conflict, and setting, to drive the themes home. And they come into play on how it talks about racism in the U.S, and the coming of age of characters throughout the book. In the mad dog scene, one of the main characters, Atticus Finch, is forced to shoot a rabid dog in the middle of
a tired old town when I [Scout Finch] first knew it” (Lee 6). The reason Scout, the main character and narrator, describes Maycomb this way is because of the events that happened there. Maycomb County is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. These events changed lives and communities and caused the powerful adjective ‘tired’ to be removed from the title. Due to the interesting events, Maycomb has a huge significance in the novel and becomes a character with its own personality. Maycomb
Kill a Mockingbird, moral development is seen in nearly every character, main and supporting. These moral changes are most clearly shown in the character of Jem Finch and how his ideas of right and wrong change over the course of the two-year narrative. Strongly identifiable are his shifting views on gender, social constructs, and family roles, most often shown in his berating of Scout. Also evident are his ideas about bravery and how it should be expressed, ideas that fluctuate as he comes across
flashback that revolves around the Finch family. It takes place in the early 1930s in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. In Maycomb, racism and discrimination can be seen everyday. Though many of Maycomb's civilians are racist, the Finch family is not. As a matter of fact, the Finch family employed a black cook, Calpurnia, in their house. Calpurnia was very strict on the Finch children, Jem and Scout. The first part of the book is mostly about the kids' childhood and how they are seeking to find Boo Radley
through Scout, the young dynamic and protagonist, that Lee opens the reader's eyes to a realistic world of prejudice and inequality during the 1930s. While narrating in first person, Lee further details her novel with the setting and use of style and diction. Though introducing many characters throughout the novel, it is through Lee's static character, Atticus Finch, that she further helps teach her readers life lessons, one being empathy. Lee uses a few of her characters to teach about open-mindedness
the idea surfaces across multiple storylines to enrich characters and plots to assist stories in reaching enlightening closure. Injustice certainly plays a major role in the messages of development and fulfillment of identities present within the quoted Great
transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” This quote is one of the many applicable to the American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee introduces the reader to the Finch family consisting of Atticus, Jem, and Scout. The book is told from Scout’s point of view, which adds an interesting component considering she is six when the story starts. She is very intelligent for her age, however, she has a short temper that occasionally gets