Delaney Drewes Literature 8A 3/12/18 To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Grand Central,1982. Scout and Jem live in Maycomb with their dad, Atticus, and their cook, Calpurnia. They spend their summers with Dill. Jem, Scout, and Dill are all interested and fascinated by the Radley Place and Boo Radley. When they were younger, the only problems they had were school and finding Boo Radley. As they become older, they see the realities of the world, handle court cases
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 shapes people and events while being shaped by people and events. For example, the trial of Tom Robinson
to get through it. After decades of releasing To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee ingeniously creates a hero that is admired by young and old readers. Atticus Finch, the lawyer defending a colored man, is the hero of his time. He is standing up for an unfavored opinion that could potentially cause him harm. However, opposing views such as Christopher Metress does not fully agree with the heroic tale of Atticus Finch. Despite the critics views, Atticus stands with attached integrity, selflessness, and
Is courage important today? Courage is a theme that is portrayed in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This theme is shown within the characters in several situations. The characters are challenged to face many dangers without fear. They use this courage to give them strength and to understand themselves better. Real courage is when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose. Atticus defines "real courage" and demonstrates it several times throughout the novel. Even
Scout (Jean Louise Finch) is a captivating narrator who compels the reader to listen to the story through her personality. While using narration, dialogue and settings in the story To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), by Harper Lee, Scout’s courageous, touchy, and rather inquisitive nature was unraveled in an inventive and undercover way. In order to adequately understand Scout as a character, the reader must look deeper to look into her mind instead of skimming the first layer. “‘You never really know
In To Kill a Mockingbird the changing of fall to winter foreshadows a gloomy and unpredictable future. No one has ever seen so much snow. The changing of seasons show how mischief of children caused all of the change like how Mayella accuses Tom of raping her when he