Have you ever felt like you wee never afraid to speak your mind? That is what Jean Louise Finch(Scout) felt like throughout this book. It is full of old things that Scout has missed out on, and worse things yet to come. Go Set a watchman was written by the now deceased Harper Lee. This book shows what the south is all about: money and drama.
The setting of this book is Alabama. It is mainly the town we know and love called Maycomb. The time period is the 1950's. The town has changed a lot from her childhood home being torn apart to Finch's Landing being sold to a hunting club. i believe Lee chose this sort of setting to show what the south was really like during this time period, considering she based this book off of her experiences.
The main character of this book was the girl who never seemed to get out of old habits that we love, Jean
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Lee gives this message off by showing that these situations actually do happen in real life and it not your regular fiction story. an example of this is when Jean Louise proves to attics that she has grown up and can fight for what she believes in. I think that Lee wanted to show people that life was harder than you think in that time period. Most people try to forget, but she kept it alive to remind us that we can't change history. This book was different than I expected to be. Since Harper lee did not have much say in this book being released, it was forced upon her and It was not as good as To Kill a Mockingbird. It did not hold my Interest as much as I thought it would. I have always enjoyed Lee's way of writing and I am glad she decided to switch the person up a bit from first to third. I would recommend this book to a friend only to read it and seeing what it is all about. i would do this only because I didn't like it very much as I mentioned before. I did enjoy reading it, but not necessarily the way I came to read
-This book is the sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird, which follows 26 year old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), home from New York to visit her father, Atticus. While visiting Scout discovers troubling truths from her past. This book would be a good choice for me because, when I read To Kill A Mockingbird in eighth grade I fell in love with the story.
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.
Her first effort, Go Set a Watchman, which followed the lives of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird was submitted to a publisher in 1957. When the book wasn't accepted, her editor asked her to revise the story and make her main character Scout a child. Lee worked on the story for two more years before eventually creating To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee's Go Set a Watchman was thought to be gone until it was discovered by her lawyer, T. Carter, in a safe deposit box. In February 2015, it was announced that Harper would publish the manuscript on July 14, 2015. With reports of 88-year-old Lee's faltering health, questions arose about whether the publication was the author's decision or not. Lee issued a statement through Carter: "I’m alive and kicking and happy as can be with the reactions to
Harper Lee is well known for her great contributions towards modern society through her astounding book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is read world-wide, in high schools and colleges because of its in-depth look at the social classes in the south during the 1930's. The book was influenced by society, in particular the social order of the south during her childhood. Lee grew up during this time of controversy which is why she writes so passionately about the topic. Lee wrote the novel to make a point about race while basing much of the plot off a trial from her young age, her own father, and the society she grew up in.
What Harper Lee set out to do was to have people rethink their opinions and choices on life and other people, trying to have them show empathy to try and have justice for the innocent people on earth, as she successfully set out to do this job as several people have changed their outlook on life and our society grew better as a
Harper Lee uses her characters to bring about empathy in an audience to bring about a deeper understanding of the world by helping people step out of social norms for their class, putting characters in others' shoes, and humanizing people and not mistreating them because of normalities. The boundaries within 1930s America that they are placed in is that there is not much kindness taken place to the lower classes.
Harper Lee has a number of characters that contribute to the novel and violent scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird, some that have meaning and some that do not. Some characters that appear often and some that have a minimal role in being seen in the novel, but the characters that do not appear often seem to have the biggest impact on the novel. There are three characters that are looked down on by society around them, one because of race and two because of their morals. Society disregarded these people simply because they were afraid that they could be like them and the unknown. Lee uses violence and alienation to help depict the things that are wrong within the small society.
Many would agree that Lee demonstrated her motifs extremely well. The motif of a mockingbird shows how innocent people get hurt at the fault of others. Courage is important because it shows the good in people and if you try you may be able to succeed, even if it's hard. Lastly, the motif of walking in someone else’s shoes shows how you can not fully understand someone and their actions until you see if from their point of view. Harper Lee uses these motifs with great skill to help show how human life is valuable and how you should respect
To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic story of growing up, racial discrimination, and symbolism. Harper Lee has written a story that has gone down in history and will never be forgotten. In To Kill A Mockingbird, a six-year-old girl Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout, narrates a story about her young life in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama. Her brother Jem Finch and friend Dill try to meet the secluded and mysterious neighbor. Meanwhile, her father, Atticus Finch is a lawyer that takes on a case in hopes of claiming the innocence of a young black man accused of rape. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses symbolism as a literary device to compare Tom Robinson and Boo Radley to a Mockingbird.
Unexpected and uncontrollable events have a way of creeping into people’s lives and causing a wave of emotions that will affect the way a person lives the rest of their life. In her award-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee address issues by looking at them through the eyes of a child. The story follows six-year-old Scout Finch as she grows up in Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. Harper Lee writes for several events throughout the book test Scouts morals in order to call attention to how interactions shape a person. By learning from others, Scout grows to understand the intricacies of the human relationship.
Throughout the Novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee shows readers that everyone has a different perspective and how a person’s perspective can change their personal beliefs. Lee wants readers to realize that everyone has a different perspective, and you should never judge a book by its
Lee’s novel combines issues going on in the real world, while constructing a story that can relate to the readers. Lee’s first novel made people think about how racism affects the world, and she instantly became a credible author. Lee was born in 1926, which makes her a primary source for the information on the racial outburst in the 1950s. In Lee’s first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she uses the quote, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird). This quote is arguably the most famous line from the novel, and it tests the readers to fight against racism. As an author during this time, Lee had the ability to educate the audience about the truth of what life was like in the south during this time, while offering a lovable and relatable story.
Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a study in the way people’s view of the world changes as they grow older. To Kill a Mockingbird is from the point of view of a six year old girl, Scout, the daughter of a lawyer. She is forced to grow up quickly when Atticus defends an innocent black man in the South, much to the dismay of most of the white citizens. Lee uses similes and personification in To Kill a Mockingbird to show the challenges and discoveries that children make while transitioning from a child to an adult.
To Kill a Mockingbird’s setting takes place during the 1930s in Maycomb County, Alabama. The author used this setting because many events of the story could not take place in the same way if told in another setting. The enormous families (such as the Ewells), the familiarity between neighbors, and the final confrontation of Mr. Ewell are all examples of parts of the story that could not take place in a large city today. The author also chose this setting because she modeled the setting after her childhood town. The memories of a real-life setting similar to the one in the book gave her insight as to how the setting should look, and she modeled her words after her memories. As my favorite author, D.J. Machale, has said, “…writers often ask me
Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches us to follow his ways. Scout, an innocent girl who teaches us what’s important in life. Tom Robinson, someone who is ostracized for being African American, can teach us the importance of equal treatment and awakens us to our surrounding society. Lee’s construction of characters gives us perspective to issues in our society today, how they still matter and what we can learn from the novel such as compassion, justice and understanding.