“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes” (Charles Spurgeon). To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a first person narrative recounting two years in the life of Scout Finch. The novel is about the personal growth, social justice, injustice and friendship. The core of the novel is the essentially concerned with the problems of prejudice and cultural bias in the 1930s. In life, everyone learns to walk in someone’s shoes before judging them. Mrs.Dubose and Jem learn to walk in each other shoes. Mrs. Dubose says rude stuff about Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father. Which only makes Jem furious and he destroys her flowers. “Jem, she’s old and ill. You can’t hold her responsible for what she says or does”
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fictional novel about a young girl named Scout Finch. The story revolves around Scout and her family as they face prejudice and discrimination in Maycomb County. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is an innocent girl who hasn't come into contact with the evils of the world. At the end of the novel, Scout develops with understanding of that good always wins over evil no longer is always true. The events Scout saw made her knowledgable and aware of the human nature around her to mature with understanding of the world.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a coming of age story of two young children, Scout and Jem Finch, who learn how to live in the prejudiced society of the fictional town, Maycomb, Alabama. Many characters are involved in helping Scout and Jem learn important lessons and mature, whether it is by mouth or through actions. They learn how to be more gentleman and ladylike, they learn that people are sometimes cruel and ignorant, but most importantly, they learn to look at people with more than one perspective. Harper Lee uses the characters Atticus, Dolphus Raymond, and Boo Radley, to show the idea that one cannot fully understand another person until he or she walks in that person's shoes.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a novel that explores the theme of courage throughout key events and through character. The novel is narrated by Jen-Louise Finch over a two year period revolving mainly around the trial of Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee tells of a story of Jean Louise Finch, who goes by the name of Scout, living in the southern town of Maycomb county in Alabama. She describes her life chasing after Arthur “Boo” Radley and her summers accompanied with Dill and her brother, Jem. The town peacefulness changes by a crisis because a trial of a black man, Tom Robinson, against the word of white people but are known as “trash”, Mr. Ewell and Mayella Ewell. By including Ms. Dubose’s addiction, the Ewells’ crimes and Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s eccentricity, Lee suggests the complexities of life, demonstrating the idea that bigotry often overshadows empathy, but goodness usually prevails. By incorporating Ms. Dubose’s narrow-mindedness and her personal
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a multi-faceted novel which explores the principles and morals of people in the South during the 1930s. Mockingbirds are symbolic of the people that society abuse. Lee narrates the events of the novel using Scout’s voice and uses this technique to add emotional context and develop themes. Themes of racial and classist prejudice are developed by Lee to challenge the reader. These techniques are all powerful ways to alter the views of the reader.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a beautiful story depicting a family living in the South of the 1930’s, and their struggle against the prejudice which was common to that time. The book centers on Atticus Finch, the father of the family as well as a lawyer, and his fight against prejudice. We see the story unfold through the innocent eyes of his young daughter, Scout, who is free from prejudice and not yet jaded. By viewing events as Scout sees them, the author shows us how to overcome prejudices, and gain tolerance.
Mrs. Dubose is a cruel verbally malicious old woman who was despised by everyone in the neighborhood. When she glanced at the Jem, Jem “would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding” the Jem’s behavior (99). The children, Jem and Scout, are instructed by Atticus to discount what is said, but eventually Jem breaks down and eradicates Mrs. Dubose’s flowers showing that Jem could not fulfill his father’s aspiration for him based on animosity found in the words of Mrs. Dubose.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not only an edifying book about the immorality of racism and prejudice but also a coming-of-age novel. Over the course of the novel, Scout Finch, the protagonist, matures from a critical, disparaging child, to a considerate, respectful lady. She learns to look beyond the common preconceptions about others and realize that everyone is human and therefore deserves a basic level of respect. Through her experiences with Walter Cunningham and Arthur “Boo” Radley, Scout learns that instead of judging others, she should respect them as human beings.
Scout, is the youngest member of the Finch family, who changes throughout the story due to her maturement, family, and experiences. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set in the 1930s in the Southern U.S. The book addresses mature topics such as, social class based on family history and racial injustice. The book is written from Scout’s perspective, we see issues surrounding her life from a child's view, this gives us a better understanding of what she can comprehend. As a child living in Maycomb County, and her father, Atticus, being the best lawyer around, Scout is exposed to more social issues than others her age.
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book following the life of a young girl named Scout and her many adventures through her eyes. Set in the 1930s in the state of Alabama, this book portrays how she navigates the world from her own view and learns many life lessons about injustice, inequality, and loyalty. One of these lessons comes from Atticus, Scout’s father, about real courage. As Atticus describes courage, he says, “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes, you do.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a highly successful, awe inspiring novel written by Harper Lee. It guides the reader through the complex structures of the small town mentality in 1930’s America, which is all written through the mainly objective perspective of a young girl named Scout. The major draw factor of this novel is the eloquent yet sometimes brutally upfront way in which it portrays not only racism, but the theme of appearances versus reality too. The choices Harper Lee made in terms of setting, character choice, and language technique cleverly influenced my reactions to the latter theme.
“You never know a man until you put on his shoes and walk around in them,” Atticus Finch said in to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic story about the struggle for racial equality. It is set in Alabama in the 1930’s and tells the story of a single father Atticus Finch who is raising two children, Jem and Scout. Atticus is an attorney who is firm in his desire to teach his children not to see the color of a person’s skin. Atticus is a strong, consistent character who shows morality and tremendous wisdom while seeking justice for others throughout the story.
"A story should have the sound of a person talking" means that the narrator of the story should be someone who can perceive in first person what it is passing through in the story, and by that, transmiting all these aspects appropately in order to make it interesting and fascinating. With these stories, there is also a connection between the author and the stories, basically because the stories have the style of a firt-person narrative. In the "guests of nation" story, the narrator is Bonaparte. When I started reading it, I perceived that the narrator was going to be relevant on it. There are some stories in which the narrator is someone who only tells the story, but he is not very involved on it. However, this narrator is one of the characters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has become a mainstay in American high-schools. This is a classic novel that has inspired many people of all ages. It had a big impact on how people viewed and treated each other. This is a story that teaches everyone about the value of honesty, love, friendship and trust. Every word written in this book has a truly deep meaning to it. The time period that the book was written in was during the Great Depression in the 1930’s. This setting was in a small town in Maycomb, Alabama with people who did not get along. During this time there was a lot of segregation within America and different races. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a family who believes in doing the right thing and being honest. There was a
The book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a story of life in an Alabama town in the 30's. The narrator, Jean Louise Finch, or Scout, is writing of a time when she was young, and the book is in part the record of a childhood, believed to be Harper Lee’s, the author of the book..