symbolism, character vocabulary, and setting, as representation of the deprivation of the four key points of social justice; equity, equality, freedom, and human rights, the author, Harper Lee, positions the reader of To Kill A Mockingbird to question what is ethically right or wrong according to personal values and how they are contrasted or contradicted by persons according to the race of others. This illuminates the complexities associated with racism and positions the reader towards re-evaluating
that, “Living in a small town…is like living in a large family of rather uncongenial relations. Sometimes it’s fun and sometimes it’s perfectly awful, but it’s always good for you.” In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses a stereotypical small town, Maycomb, Alabama to show that living in a small settlement means that everyone knows everyone else’s business, which can bring the community tremendously close together. Through Lee’s protagonist, narrator Scout Finch, Lee is able to flashback to Scout’s
not something someone is born with. In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, characters are affected by bigoted and reprehensible people in the town of Maycomb. Characters are affected by racial injustice which decisively causes the town to question themselves into what is honorable. Throughout the novel, a young girl, Jean Louise Finch, question herself what it means to be feminine, due to the expectations have given from the town and people she holds dear. All through the novel, the author signals
In Harper Lee’s famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” she uses many elements of fiction to provide a clearer description for the readers to understand the themes better. The main theme of the novel is the distinction of good and evil in the morals of human nature. Lee uses the elements of setting, point of view, symbolism, and conflict to help her develop the storyline of the novel. The story is in the point of view of the main character, Scout Finch. The basic summary of the story is that Scout
There are many words to describe the 1930s, but equality was not one of them. From the persecution of black people to the stock market crash of 1929 that signaled the Great Depression, inequality permeated everything. The 30s might have possibly been the worst years in US history. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, she uncovers all the hardships that existed during the time period. The story takes place in Maycomb, a small town in Alabama, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl
perspectives are ideas thoroughly developed in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This is achieved through the use of language techniques, particularly the use of symbolism and descriptive language. Lee explores the nature of society itself and unflinchingly exposes the rampant institutionalised and societal racism prevalent the 1930’s American South. The fact that the novel was written during the 1950’s civil rights movement is significant. Lee warns the reader of the poisonous nature of unchecked
Discrimination and perspective are ideas thoroughly developed in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” through the use of language techniques, particularly the use of symbolism and descriptive language. Lee explores the nature of society itself and unflinchingly exposes the rampant institutionalised and societal racism prevalent the 1930’s American South. The fact that the novel was written during the 1950’s civil rights movement is significant. Lee warns the reader of the poisonous nature of unchecked prejudice
biased.” The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of a small town, Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. We follow the story of two kids, Jem and Scout Finch. Jem and Scout and the kids of Atticus, who is a lawyer in town and is on Tom Robinson's case, he is a black man that is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Their eyes are opened when they see the true side of everyone in their town as they talk and listen to everything in Maycomb has to say about someone, or something
Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill A MockingBird, builds an argument on how the jury in Maycomb court can acquit Tom Robinson, an African American who is the defendant in the court case; he has been accused of raping a white woman. She builds an argument through the character of Atticus. Maycomb is a town with racism and Atticus, a lawyer from Maycomb, defends Tom Robinson in the court. Harper Lee uses convincing elements, clear facts, and she arouses negative feelings from jury to support her argument
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become,” said C.S. Lewis, noted author. This quote, to me, is the most appropriate description of the importance of literature in our lives. Literature reminds us of stories, epics, sacred scriptures and classical works of the ancient and modern times, in which the book To Kill a Mockingbird