“Mockingbird don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in our corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 90) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a little girl who lives in a the 1930’s and what she experiences. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shares important themes with the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Some of these themes is racism
Going from an infant to an adult is a struggle for most human beings no matter what period of time you live in. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem manages to do it at an early age. He tries to understand in his own mind how cruel mankind can be. The readers see Jem change from a 10 year-old to a thirteen-year old. Jem matures greatly in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. His relationship with his sister, Scout, changes throughout the book, he begins to understand what Atticus is starting
Celestial Garcia Journal 2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by, Harper Lee, and I am on page 42. This book is about a young girl and her brother with other families and extras. They are in a small town and all of them are poor. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. I predict the children will not meet Boo. I predict this because, of him being locked up. Also because, he was in a gang and he stabbed people. His house in general is just widely terrifying. By the houses looks, by
To Kill a Mockingbird In the 1900’s a lot of things were happening like racism. Racism is the hatred of or discrimination against a person or a group of people based on their race, religion, skin, color, or social class. In the 1900s slavery and racism were a part of the American culture, black people were usually humiliated and cruelly treated for their skin color. The black race was considered inferior to the white race, although America was a free country and claimed to support equal rights for
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s use of somber imagery and melancholy details produce a bittersweet feeling and reveal that the key to understanding each other is to reflect on one another’s unique problems. Boo does not appear to be a happy person. When Scout observes his features, she notes that “his gray eyes were so colorless” she “thought he was blind" (Lee 362). This use of somber imagery in the description of Boo makes him seem gloomy and downhearted. The absence of
Social Inequality has been around since the stone ages. Study shows that women were likely to have moved to the men’s place after marriage. This is one example of social inequality due to one’s gender. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, race and economic status are the main factors of social inequality, as it is shown through Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell. Harper Lee shows social inequality due to race, through Tom Robinson. For example, Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, and the
Like most teenagers, Jem goes through the process of growing up physically and emotionally. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee he goes through mental and physical changes. He is forced out of the cover of his innocence and into the cold world of reality. He matures throughout the world by finding out about true bravery, learning about the cruel world, and following his father's footsteps and being more responsible and reasonable. During the book Jem matures after he understands what
American Dream In today’s world, we are, as a society, fascinated with outlaws, and there is a heightened anxiety over becoming victims because criminals seem to be more and more prevalent with each passing year. It seems as though there is a new major shooting, supposed police brutality, or some other major violence being highlighted in the media each week. An occurring theme in this violence is that the victims are normal, everyday people which leads society to become anxious over the fact that
I’m sit-in in the back seat behind Mr Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb. It was a beautiful day in Maycomb as the first rays of sunlight tiptoed through the meadows, children were chill-in and no cloud cluttered the sky. Our car came to a complete stop, Atticus opens the door and helps me out as I handcuffed on my feet and legs. I was met by a cool breeze, which softened the morning air. I overheard whispers in the crowd accusing me of raping Miss Mayella; I didn’t rape no one she turned on me, why can’t
Although prejudice is an important theme in the novel, developing empathy is the major message Miss Lee wants the reader to take away from the book. In the start of the novel Atticus talks about how important empathy is and says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” (39). This is Atticus’s response to Scout’s awful day at school. He wants her to realize that she may be upset, but Miss Caroline