Goodbye To Classic Research Paper

Many schools are taking books out of their curriculum because of the harsh and uncomfortable language and topics. The Biloxi School District had taken To Kill A Mockingbird out of their classrooms and Drake High School had even burned all copies of Slaughterhouse -Five. It is wrong that schools began taking books like that from their lesson plan because students should not be oblivious to these kinds of topics and it is sending the wrong message about the authors and their books.

Throughout all of time, literature has played an important role in people’s lives. Books are more than just stories to laugh at, cry with, or fall asleep to, but books can teach. Books can teach a person a simple task such as baking cookies or an extremely complex one such as solving for the derivative of a trigonometric path and its parabolic motion. Whatever the subject, whomever the reader, books can teach people many lessons. One of the most important lessons that a book can teach a reader is a lesson about himself, about the difficulties of life, and about living a good life. As time has passed, so has literature itself. Older books focused on historical events, fictional poetry, and important figures; however, books now have evolved to

In To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses many techniques to get to her goal of setting multiple themes. In her book she creates many themes--two of which are growing up and good and evil. To create these themes Harper Lee uses metaphors, symbolism, and tone.

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee uses symbolism to help the reader perceive the book. Throughout the book there are various symbols like the Mockingbird to demonstrate how even in the 1950’s there was still racism and segregation. In this novel the author uses characterization to grasp the reader's attention about what was happening.

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird the idea of the mockingbird reoccurs throughout the story. The mockingbird symbol plays an important role in the book and has multiple underlying meanings and connection in the book. The title of the book does not connect to what happens in the book as much as the actual mockingbird itself and what it stands for. The mockingbird os extremely symbolic to the story and plays an important role in having a better understanding to the book.

In the article “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” (1999), Francine Prose asserts that high school English teachers are teaching classic novels so insultingly that their students actually end up loathing reading altogether. Prose supports her assertion by asking what it even means to be educated, informing the reader that the same boring novels are still being taught in classrooms twenty years later, and explaining how teaching methods have plummeted to the point where every teacher has their students relate experiences back to themselves. The author’s purpose is to question whether English classes are even needed anymore in order to not only understand but to enjoy classic literature. The author writes in a contemptuous tone towards parents

Harper Lee uses symbolism in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, to convey the cruelty and aggression in a community fighting racism. Also, the use of symbols throughout the book assists the reader in understanding the meaning of the title, To Kill a Mockingbird. One symbol in the novel is “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…, That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (103). The symbol, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, means that the innocence of someone has been taken away and that it’s a sin to do such a thing.

No matter what book people read, there will always be symbols that play roles all throughout the book. Most of the time, the symbols are small, underlying things that aren’t noticeable in the story unless you go back and analyze the book. However, there is one novel where the symbol is so big, that it is almost impossible to read the book without seeing the symbol. Not only is the symbol in the title and mentioned several times in the novel, but the symbol also takes the form of three of the characters in the book. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays the symbolism of a Mockingbird through the characters of Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch.

The advancements of technology does have negative effects on active students and their schooling life. Countless students would rather watch Tv than read, However this doesn't mean reading is dying as their is an abundance of children that love reading novels. Nonetheless classics do not pose much of an intrest to teenages as they would

How has Harper Lee used symbolism to contribute to your understanding of the main ideas in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

Authors use symbolism to allow the reader to interpret the story. Scott F. Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby used symbolism to convey the theme throughout the novel. Without this symbolism, the theme would have been less prominent. The symbols such as the green light, Gatsby's shirts, and the Valley of Ashes all support that the novel reflects the American dream in the 1920s.

    In To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, themes and central ideas of the novel are emphasized by subtle symbols. Symbols shown throughout the novel not only represent concrete objects but also ideas, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes of the characters. Some symbols even represent more than one thing. Lee's recurring use of symbols contribute to the underlying themes and ideas of the novel. Lee's unusual title is a symbol itself and it keeps the reader in anticipation while waiting for a mockingbird to enter the story. Symbols contribute to literature by causing the reader to examine the piece of work and look for meanings other than the literal one. In To Kill a

In Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper uses many literary elements to grab the attention of the readers. Many of these literary elements help contribute to the point of coming of age as well; these apply to the book but can go with the movie. Some of the literary elements are also used to show the way African-Americans were treated near the 1900’s era and to show how accustomed people were to racism.

To Kill a Mockingbird is filled with wild symbolism and many secrets still yet unfolded. Symbolism is using a concrete object that means one thing and using it to represent ideas or qualities. A mockingbird is a bird that does nothing but pleases us. They sing their hearts out for us. They don’t roost in corncribs or eat up your plants; mockingbirds are here to please us. Atticus had once said this and it turns out to be true. The reason this is like symbolism is because people can be like mockingbirds too. They can do nothing but please us and that is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.

In the minds of many, if a book is widely read in the public education system it’s a classic. But it takes more than mandatory reading for a book to be a classic. A classic must have moments of difficulty where right and wrong aren’t clearly defined, thus the reader is forced to make a decision on what constitutes as morality. When a book contains such moments it forces the reader to think deeply. We want a book that can be analyzed many times, each time revealing new insights for the reader. Yet, this cannot be achieved unless the book is relevant and relatable not just for the generation for which it was written but many generations afterwards. When reader is analyzing relatable and relevant text, it cannot be dismissed as just another book