Analysis Of ' Kill A Mockingbird ' By Harper Lee

To kill a mockingbird can mean many things. It’s the title of a book that has been bought 40 million times. But, it also has a definition. To kill a mockingbird means to destroy innocence. The theme of my literary analysis is mockingbirds. Mockingbirds in TKAM are innocent things tainted by the skewed society of Maycomb. Some of these mockingbirds are Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and the children. To Kill a Mockingbird is a book set in a small Alabama town in the 1930’s. The main character and narrator is Jean Louise Finch, but is almost always called by her nickname, Scout. Scout, her brother, and her summer friend Dill get into all kinds of mischief while living in the racist society of a 1930’s Alabama town. Scout’s dad, Atticus, is a prominent lawyer in Maycomb and is appointed to a controversial case, and is defending a black man. Scout and her brother, Jem go through many troubles and learn many lessons from the days leading up to, and during the trial. The trail makes their family some friends and a lot of enemies. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story of courage and despair. Throughout TKAM, mockingbirds are used as an example of something innocent being tainted by the skewed society of TKAM. Some great examples of these are Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and the children.

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, 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” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

To KIll a Mockingbird, a novel written by Harper Lee, is set in a small fictional town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930’s. The story emphasizes the horrors of prejudiced and its impact on a small southern community. In this novel, Harper Lee introduces the reader to many themes, one of them being that courage is doing what’s right even when the odds of succeeding are poor.

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set in a small Southern United States community called Maycomb during the Great Depression era. The whole book primarily revolves around segregation and racism and how it relates to Maycomb’s history. It eventually leads to the trial of Tom Robinson where he is accused of beating up and raping Mayella Ewell. Even though it was clear that Tom Robinson did not do anything wrong he was convicted by an all white jury simply because he was black. The trial of Tom Robinson and its verdict shows an example of how segregation in the court system prevents fair trials from occurring.

redujice is not something we are born with; it is something that we grow to learn from who and what surrounds us, things that help to form our identity. Prejudice is an integral theme in Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird. Prejudice is evident throughout the novel, not just in the appalling racism but also through, prejudice against different sexual orientations, gender constructs and feminism. Society had certain constructs that had to be met. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee breaks the bounds to overcome barriers, and challenge social constructs.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a novel based during the Great Depression in Maycomb, Alabama is expressed through the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, Scout, and her brother,Jem Finch who conveyed their views on their beloved town in its dark moments of prejudice. When an African-American man named Tom Robinson is accused of raping the daughter of one of Maycomb’s lower ranked white families, Mayella Ewell, her family starts harassing the Finch family because of Atticus’s decision to take on Tom’s trial. Throughout the book, the children also meet new people, like Dill, who comes to visit his aunt every summer.The children perceive how when individuals demonstrate their real nature when looked with prejudice and

​In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, and her brother Jem, learn the importance of seeing things through other people's eyes. At the beginning of the story, the people living in Maycomb County, can be considered "mockingbirds" because they are innocent. Their father, Atticus, leads as a strong example while defending Tom Robinson, a black man convicted for rape. The residents of Maycomb (besides the Finches) fail to see situations through other people's eyes. For example, when the trial takes place, most people do not have empathy toward Tom Robinson, resulting in some of those "mockingbirds" becoming killed. Trying to see situations through other people's eyes can keep someone from hurting somebody who is innocent.

The concept of courage is more philosophical rather than something that is real. Its a fact that can’t be substantiated, courage is a non tangible feeling that lies within one's heart and psyche. It isn’t something that you're born with, it's something you work for as you grow older. When the day comes when you have to battle the inner demons that make your life discontented you’ll need to conquer in order to overcome it once and for all.After you overcome the thing that's pains you the most you’ll have the face of courage. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it revolves around the idea of courage but to the farthest extremity. The characters are more than just literary entities that inhabit the book, they are individuals

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Harpers Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a literary classic that talks about racism as well as femininity in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The story told from the perspective of Jean Louise Finch, who also goes by Scout, although she is only eight years old. Throughout the book, Scout realizes that her beloved hometown of Maycomb is not that great as it seems. While realizing this, Scout has a change of mindset. She is constantly told to "act like a lady" but she does not want to become something she is not. Scout initially has a negative opinion on being a lady but the women in Maycomb are essentially what grows Scout's opinion. The roles of Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandria are the key influences to changing Scout's mindset.

A lot of books that get banned are due to having real world events, and certain words that are censoring students from history, and reality. “Harper Lee’s book has been challenged by black parents who object to the use of the word “nigger”.” (Rohrer). Although the word is disrespectful to use, it’s a part of history that can’t be erased. “To Kill a Mockingbird” uses the word 58 times in the book, but without it, the book wouldn’t have an accurate representation of that time era. The fact that some religions, origins, and ethnicities get offended by this is understandable, but by trying to ban the books from schools it is restricting information from the whole student body not only their child. The history that is being shown by the use of “nigger” only teaches the time era we have lived and points out how far we have come from. History is what has happened in the past, and what has shaped us today. The past defines us and is a reminder of where we came from, but also shows us what we learned from our mistakes. It initially builds our moral values and is memories of time eras and accomplishments. Parents can’t just erase the events that they don’t like, otherwise, they aren’t allowing their children to know the truth of what has happened in our past. This takes away knowledge from students and ultimately makes them naive. Covering the issues of this world with rainbows and butterflies. When books are censored because of their use of harsh vocabulary or content that can be

Many women must hide their identities for equality and acceptance in society. In many cases women try to hide their true identities in order to escape ridicule from those who do not believe in equality for all. A quote from a book that explains this well is in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The quote is "Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home—I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day" (Lee 69)The previous statement is a great testimony to where thing used to be to where they are now while things aren't quite perfect times keep getting easier for women in society. Even back in WWII women were treated as animals inferior to men. A great example from a wonderful piece of literacy

Throughout human history, the transformation from naïve children to mature adults has been of profound importance. The various customs to prove maturation in different cultures shows the widespread significance of this transition. Within literature, the variety of passages to maturation spanning from peaceful and blissful to depressing and unbearable activities exhibits the embodiment of this tedious process. Bildungsromans embody all of these different paths from the common starting point of birth. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one such Bildungsroman about a girl’s maturation contrasted with the children around her. Through the utilization of different economic and familial backgrounds during the Great Depression allows Lee to

The issues presented were Jean Lousie’s grandmother has passed and to make things worse. Her family sold the estate to a local hunting club and nobody has told her anything. Thus, Jean Louise is ever more upset because her world is changing without anyone telling her. But what upsets her more might be the fact that her world hasn't changed; it never was what she thought it was. Her foundation is shaken, when she finds a racist pamphlet in her father's office, and hears her Aunt defending racist beliefs. This opens up Atticus and Henry eyes as they both attend the Maycomb Citizens' Council meeting. Moreover, these issues of not knowing what is going on is happen right now. Our public is blinded by social media, and because of that shows our

One of the most prevalent memories from my childhood would arguably be the time my favorite cat, Zhu, died. Unlike the other cats I had at the time, this cat actually enjoyed my presence, snuggling with me when I slept, and not scratching my face off every time I came to pet him. But being the naïve five year old I was at the time, I had no concept of death; I obviously knew it existed, but since I’ve never experienced or heard about a death within the family before, I felt all my loved ones and I were invincible. Well this was until Zhu died. When my parents first told me about the news, I was too much in shock to do anything or react. But once it finally sunk into me that something that was so close to me was gone forever, I cried nights on end. This incident helped me relate a lot to Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, in the sense that one of the most important themes she learns is that experiencing new things matures one’s mind.