To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Harper Lee. The story is told from Lee’s main character Jean Louise Finch’s perspective. Jean Louise nicknamed Scout retells the story as an adult, recalling her 3 year journey starting at 6 years old. Throughout the plot, we experience Scout, her brother Jem, and Scout’s best friend Dill witness the case of Tom Robinson. He was a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. During their adventures Scout, Jem, and Dill also try to meet their mysterious neighbor Arthur (Boo) Radley.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” I appreciated how the story is told. In the book, Scout is the narrator and is focused on her perspective as she grows up. Because of how Scout tells the story we the reader can see how she matures over the course of the book. This also helps us recognize the atmosphere of prejudice and hate most have for blacks in Maycomb the town in which they live. Scout and Jem also witness the good example of their father Arthur. In the
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Every individual is different and very real sounding. Lee developed rich characters that we can relate to and see in our own lives. For example, Bob Ewell is everyones’ least favorite character because of the hate you feel in his personality. Another example is Mrs. Dubose. Jem “cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned” (103 Lee). She was a mean and nasty old woman, who picked on the children and made bad remarks about their father. However, from a different perspective there is something good about her, because she is fighting against a challenge, her morphine addiction. She could have died without all of the agony, but chose not to. She wanted to fight her addiction, and she was a finer woman who was more respected when she died. These types of sides to people is a great detail since most books do not implement it. This is by far my favorite trait of the
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is a story that tells of two children, Jem and Scout, growing up in the times of discrimination, depression, and racism. All throughout the novel, Scout tells about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney, defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. The semi-autobiographical novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses the characterization of Atticus to show equality and reveals that no one should judge people without knowing their 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.
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.
A mother of a gay student that faced bullying stated in an article, that anyone who has “‘’hate in their hearts’” should accept people with differences because they are “‘going to be who they are’” (James, Boy Assaults Gay Student as Cellphone Captures Attack). In a perfect society, everyone would accept each other and not judge others based on appearance or social status. However, today many people still face the problem of acceptance. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, illustrates how others can learn to be accepting from the characters in the novel. Scout leaves her naïve childhood behind and changes to into an accepting young adult through
To Kill a Mockingbird by Nelle Harper Lee, was narrated by six-year-old Jean Louise (Scout) Finch and is influenced by her young age. Harper Lee created a book about deep topics and lightened them through Scout’s childhood memories. The book describes a racist situation through the eyes of a child, and Scout’s journey to see right from wrong. Scout sees throughout the story that African Americans deserve freedom as much as anyone. The book is affected by its narrator’s age because of its innocence, Scouts ignorance, and the adult ideas put into a child's life.
The transition from innocence to experience is a major theme in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, The character of Scout, on particular, portrays this theme exceptionally well. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is an innocent, good-hearted five-year-old child who has no experience with the evils of the world, as the novel progresses, Scout has her first contact with evil and she begins to mature. By the end of the novel her persperctive on people changed from that of a child to that of a grown-up.
Children are selfish, obnoxious and immature when a teenagers are with them. But Scout Finch is the one exception. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch is a six year old girl who lives with her brother Jem and her father Atticus in Maycomb, Alabama around the 1930’s. At the beginning of the book Scout is an “ordinary” child who does normal immature things with her older brother.
"Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold it in, the better off everybody would be. " (Lee, 85) Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, stands out in the prim and proper southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Over the course of the novel, Scout's life experiences, good or bad, shape and mature her into a sophisticated young lady. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the first few lines of dialogue indicate that Scout is extremely intelligent.
“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 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.
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. The main Idea of the book is really just about a girl and her coming of age story. The main characters are Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Boo Radley, Dill Harris, Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, and Nathan Radley. Scout plays narrator and protagonist of the novel. Atticus finch is Jem’s and Scout’s father, and with his strong held convictions, wisdom, and empathy, Atticus functions as the moral backbone of the novel.
Scout is a young girl who’s growing and trying to understand the world around her. Growing up can be difficult when the community around her are discriminating and providing a hostile environment for a child. The influential decisions made the people are taken into consideration of how the child is influenced. Scout is an exception to this belief because she has a guardian that's highly respected and influential to scout. This is shown as a positive influence that contrast the highly racial discrimination in Maycomb.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fictitious novel. The story is about Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch and her brother Jem as they grow both physically and psychologically. Throughout their childhood, the kids intrigued by their mysterious and elusive neighbor, Boo Radley who does not conform to Maycomb’s beliefs. The kids also begin to learn about the prejudice in Maycomb through the trial of a black man, Tom Robinson. Throughout the novel, Lee introduces the theme of the mockingbird which revolves around the idea of the eradication of innocence.
Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel takes place during the depression in Alabama with the main character, Scout, viewing her lawyer father, Atticus, defending a wrongly accused black man of rape. The reader gets to understand Scout’s childhood view of this controversial situation. Scout’s character in to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is really the author’s own life playing out in the novel, which is most likely why this novel is thought to be one of the best American Novels of the 20th century.
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.