Literary Themes Themes are the makeup of a novel and without them you simply will not have a novel. Author Harper Lee did a fantastic job on adding multiple running themes that would keep the reader tied onto the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Also, Harper Lee found a way to keep her character’s interesting and then have an underlying reason for a particular character to be stagnant. The way in which she was able to do this was through the characters that stayed racist and the characters who were beginning
“To Kill A Mockingbird and Justice.” Justice is defined as “just behavior or treatment,” the second definition for justice is “a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the supreme court of a country or state.” In a court of law, there are trials that judge if a person is guilty or not guilty of whatever crime they have committed. “To Kill A Mockingbird,” shows a lot about the justice system by using, characters, quotes, and events. Was justice the main theme of the novel, or was it supporting
predominantly with the justice system and the equal rights that all men possess before the law. This idea is lost to our modern culture whose 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
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee reveals an aspect of a small fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama set in the 1940’s during the years of the Great Depression. The novel reflects the ideas of conscience, courage and conviction through the story of two young children Jem and Scout growing up with their unconventional father Atticus, a small town lawyer. The novel is concerned with a series of events and experiences from which Scout and Jem observe and evaluate a series of situations and valuable
Mockingbirds and Innocence To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless classic. It’s known for it’s many symbols, some shown in characters and quotes, and some hidden in deeper metaphoric meanings. Symbols such as the mockingbird are shown through characters like Tom Robinson, and Scout. These are just a few examples of the many symbols displayed throughout the book. Harper Lee uses these symbols to represent innocence, and to make a point of the overall theme which is how innocence is lost as you grow up
In Harper Lee’s novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, the themes play a fundamental role. The most important theme is the exploration of the moral nature of human beings, essentially whether people are good or evil. The importance of this theme is reflected throughout the entire story as it follows the transition of Scout and Jem’s innocent childhood perspective on the presence of good and evil in their lives to a more adult perspective. Scout and Jem initially assume that all people are good, as they
When interpreting the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, readers are able to gain a more elaborate understanding of the text with the author’s life and time in mind. During Harper Lee’s time, African Americans felt alone in this world as they were battling for the rights they deserved, as well as the brutality of segregation. For example, in a video, a civil rights leader named Andrew Young explained that reading To Kill a Mockingbird gave other African Americans and him the sense that “there
Harper Lee’s classic novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is set in a small town in Alabama, during the early twentieth century. The novel is written in the first person from the perspective of Scout Finch as an adult looking back at her childhood experiences. The protagonist Atticus Finch is a lawyer, who takes a case that impacts his children lives and the way they are treated by the community. A case that involves a black man accused and charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the use of both
How does using Scout as a narrator influence the readers’ understanding of the characters and themes in To Kill a Mockingbird? To Kill a Mockingbird is a critically acclaimed novel written by Harper Lee and published in 1960. It recounts the life of the ‘tired old town’ Maycomb through the eyes of the young narrator, Scout Finch, and centers around the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman. Scout Finch is an insightful eight-year-old, easily influenced by her older brother Jem, and
This is shown in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The story takes place In Maycomb County, an imaginary town in southern Alabama. Scout, Jem, and Dill lose innocence and grow up quickly by witnessing social inequality and racism, through this, Scout, Jem, and Dill gain courage. Social inequality in Maycomb causes Scout, Jem, and Dill to grow up in a cast system where their fate is determined for them. An example of social inequality in To Kill A Mockingbird would be the Cunninghams financial