Harper Lee 's Kill A Mocking Bird

Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is set in a small, southern town, Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The story is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout about her father, Atticus, an attorney who strives to prove the innocence of a black man named Tom Robinson, who was accused of rape and Boo Radley, an enigmatic neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. Atticus does his job in proving there was no way that Tom Robinson was guilty during his trial, but despite Tom Robinson’s obvious innocence, he is convicted of rape as it is his word against a white woman’s. Believing a “black man’s word” seemed absurd as segregation was a very integrated part of life in the south. The social hierarchy must be maintained at all costs and if something in the system should testify the innocence of a black man against a white woman’s word and win then what might happen next? Along with the prejudice amongst blacks and whites, the story also showed how people could be misunderstood for who they truly are such as Boo Radley. Without ever seeing Boo, Jem and the townsfolk made wild assumptions on what Boo does or looks like. Even so, while “To Kill a Mockingbird” shows the ugliness that can come from judging others, its ultimate message is that great good can result when one defers judgement until considering things from another person’s view. Walter Cunningham, Mrs. Dubose, and Boo Radley are all examples of how looking at things

In To Kill a Mockingbird by harper Lee, The story of a southern life in Maycomb during the mid-1930s you begin an exploration of human morality. Each character has morals on how to treat some one of the other race. Atticus and Bob Ewell are two characters with contrasting morals. Tom Robertson an African American male is court between both of them and is dependent the towns social morals in a court case.

“If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor in Africa and America. Play up before the Negro, then, his crimes and shortcomings. Let him learn to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton. Lead the Negro to detest the man of African blood--to hate

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses on many themes but courage is mostly shown in the novel. In the novel, there are many examples where the characters have shown courage even when he/she knows that he/she is going to lose it. Atticus Finch is a great example of showing courage in the novel. He shows great courage because he defends a black man even though he knows he is going to lose the case. Another example of showing courage is Mrs. Dubose. She shows courage because she wants to break her morphine addiction even though she knows she is going to die. Boo Radley also shows courage in the novel when he comes out of isolation in order to save the children even though he knows he might be hurt into the spotlight. These three characters are the most important characters that will be featured about showing courage from the novel.

To Kill a Mockingbird is an acclaimed novel written by Harper Lee. Within the novel, Lee portrays the thematic idea of prejudice and injustice against African Americans in the South during the 1930s. A character in the novel, Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of committing a treacherous and horrendous crime . However, Robinson is innocent but due to the town’s prejudice against African Americans, he is convicted of the crime anyway. The town’s bigotry towards people of another skin color allows them to accept the injustice dealt to Robinson. Through Bob Ewell’s dialogue during the trial, Lee illustrate the prejudice through and the injustice toward African Americans, that runs rampant in the fictional town of Maycomb in To Kill a Mockingbird.

“The Negro’s lower scholastic showing springs not from racial default, but from being deprived of cultural and educational advantages by the whites. When the segregationist argues that the Negro is scholastically inferior, he presents the most eloquent possible argument for desegregated schools; he admits that no long as the Negro is kept in tenth-rate schools he will remain scholastically behind white children” (Griffin 115). In this excerpt he writes about the crucially deprived education from the African Americans. The white men judged them for no reason other than their darker skin, it was the white man’s only reason to deny them

Finally, Harper Lee uses characterization to show that Tom Robinson is the same as everyone else, even though he is black. Using characterization, Harper Lee originally builds Tom Robinson to be an evil rapist. For example, in the middle of the novel, Calpurnia tells Scout that “Old Bob Ewell accused [Tom Robinson] of rapin’ his girl an’ had him arrested…” (124). This sentence is misleading, for it implies to the reader that Tom actually did rape a girl, which is viewed with feelings of disgust and anger. During the trial, however, it is revealed that Tom did not rape anyone, but people still believed he did although there was substantial evidence proving his innocence. This is important to the book and real life

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama in the late 30s early 40s , after the great depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread throughout the United States. Why is the preconception of racism, discrimination, and antagonism so highly related to some of the characters in this book? People often have a preconceived idea or are biased about one’s decision to live, dress, or talk. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee examines the preconception of Scouts teacher saying Atticus is teaching her wrong, Aunt Alexandra having views that are discriminating, and Tom Robinson not having a fair trial because of his race. Scouts teacher gets upset with her after Miss Caroline figures out she’s literate and Scout makes it worse by antagonising Miss Caroline by trying to explain things to her. “Teach me?” I said in surprise. “He hasn 't taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain 't got time to teach me anything”… “If he didn 't teach you, who did?” Miss Caroline asked good-naturedly. “Somebody did. You weren 't born reading The Mobile Register”… Miss Caroline apparently though I was lying. “Lets not let our imaginations run away with us, dear,” she said. “Now tell your father not to teach you any more. Its best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him i 'll take over from here and try to undo the damage.” “ma’am?” “Your father does not know how to teach. you can have a seat now.” (Lee 22) Scout 's teacher Miss Caroline

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a classic authored by Harper Lee which takes place in Alabama during the depression. It is narrated by a six-year-old girl named Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch. The plot primarily revolves around everyday life in the community of Maycomb, focusing on Atticus Finch’s family and the challenges they encounter, including defending an African American in court. Throughout the novel, the community of Maycomb experiences significant change although there are those who hold steadfast to their convictions and habits. Perceptions of others, like Arthur Radley and Dolphus Raymond, are altered in the eyes of certain characters as they are exposed to other facets of the characters’ lives or personalities. Others, like Aunt Alexandra and Cecil Jacobs, undergo a certain level of maturity which significantly improves the way they interact with others. However, there are certain individuals within the community that do not experience a transformation and the community as a whole continue to maintain their racist views.

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by harper lee, the setting is based on a little town, Maycomb, as scout grows up she sees the changes in her society, role of women, and courage. Scout learns more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the discrimination between the blacks and the whites. Scout hears a lot about Boo Radley but never sees him. She knows how her society is bad from the day Tom Robinson’s trial and from all the rumours that were made of Boo Radley.

[7:17:28 PM] David | Meaty: Throughout history and especially in the 1900’s, the southern areas of the United States have possessed a prejudiced hate against various groups. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town called Maycomb and is based in the heart of discrimination. Racism is a key aspect of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, because the entire storyline revolves around it. Racism is revealed in this novel through the continuous use of the word “Nigger” that is used in a discriminatory way against the coloured people of Maycomb. Also Racism is revealed in the Tom Robinson trial in which Atticus chose to defend Tom because there was no reason he shouldn’t, other than for inequitable reasons. Gender

The Character Evolution of Three Youngsters “We don’t grow when things are easy; we grow when we face challenges” (Joyce Meyer). As the story progresses, Jem and Scout stumble upon many challenges, that help them develop into maturity The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, evolves around the three main characters; Atticus Finch, an attorney, Scout Finch, and Jem Finch. This novel takes place in the southern Alabama, where racism has already taken its toll. Atticus Finch takes action towards racism by defending Tom Robinson, a poor African American falsely accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell. As the story progresses, Jem and Scout, along with their friend Dill, stumble upon many challenges that help them develop into maturity.

d Scout and patted her with a ruler in front of all the students in the class. After that, Jem sympathized with Walter and grinned at him. "Come on home to dinner with us, Walter," said Jem. "We 'd be glad to have you" (Lee 30). Eventually, Scout learned how to respect others and not judge them before she looks at things from the other person 's point of view as Atticus told her, "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"(Lee 39). In the meantime, since Atticus was a lawyer, he accepted to defend Tom Robinson, who was a black man accused of raping, Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Regardless of what the people in the town thought about Atticus defending a Negro, Atticus and his children endured a great deal of playground and ugliness for the justice. In the end of the trial, the white jury arbitrated that Tom Robinson was guilty regardless of the overwhelming evidence on his innocence. Eventually, Robinson was killed by a gunshot when he tried to escape from the prison.

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in a small town in Alabama. She was the youngest of four children and grew up a tomboy. Her father was a lawyer and participated in state legislature, while her mother suffered from a mental illness and rarely left the house. In her twenties, Lee moved to New York City to pursue her career of becoming a writer. She made some friends who offered to let her live with them for a year so she could focus solely on her writing. During this time, she was introduced to a publisher and wrote her award winning To Kill a Mockingbird which is the book that precedes Go Set a Watchman. Even though To Kill a Mockingbird was published first, she wrote Go Set a Watchman first. The editor told Lee to make the main character younger. After working it for a couple years, To Kill a Mockingbird was published.

Harper Lee is an American Author because Lee was born in America, the book was written in America, and the story takes place in Alabama.