Book Report On Kill A Mockingbird, By Robert E Lee

There are certain works of literature that are held in great respect and admiration. How do novels become classics? What makes an ordinary story critically acclaimed? An exceptional novel affects and relates to all of its readers. Each reader should be able to connect to the story in their own way. Harper Lee’s best-seller To Kill A Mockingbird is considered a classic work of literature. It is taught and read in most high schools across Canada and has won many different awards including the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Lee’s novel has gained its popular appeal for several reasons. It provides a sense of hope for readers who are dealing with racism, prejudice or bullying. To Kill A Mockingbird is highly favored amongst readers and critics

Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel takes place during the depression in Alabama with the main character, Scout, viewing her lawyer father, Atticus, defending a wrongly accused black man of rape. The reader gets to understand Scout’s childhood view of this controversial situation. Scout’s character in to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is really the author’s own life playing out in the novel, which is most likely why this novel is thought to be one of the best American Novels of the 20th century.

Society will never be perfect like one wants it to be. There comes a time when the power of evil takes over and society is blinded not by darkness but something greater. Not only is this shown in society today but in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. As the author Harper Lee grew up in a time period of great discrimination and hardships she gained a unique perspective of the world. Through her writing in the novel she brings to life the character of Jean Louise Finch (Scout) who embodies a mischievous, outspoken tomboy. The novel dramatizes Scout and Jem’s transition from a perspective of childhood innocence to an adult perspective. In the meager town of Maycomb, Alabama one man Atticus Finch, at a time of great social conservatism does the

As both sides presented evidence, Atticus managed to present enough evidence to prove Tom innocent. Since Mayella was hurt in the right eye, Atticus claims that a left handed person would have punched her, and suspects Bob Ewell, because Bob stated “I can use one hand good as the other”(Lee 238). On the other hand, Atticus had announced that Tom Robinson took the oath with the “only good hand he possesses- his right hand”(Lee 273), which makes it clear that Tom Robinson did not rape Mayella. As Mr. Gilmer interrogated Tom, Reverend  Sykes tells Jem and Scout that he has never seen a jury “decide in favor of a colored man over a white man”(Lee 279), which teaches Scout that most people in Maycomb do not respect colored people's freedom. Soon after the interrogation was done, the jury came with a decision, which was handed over to Judge Taylor as a piece of paper. Soon after Judge Taylor spilled out the words “Guilty… guilty… guilty”(Lee 282), Scout and Jem had lost faith in the adults of Maycomb. Through this case, Scout had learnt the aspect of how colored people were treated unjustly by the

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there is a wide variety of different characters and themes. Throughout the book there are many different scenarios that are filled with gossip, rumors, and lies. Early on, the reader is introduced to a character called “Boo Radley”. He has been inside for many years and not much is known about him, this causes rumors and other lies to spread in the community and make false assumptions about him. This is debunked when he finally appears in the end of the book. Another example is when readers are introduced to a trial about a black man, Tom Robinson, raping a white girl, Mayella. He ends up losing the court case simply because of the fact that he is black. I think that these examples show how

“Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality argues that human behaviour is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego”. Harper Lee crafts Jem proficiently enough to allow analysts to apply three components to explain Jem’s personal development and maturity growth. The id relates to Jem’s initial self, super ego relates to his learning curve during Tom Robinson's trial and the ego is how he comes to a substantial understanding of the world around him.

Mockingbirds (Innocence/ morals and values)– The book depicts mockingbirds as innocent creatures that shouldn’t be harmed since they did nothing to harm others. While practicing with their rifles, Atticus tells Jem and Scout that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. The mockingbirds share a connection with Tom Robinson since they are both innocent and don’t deserve to be harmed. However, due to the racist attitudes of southern American citizens in the 1930s, he was killed. Similar to killing a mockingbird, only evil came from it. It prevented nothing bad and presented nothing good, it only served to shake Maycomb citizens’ faith in justice. (Jem and Atticus especially)

The people who said that junior year would be my toughest year were not kidding. I was juggling advanced classes, starting a new job, and relationships. I was like a sad circus performer. But one the most challenging situations I faced junior year was the dreadful Literary Analysis paper that was assigned to me by my beloved English teacher, Ms.Barnes. We had to find a novel by an American author and analyze a theme or symbol used in his novel. The moment Ms.Barnes explained what we had to do I mentally gave up. But I knew it had to be done. I decided to analyze E.E Cumming's use of love and comic relief in his poems as an escape from reality. My biggest mistake was that I procrastinated this assignment. I would do the bare minimum every other

Scout and Jem went to the Negro church and it changed their point of view about the black people in Maycomb. Scout and Jem learned how their culture is different from the culture of the white people. Scout and Jem learned why most Negroes talk the way they do, and the children learned a little about the Negroes working condition. Scout and Jem learned how the Negroes look out for each other even though some are reluctant.

Social Inequality is an issue that the American society has been struggling to solve for generations. Though we would like to say that this problem has been solved throughout time, it sadly has not gotten much better. In the classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, author Harper Lee takes us back in time to when this issue was more commonly known, the 1930’s. The Finch family had lived in the town of Maycomb for generations and throughout the book it was clearly shown and stated how both women and blacks were seen differently because of their race or gender. After taking a closer look at Lee’s symbolism, characterization and foreshadowing used to describe the rough times that both women and African Americans had to go through.

Do you have the courage to stand up for good when evil lingers all around? To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the great depression, while facing social status discrimination, racial discrimination, prejudices, and stereotyping. However, there remained courage by some to see good in all. While Atticus Finch was of a higher social status as an attorney in Maycomb, he always displayed the courage to stand up for what was right, or for good, even when evil lingered in the shadows. While this story was from great depression, these same issues are still in the world today. Prejudices and stereotyping are very common especially when one looks, or dresses, or talks differently than others. Courage comes into play when one is willing to stand up for those being criticized or for those perceived as being a lower social status. Having courage can show more about a person and who one is regardless of social status even if it is a lower social status.

Terrorists express their loathing for those outside their coalition by stifling growth and opportunity. A person who despises another based on skin color, religion, sexual orientation, or political belief is essentially a bigot. A hater. A bad seed. However, this same individual gains power and credibility when banded together with those of like mind. At once, the brotherhood becomes a fraternity, a circle in which radical attitudes and the spewing of hatred finds a friend.

My novel was To kill a Mockingbird which is about 2 kids and their dad and how they see the world and how they think it should change. The whole family is different than a lot of people in their hometown, they believe that everyone should be equal, the book takes you through their life as they grow up and what they think of the world and the issues of the world. A major theme in this book is everyone has to grow up but the way you grow up is the thing that really shapes you and is when you start to form morals and opinions so the environment you grow up in is very important and the kids should be protected. This theme is applied in real life all the time, such as the need for internet safety and restrictions or laws so children are protected but there comes a point when it's really just up to the parents. Some parents are so quick to blame the internet or the government for the way their kid is. This is very important because the way the kids grow up shapes the future of the world, I think a lot of parents don't even realize that, they blame the government or the internet even though it was their choice to get their kid a phone or a computer. The internet and the world, in general, can be a dangerous place for

What is the best way to become a good person? To become a good person, one must experience life lessons, rather than being taught them, to know how to apply them in real life. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the main characters Scout, and Jem, experienced life lessons throughout the novel, which contributed to them becoming good people.Throughout the story the children experienced life lessons from the tale of Boo Radley, their father Atticus Finch, and the case of Tom Robinson as they teach about false judgement due to rumors, what true bravery is, and how the world is unfair.

The chapters 1 and 2 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story begins at the beginning of summer, with the introduction of Scout and Jem two kids trying to enjoy to dog-days of summer in the plain and simple town of Maycomb. Their summer stays this way until they meet a boy by the name of Dill; Dill, Scout, and Jim play together by reenacting scenes from famous movies like Dracula. But when Dill hears about the legend of the Radley’s and there abandon estate, he becomes entranced with the Radley’s and wants to find out what really happened to Boo Radley. His interest in the Radley’s goes to such an extent that he dares Jem to get Boo Radley to leave his house by going on his property. After the deed was done summer winds down to an end as Dill leaves for Meridian, bored with nothing to look forward in summer Scout realizes that school is going to start. Jem starts to distance himself from Scout saying “Jem was careful to explain that during the school hour I was not to bother him”. Scouts starts to realize that school is different as she is punished for speaking out of turn and trying to explain why Walter cannot accept money from Miss Caroline. She takes this as an insult against Walter and punishes her, as it turns out school is a lot different than home.