‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was and still is today one of the most confronting and eye-opening novels and one of the best written novels. As this novel shows the life of the african americans around the 1930s in Macomb, Alabama, and the severity of how the african americans being treated then impacted on what the world was then and how the world is today, the narrative voices in which that were used in such a novel created a noticeable and strong impact on the world. In the mind of Harper Lee, the author
child’s life. The poem “The Key to The Kingdom” by E. Reed teaches about wonder and imagination. This poem shows how children can do very exciting things with it. The novel that was read was To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, this novel taught about how important education is, both formal and informal. One of the short stories that was studied was “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson, this story shows the influence of family and peer relationships in shaping a child’s opinion and choices. These literary
Period 6 March 17, 2015 Is TKAM a Classic? Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is arguably one of the most popular novels in american history. A classic in the most traditional sense, Lee’s book is, “noteworthy of its kind and worth remembering.” (Dictionary.com). This implies that in order to be a definitive example, the reader must experience a sense of interest and remembrance. Their attention must be held while sparking an arousal of curiosity in order to willingly absorb the information being read
Throughout the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, the protagonist Scout finds herself discovering a different side to the town that she had grown up in. Her young view of the world allows her to notice fine details that adults would normally miss, such as the inequalities of segregation. Scout provides her recollection and accounts of the events that took place during her childhood. In many cases, Scouts youth would provide for an inaccurate telling of the events that had unfolded in Maycomb
childhood life, representing the theme of innocence, but also of prejudice. The novel is told from Scout’s point of view, with the limitations of a child she doesn’t understand everything that happens or why. She states quite blankly ‘Radley pecans would kill you’. What’s ironic about this is that what she says is actually this point of view of the Maycomb townspeople: it’s just something she’s repeating without questioning it. Sometimes she makes perceptive interpretations because her innocence is also
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the first chapter we learn about two kids, Jem and Scout, living in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. They end up makings friends with a visiting boy named Dill, who shows curiosity in the Radley house, especially when hearing the story of Boo Radely. For this journal I will be predicating and characterizing. Firstly, I predict that the kids will not meet Boo Radley. I have come to this conclusion, because of evidence supporting the idea