Important Events In To Kill A Mockingbird

In 'To Kill a Mockingbird' many morals about the themes in the novel are portrayed through different issues and events. The major themes are appearance vs. reality courage, maturity and prejudice. Each of these themes has an event in the novel that help the reader understand its message.

On a chilly winter morning, Atticus rushed a tired Jem and Scout into clothing and out of their beds. He told them there was a fire in Miss Maudie’s house and they should stand in front of the Radley house where it was safe. They saw the flames engulfing Miss Maudie’s house and ran down the street to the Radley’s house. Watching the events unfold, Scout said to herself, “…I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie’s heavy oak rocking chair, and thought it sensible of him to save what she valued most” (71). She was proud that Atticus thought to save Miss Maudie most prized possession. As members of the community we're pulling furniture out of the house, Dick went to the top and threw furniture out on a mattress. As the flames rose and tore down the stairs,

The chants grow louder, "Dayne, Dayne, Dayne", its 4'Th and goal, the Badgers trail Michigan by 5 with six seconds left. The winner takes home the title as the 1999 National champions. The ball is snapped, Bollinger drops back, fakes the pass, and pitches it to Dayne. He dodges a tackle, bounces off 2 blue jerseys, and stumbles in the end-zone for the game winning TD. Dayne's hard work and perseverance "paid off" and led Wisconsin to a victory.

Lee implies that people learn lessons through life experiences that school can ever teach. Throughout this novel, Atticus taught his kids many lessons that was hard for them to hear at times, but it later on helped them in the story. Or it helped them grow up and mature. On page 40 of To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus was explaining to Scout that Miss.Caroline was new and didn’t know anyone, and she especially didn’t know the Cunningham’s story, Atticus states, “Atticus said… but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part” (40). This quote by Atticus is meant to explain to Scout that Miss. Caroline just made an honest human mistake. He tried to get Scout to realize that if he put herself in Miss.Caroline’s shoes then she might better understand the confusion. Obviously you can’t really be in her shoes, but he said it figuratively to show her why it was important to give her another chance, or at least try to be nice and listen. Atticus taught this to Scout at home later on that night. At her school after that she tried to just get by in her class. Lee also shows mainly throughout that the school system doesn’t help when it comes to teaching children life lessons. As shown in the earlier quote Atticus, had told Scout to jump in Walter’s shoes, and walk around in it. This other quote shows how Scout actually takes into consideration of Atticus’ words, and chooses to not bother Jem because she tried to imagine what it had

Chapter 1 begins as a flashback told by the main character and narrator, a young girl named Scout. This retelling of the story continues through the entire book. the author of this novel, Harper Lee, characterizes scout the narrator as an intelligent tomboy who is not so sure she wants to deal with the Radleys. Scout always hung around her older brother Jem and Dill, a boy who visited Maycomb every summer. She was always up for whatever they did and really did not like it when they called her girly. Dill became fascinated with the Radleys and their mysteriously hidden son Boo. Scout urged Dill to let the Radleys keep to themselves, but her harassing of Dill did nothing. Even though Scout is a clever girl, Lee makes it obvious that Scout still

On the way home from the Halloween pageant, Scout and Jem were attacked by Bob Ewell. As he was about to stab Scout, Boo Radley stepped in and ended up killing Bob and saving the kids. I believe that this is the most significant occurrence in the book. It shows how evil certain people in the world can be even when there is not a need to be. Bob Ewell wanted to kill Scout and Jem due to the fact that Atticus, their father, had defended Tom in court. He was willing to kill Atticus’ kids even though they were children and weren’t involved in the trial. This occurrence is also significant because it shows that sometimes even the least obvious people can be there for you when you are in need of help. Boo Radley was a shy man who was never seen leaving his house. On that one night when Scout and Jem where in need of help, he was there to save them. (Lee

Throughout most novels, characters encounter obstacles or events that once faced change their lives for the better or worse. In this book, that obstacle is racism. This is evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird when ... ____________________. Due to... ____________________. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Dolphus Raymond, Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell each encounter racism in different ways; however, they all suffer as a result.

Atticus Hill cherished and fostered his role as the bad boy in the family. He always dressed in all black, rode a Harley, and had long, shaggy black hair. But now that all his brothers had found their Mr. Right he thought maybe, at age thirty-nine, it was time to look around for a partner. He thought the drummer at the gay bar was sexy, so headed off there to check him out.

For example on page 118-120, Scout and Jem attend Calpurnia's church service. Being white children in a black church, Scout and Jem further stand out. “Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our in. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?” “...When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people. One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "Mister Jem," he said, "we're mighty glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula, she's contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty ways—we're mighty glad to have you all." page 119. This is the first occasion that Scout and Jem encounter racism first-hand. Jem and Scout feel as if they're the objects of somebody else's racism, which place them in a rare position. Henceforth, Scout and Jem understand that no matter what they do or how persistent they are, they will still be dealt like a superior of the black community and they see this owing to perspective. Scout and Jem noticed the black community of Maycomb County’s of view by being the minority in the black church. Scout and Jem obtain the gist of how the black community feels, but they yet never actually will feel exactly how the black community feels. Thanks to changing their

In order to make a story thoughtful and more alive, authors often make references to other existing literature or historical event. These references within text is called ‘intersexuallity’. This often enriches the reader’s experience and appreciation, and provides a deeper meaning to the text. This effect can be clearly seen in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, with her use of historical events, people’s ideas and behavior at the time, and as well as child’s growing up process.

In this week’s section section of To Kill A Mockingbird our mystery man who killed Mr. Robert E. Lee Ewell is not valued. I think this because Atticus try the suspects in court for murder. Instead of just appreciating that his kids are okay. For example in the text it says, “It’ll come before county court...it was clear cut self defense, but I’ll have to go to the office and hunt up.(365)” This proves the mystery man who killed Mr. Bob Ewell is not valued. This is because Atticus tried to put the suspects on trial for self defense. The mystery man was just trying to help Scout and Jem. So if Mr. Bob Ewell got killed in the process from self defense then maybe he shouldn’t have been beating up on them. Also Jem and Scout were trying to

The historical events that influenced and inspired Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird are the Scottsboro boy’s trials, the Emmitt Till case, and the Ku Klux Klan. Racism, segregation, and death are all events that occurred and similar in many ways. In our history there have been many acts of segregation against blacks. There were many fights and murders because of racism against blacks, like the Emmitt Till case. Emmitt was accused of flirting with a white woman therefore he was kidnapped, beaten, and killed a few years later. Also in our history there were the many cases against blacks that had been wrongly accused of crimes and they had to deal with racism and non-fair trials. In addition, there were many historical events that may

Ava Williams Ms. Box Block: 3 27 Oct. 2017 Historical Events in To Kill A Mockingbird The Great Depression, a time of fret and panic. Men hustling throughout town, doing anything in their will to find a job to support their families. The Depression was an enormous downfall for the United States during the early 1930’s.

General Statement: Some people believe that everyone’s destiny is already written in the stars, while others believe that everything that happens to a person is based on their previous actions. One of Shakespeare’s famous plays, Macbeth demonstrates the tragic downfall of the main character (Macbeth). The play contains many supernatural aspects. An ongoing debate is whether or not Macbeth’s downfall is the result of fate or freewill. Although a lot of things interfere with Macbeths decision making, ultimately Macbeth is responsible for his ignorant actions, that lead up to his death. Fate cannot be put to blame.

The use of events in novels from history is not uncommon. Harper Lee does this in her historical fiction novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. The setting of the book is the 1930s, because this was an important decade of change for America. Harper Lee utilized cultural parallels between important historical events and ideas in To Kill A Mockingbird to show the hardships of the 1930s that influenced corruption of the human mindset.