mockingbird because of his innocence; Atticus Finch symbolizes morality because of his refusal to back down from his principles; and the blue jay symbolizes Bob Ewell. Miss Maudie explained, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music
in many ways. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, it is a growing young girl, named Scout, whose
race” this definition from Merriam Webster has a large part to do with the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Racism plays a very large role in To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism is a horrible thing, it’s extremely unfair, disrespectful, and is insane to treat a race in a certain way. The three characters I will be explaining how they display a racist act are, Atticus, Mr. Ewell, and Mr. Cunningham. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus is the most non racial person around. Atticus teaches Scout in many cases
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, coming of age and the loss of childhood innocence is an important theme which the author develops using two major characters: Scout and the unseen, mysterious man inside the Radley House, at first believed to be a terrible person, proved to be a kind protector and friend. Scout learns that judging people because of what others have said does not define a person’s character. “Bob Ewell’s lyin’ on the ground under that tree down yonder with a kitchen knife stuck
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I finished the book. To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming to age story about a girl named Scout. She learns many life lessons and realizes the type of racism that goes on in her town during the 1930s. In this journal, I will be evaluating the theme in this story about walking in someone’s shoes. I am evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes from the book To Kill A Mockingbird. After the trial there was a moment when Atticus Finch understood
To Kill a Mockingbird “Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent” (Bob Keeshan). To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is about a young girl named Scout and he brother growing up in Maycomb county during the great depression. Atticus the kids father is an attorney who is tasked with defending a black man falsely accused of rape by Mayella and Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell
“Whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” This is Atticus referring to how racist white men are horrible, no matter how or what they come from. Racism is prevalent in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is shown through Scout, and innocent young girl, and affects Tom Robinson; who is mainly hurt by the aggressive Bob Ewell. These three characters are all affected by racism differently
To Kill A Mockingbird A mockingbird is a type of bird that does nothing except sing and be it; it does no harm to others. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird to kill a mockingbird would be destroying innocence with the forces of evil. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the depths of the Great Depression. This was also a time of great racial segregation in the South. Atticus Finch, the town’s most notable lawyer, is called upon to defend Tom
pursue a writing career. She published her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird at age 34. Throughout the novel Harper Lee evokes a jovial and indignant tone. Told in first person, Lee generalizes the themes through scenes of death. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee utilizes scenes of death to portray the major themes of the novel, courage, racism, and good vs. evil. Mrs. Dubose is an excellent example of courage because, she knows how to push through in difficult situations. She is characterized
predominant concern is with the idea of economic equality. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches many lessons concerning equality before the law; all of which are especially pertinent today. The theme of legal equality is seen in the courtroom scene, the mob scene, and in the death of Bob Ewell at the end of the novel. The denial of justice to a defendant pleading his case in court is a serious matter. In the penultimate scene of To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has defended an innocent man in court and