Summary Of The Book 'To Kill A Mockingbird' By Harper Lee

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses various different perspectives, all which play an important role in conveying her point to the reader. The dominant point of view is the first person perspective of Scout, a young girl from Alabama. By using an innocent child’s perspective, Harper Lee enables us to see things from other people’s point of view as well, and we get insights into the thoughts of people like her father, Atticus Finch, her brother, Jem Finch, and the local community of Maycomb. She does this by using the child’s view to listen in on conversations, get advice, hear the news and gossip. The novel is also written in the first person, enabling us to read Scout’s inner monologue about the things she hears

Additionally, another instance where the novel refers back to the theme of perspective occurs when Scout is standing on Boo Radley’s porch after accompanying him back to his residence. Scout turns to go back home, but the view of the neighborhood that she sees while “standing on the Radley porch was enough” for Scout to finally see the world from Boo Radley’s perspective, both literally and figuratively, and finally understands what Atticus meant

In the same way that people dress in unique styles, authors have their own unique writing; for example Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, is very fond of using juxtaposition and motif to develop sections of her novel. This preference shines through as she develops Scout’s character. Lee's use of her unique stylistic devices amplify the complexity of Scout’s character development throughout the novel.

Every writers show their idea or things that they want to say is reflect to the characters by their book. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee also used his characters to show a lot of different ideas and the things that he wants to tell people. He symbolized wise and morality person does not show off or say everything what they want to say, which characterize one of the character called Calpurnia who’s the houseworker of the speaker called Scout.

Within the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee uses a variety of literary devices. The author uses literary devices to make a connection with the reader and so they can understand it from different perspectives. Literary devices used in the story help make it interesting so the reader wants to read the book. It may also cause the reader to think about what is actually happening. Another reason the author uses literary terms is to create a visual for the reader. Using imagery will keep a picture in the reader’s mind and they can understand the piece to a greater extent. Imagery can be described with the five senses that we use; taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight. In addition, the author can generate realistic thoughts for the reader of something that may have happened to them and they can connect to the story. By the author creating realistic thoughts, the reader can establish their feeling for the story. Although many literary devices are represented in this novel, symbolism develops a representation of an idea in the story in order to create a picture in the reader’s head.

The reader gets to learn about the events that occur in Maycomb through Scout’s point of view. Harper Lee supports the theme of treating everyone with kindness through the signposts and techniques of, symbolism, words of the wiser, and multiple points of view.

Answer in full sentences and provide evidence from the text to support your answers. Evidence includes explanation and quotes.

To understand the importance of the theme of the mockingbird in Lee’s novel, one must understand

In the first half of how to kill a mockingbird there is a lot of confusion and a lot of different things talked about. But I think that this first chapter is about “not discriminating against others¨, or as atticus puts it on judge someone tell you have walked in the skin¨. And I have found three areas where that is supported by the text. Not only do they agree with my theme, but I think it will agree with everyone's theme.

One very common literary device that was shown throughout the novel was Lee’s use of symbolism. The references to mockingbirds throughout the book played a huge role in showing social inequality at its finest. An example of this device being used is when Miss Maudie Atkinson refers to mockingbirds when having a conversation with Scout. “Mockingbirds don 't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don 't eat up people 's gardens, don 't nest in corn cribs, they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That is why its a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 119). When first reading this it is not very clear what the author is trying to say, but, it is actually showing symbolism towards social inequality in the strongest ways. Just like how

“To Kill a Mockingbird” may be one of the most controversial books ever published. Beautifully written by harper lee and told through the eyes of Scout, is a story that touches on racism and human nature. Atticus, scout’s father, admits that he is fighting a losing battle. The stereotypical image following the black community in the 1920s allowed Atticus to know the battle would be lost from the beginning. Atticus himself shared with Scout that “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash”.

When the kids get an air rifle for Christmas Atticus won’t tell them how to shoot it, for they should learn on their own, but he doesn’t give them one rule to follow and that is never to kill a mockingbird. That was the first time Scout heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something. So Scout went over and asked Miss Maudie about it. In response she says, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. they don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In one part of the book the author put in about Mr. Underwood writing about the death of Tom Robinson, but in it he adds that it is a sin to kill a cripple. I think in the book Tom had such a big part in it because Tom and the mockingbird are in a way alike.

To Kill a Mockingbird is told from the view of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch. It is through her we are introduced to the social injustice, racial prejudice and problems rife in Maycomb’s society. Through Lee’s use of characters, objects and events we see how these issues are permeated into society, and I will be delving into these and explaining how they present the town of Maycomb.

Realistic Fiction authors tend to use techniques in their novels to prove a point or show a goal. Techniques are very helpful in writing rRealistic fFiction novels because it helps the reader understand what the author is trying to convey. In this novel with the title To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee used that to her own advantage;, the techniques in this book were very clear to the eye and it helped the reader more to understand the part that they were reading. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird the story is about a little girl named Scout who lives in the south in a little town called Maycomb, Alabama and during the Great Depression in the 1930s. and currently living in the great depression. During the story, Scout’s father Atticus receives a case involving a black man Tom Robinson (a black man) who is convicted of committing a crime to a white woman, and throughout the story many people are against Scout and her family because of her dad’s case and how he is defending a black man. Scout is also the narrator throughout the story and she tells else all of what happens in Maycomb those couple of years. The author Harper Lee uses many techniques, such as providing multiple points of view, showing symbolism, and revealing actions to prove or show a goal in her writing. In this book she used techniques such as providing multiple points of view, showing symbolism, and revealing actions throughout

Third of all, the setting that was described was effective in building tension. This was evident and seen when Scout described the back porch of Radley’s place as bathed in moonlight. By saying this, Harper Lee has actually indicated to the readers that the scene was extremely dark. This is able to build tension because a dark setting is