In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many themes are represented throughout the classic novel. All the characters experience at least one of the following themes; empathy, prejudice, injustice, social inequality, and coming of age. Harper Lee has different ways of showing these themes with the characters, that go accordingly with the place and time period. Which is Maycomb Alabama in the early 1930’s. One way coming of age is portrayed is by the kids of Atticus Finch - Scout and Jem,
"A white man's word, against a black man's word, the white man always wins"(242) In the novel To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee, some characters are negatively affected by social inequality. There are a few different types of social inequalities. The novel shows many examples of social inequality: gender, class, and race. First, Scout is pressured by Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to act more ladylike. "I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could
want to play games anymore and that’s okay with her. Jem: Jem might be considered a mockingbird because of his childhood innocence that was lost during the trial when he discovered that men can do evil things to each other. It’s kind of ironic that Jem was injured at the end of the story by Bob Ewell. His innocence was forever lost at that moment. Tom Robinson: Tom Robinson would be considered a mockingbird. He was a man with a pure heart and did no one any harm. In fact Tom Robinson was a hardworking
Mr. Cunningham is a strong, kind, hard working man who struggles each day to provide the best for his family without government assistance; he is truly an upstanding citizen. However, he is one of the men that shows up at the jail, with violent intents towards Tom Robinson. The blind spots that Atticus refers to is the fact that Mr. Cunningham, like many of the men with him, is blind to the fact that black people are their equals. His racism makes him incapable of rationally seeing the cruelty behind
Maycomb 1. The tree a. Jem and Scout first interacted with Boo Radley near the tree between the grammar school’s playground and the Radley’s Place, although they didn’t know who gave them those gifts. This important event started the mockingbird motif; Just as the mockingbird sings to benevolent people listening, Boo Radley gives toys to the children fascinated with him. 2. The bell a. The three mischievous children wanted to see Boo and they came up with a plan that involved Dill with a bell to ring
When a person thinks of a disease, they often associate it with the feeling of being sick or ill or feeling downright awful. But not all diseases are a sickness or an illness. In the fictional town of Maycomb ,from the book To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, the town suffers from a disease unlike any other. The township is damaged from a disease that was most common southern states had back in the 1930's. This disease brought nothing ,but pure misery, sadness, and hatred to the residents of Maycomb
Quotations/Passages from the Text Commentary/Responses to the Text "1. “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow…. the Ewells started it all. ” (Pg.3) " 1. This detail seems important because it is the first sentence of the book and it is italicized. Also it is foreshadowing to an important event that will happen later on. "2. “knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family
Lee uses this is to show the pressure on Scout to fit into society and the gender inequality the girls had to deal with back then. Also, there is no Uncle Jack in the movie. This means the children never got guns for Christmas. This causes the Mockingbird lesson to have less impact. The guns are to symbolize power and the children gaining some responsibility. It is mentioned only very briefly in the movie. Also the movie doesn’t show Scout’s relationships with each of her neighbors. Mr. Avery is
• Why is the novel titled To Kill a Mockingbird? • Why is one of the main characters name Scout? • The narrative of To Kill a Mockingbird fluctuates between Scout’s point of view and when the adult in her is looking over these events. • When Scout describes Maycomb in the first chapter, she has an adult’s recollection and not that of a little girl’s experience. • The novel shows something that happens and then tells about events leading up to what happened. An example of this would be when Jem breaks
differences among their society simply because of the lack of awareness between these social classes. Authors frequently write literature structured upon the basis of prejudice because of the relevance of this topic in our world. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird exhibits the harsh reality of social inequality in several aspects including race, wealth, and gender through the treatment of Tom Robinson, the Cunninghams, and Scout Finch. Predominantly, Harper Lee portrays the racial inequality that engulfs