Character Analysis Of To Kill A Mockingbird

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is an exceedingly powerful novel. It includes many significant minor themes such as racism and hatred which leave the reader to have grown more attentive to the past once they complete the book. The book takes place in Maycomb County Alabama during the great depression. During this period there was a great deal of hate and prejudice towards people of color, in addition to a great regard to social class. The novels protagonists, Atticus Finch a well-respected lawyer and his children Jeremy “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch are a few of the towns occupants who respect others regardless of social class or race. For this reason, Atticus has no objections

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that takes place in poverty-stricken Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The story follows Jem and Scout Finch, brother and sister, as they meet new people and experience several hardships. Scout and Jem live with their father, Atticus, and their maid, Calpurnia. Jem and Scouts mother passed away when Scout was only two, so she has grown up to be quite a tomboy. When Jem and Scout meet Dill, a strange boy with ever stranger ideas, they get into all sorts of trouble. Most of their devious plans involve engaging the mysterious and unknown Boo Radley, a monster-like man who is said to have stabbed his father suddenly and bitten his mother’s finger clean off. No one seems to know the truth

On Scout’s first day of school, she quickly starts off on the wrong foot with her teacher, Miss Caroline, who scolds her for her bad reading habits.  Meanwhile, Scout is annoyed that Miss Caroline, having recently moved there, has not picked up on Maycomb’s ways yet because she tried to give a Cunningham a quarter and every Maycomb citizen knows that even though they are dirt poor, the Cunningham’s do not take anything from anyone.  Scout arrives home from school and announces that she does not want to attend school ever again because of the day’s events.  Atticus informs Scout that, “‘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).   Atticus told her that by doing so, she will get along better with other people, including Miss Caroline.  Atticus continues to explain that if Scout had put herself in Miss Caroline’s shoes, Scout would understand that Miss Caroline had simply not known any better than to give a Cunningham money, and she was only insisting that Scout not read at home so that she would not practice her bad reading habits and allow her teachers to correct them.  As a result, Atticus taught Scout an important lesson that bettered her as a person because it would allow her to interact with others more easily and with fewer disagreements.  Scout demonstrates her newfound ability to understand people later in the book when

On Scout’s first day of school, she quickly starts off on the wrong foot with her teacher, Miss Caroline, who scolds her for her bad reading habits. Meanwhile, Scout is annoyed that Miss Caroline, having recently moved there, has not picked up on Maycomb’s ways yet because she tried to give a Cunningham a quarter and every Maycomb citizen knows that even though they are dirt poor, the Cunningham’s do not take anything from anyone. Scout arrives home from school and announces that she does not want to attend school ever again because of the day’s events (pp. 22-28, 39). Atticus informs Scout that, “‘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). Atticus told her that by doing so, she will get along better with other people, including Miss Caroline. Atticus continues to explain that if Scout had put herself in Miss Caroline’s shoes, Scout would understand that Miss Caroline had simply not known any better than to give a Cunningham money, and she was only insisting that Scout not read at home so that she would quit practicing her bad reading habits and allow her teachers to correct them. As a result, Atticus taught Scout an important lesson that bettered her as a person because it would allow her to interact with others more easily and with fewer disagreements. Scout demonstrates her

For Tom Robinson, Atticus and Boo Radley life was simple. Boo in the town of Maycomb is what the people call a phantom. Tom Robinson is on trial for rape. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, there are characters that are “mockingbirds.” A mockingbird is a bird that does nothing wrong, they leave the people alone, and they just sing their little hearts out. In the book Atticus, Tom and Boo represent mockingbirds. Why?

Commonly, everyone thinks that the age that kids start to show personality traits corresponding with their adulthood traits is between 14-20. The process of growing up and becoming an adult may be difficult, but it is also a very important part of life. Many authors use this concept as a main idea in their novels. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author expresses the responsibilities of maturing and becoming an adult by how the main characters develop throughout the story.

This is how childhood is presented in the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird: it’s a period of time that’s looked back on with a sense of longing; one thralled from the reality by the child’s inability to understand the cruelties of the world. Harper Lee constructs a sheltered innocence that defines the children’s earlier years, which she subsequently cracks away at with the aid of the events that unfold in Maycomb. What is perhaps the most prominent of these events is Atticus’ defense of Tom Robinson, which acts as a major driver in showing the kids in the novel the true nature of society.

Learning concepts can come in the most unexpected ways; many times you have to look back and determine what happened in order to recognize that you have mastered something new. Whether it is morally, or physically, people acquire new information daily. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, two characters, Jem and Scout, live in Maycomb, Alabama where they learn many lessons. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, helps them learn and understand many of these life morals. Jem and Scout take in multiple moral lessons such as not jumping to conclusions, being respectful to everyone, and having contentment for what you have by interacting with other citizens of Maycomb.

I think the character that most changed throughout the novel is Jem. I believe this because Jem develops from being child without much care or responsibility for anything to becoming mature and young man. Jem's perspective on bravery changes drastically throughout the novel, which seems to be the basis of his development. At the beginning, Jem's idea of bravery is simply touching the Radley house, and having never turned down a dare. As the story continues, Jem goes through experiences that changed his view of bravery. He learns from Atticus coming up against the mad dog, Mrs. Debose and her struggle with addiction, and even Scout when she is at the jail and faces the mob. Jem showed his growth when Dill ran away and hid under Scout's bed.

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her

Everyone has their own problems and everyone tries to avoid some of them, but just how far would you be willing to go to avoid these problems and would you place your problems on others for your own sake? The people in Maycomb, Alabama often find themselves placing their troubles on one man so that they can all live with the stereotypes they’ve created. They could fix these problems, but would rather let others make the tough decisions for them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird ,Harper Lee shows how people would rather place all of their troubles on one person or avoid them rather than deal with them themselves. Atticus is courageous and heroic for taking on problems that no one else will, even when he might not want to.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there are various struggles between good and evil. Although there will always be good in the world, evil will always overshadow it. Throughout the story, Harper Lee uses several examples to show how there is both good and evil in the world. Jem and Scout are logically some of the most innocent characters. Since they are so young and don’t understand that some people aren’t as gracious as they seem, it’s evident that they both have some of the most developed characters in the book. On several occasions Jem and Scout have many encounters with immoral characters. One of the first times they encounter the evil of the world is when Atticus takes Tom Robinson’s court case. Despite the fact that Tom is on trial for raping Mayella Ewell, he could also be considered an innocent character. Tom is a very honorable and moral character in the story, and therefore would be considered innocent. Boo Radley would also be thought of as an innocent character. The reason behind this thinking is that since he never leaves his house, never interacts with the townspeople, and has been a hermit all of his life, he hasn’t had the chance to be around the evil of the world yet. Even though there are all of these wholesome characters in the novel, the decisions of others greatly affect how they behave throughout the rest of the book.

In “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Atticus, the father of Jem and Jean, had taken the position on giving Jem and Jean valuable lessons on what they are in. One of those lessons, were Jem being a gentlemen; Atticus taught him by promptly going to Mrs. Dubose’s house and read for a month - after wrecking her garden -, Dubose died, as Atticus told Jem that she died minutes ago and said “she was a great lady,” Jem was confused about why call her a lady after disrespecting him; besides the main idea, the main theme Atticus showed Jem to be a gentle, or otherwise, accept the human dignity; the respect to the human race; to respect in Maycomb County. Therefore, Atticus has the capability of being a good father to Jem and Jean.

Many people, especially children, judge others too quickly by their looks, gender, race, etc. . But they should soon learn that you have to know them well in order to fairly judge them. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates the idea that one can not judge another until one has walked around in one's shoes, therefore resulting in the knowledge and understanding of others. Mrs. Dubose, Boo Radley and the black community are three examples of how Atticus’s lesson, “don’t judge someone until you walk around in their shoes,” is true.

“To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is about Scout ( A naive narrator) who tells the story of her early childhood. This includes the story of a court case and about so told notorious icon. This book takes place in the 1930s in an old town called Maycomb, this town was nothing but perfect as it has a strong degree of judgment on appearance and what people were said to be. Through reading this book you'll understand not to judge people by their appearance, what they were said to be(rumor) or what they have done(action).You need to know them well before making assumptions about them. You might not know who they truly are unless you socialize with them for a while, judging people based on appearance or what they are said to be can impact the person who's being judged in big ways.Tom Robinson, Atticus and Arthur “Boo” Radley were all victims of judgment because of their appearance ,what people said about them or what they have done in the past or present.