Tension in Chapter 6 of 'to Kill a Mockingbird'

Set in the town of Maycomb County, this novel describes the journey of two young kids growing up in a small-minded town, learning about the importance of innocence and the judgement that occurs within. The individuals of Maycomb are very similar, with the exception of Arthur “Boo” Radley, the town’s recluse. Boo Radley has never been seen outside, and as a result of this, the children in the town are frightened of him and make up rumors about the monstrous things he allegedly does. This leaves the individuals in the town curious as to if Boo Radley really is a “malevolent phantom” like everyone assumes that he is or if he is just misunderstood and harmless. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley is a saviour. This is

The intriguing novel, To Kill A Mockingbird is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards ‘African-Americans" in the 1930's to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee's attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice, but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text.

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

The ambition of oneself to pursue justice and righteousness may result in prosecution. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and movie "A Time to Kill" by Joel Schumacher, each demonstrate one’s open-mindedness and forward thinking leads to penalization through protagonists Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance. Both egalitarians take the position as an attorney for an African American and are prosecuted in the process.

In the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee illustrates a changing relationship, including the dynamic characters Arthur “Boo” Radley, and Jean “Scout” Louise Finch and Jem Finch. Two young adolescents seek exposure to the monster like, hermit as various residents express their perception on Boo Radley, notably Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. This obnoxious character intrigued the curiosity of Scout and Jem to detect the private life of the Radley’s. Fear of Boo overcomes the minors as they detect sorts of information related to Arthur Radley. In the process, the dynamic characters learn information on Boo including rumors that residents conclude being the truth, illustrating the impression of the main characters that Boo is a monster-like creature. As the children instill that misperception contrived by residents, the children began to fear Boo Radley. Intrigued and curious children challenge their fear as they dare to taunt the innocent man and his household that he has not left in 15 years of his life. Boo Radley, the monster perceived elder, noticed these challenges and was fond of the attention. He expressed his thanks by leaving the youth gifts in the knothole of the tree as he expressed his gratitude. The children apprehend the sudden change the behemoth recluse character in undergo change as the dynamic characters. Scout and Jem’s relationship with Boo Radley undergoes alteration as the characters matriculate the innocent character. They

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the idea that stereotypes and prejudices limit our expectations and can prevent us from seeing reality is expressed through different forms of syntax. While reading the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, you are able to see different syntax to express the meaning of the words in this story. Through syntax and different diction, the story can present what the different thoughts and ideas in the story are from the characters. When Atticus is talking to Jem, Scout, and Dill when they tried giving a note to Arthur Radley through the shutters, he said, “I’m going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man. That goes for the other 2 of you” (Lee 49).

Chapter nine of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ begins with Scout fighting a classmate named Cecil Jacobs. It starts when Scout reflects what happens that day at school when she fought Cecil Jacobs at school and her cousin Francis later on. We also learn more information about the family of Atticus and his relatives. Lee’s style of writing is extremely coherent and uses imagery and figurative language in her writing. She uses these writing techniques to demonstrate human action and story development throughout ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. She also uses metaphors as a literary device. Using these writing techniques, she gives the story a unique perspective as the plot develops.

In this passage Scout learned that once you see someone from their viewpoint, you begin to understand them and their views more deeply. Metaphors were used to expand on Scout’s emotions to describe her recognition of Boo Radley’s personality. This passage was a significant coming of age scene for Scout, as she now learned to first develop a relationship with someone and see their view of the world before judging who they are. Also, the imagery helped precisely capture how Boo Radley saw the passing events of Scout and Jem. This scene allowed the influence of many who read To Kill a Mockingbird to not evaluate others before looking at their perspective, unlike the rumors of Boo Radley. Throughout the chapter, character was the main element the fully conveyed Boo Radley’s true nature to the readers, and how Scout matures to learn that her incorrect views on Boo came from the now false rumors . In conclusion, Harper Lee makes use of literary elements to exemplify this coming of age scene on the perspectives of Boo Radley and the judgement of

1-2 The author depicts Boo Radley as a very haunting character, there to put suspense into the story. I think he may have a big impact in the story later on. The narrator Scout, and Dill and Jem often mess around the Radley house, daring each other to touch the porch. Scout is very smart, as she can already read as she starts school. Miss.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that deals with racial tensions in the 1930s and how the kids of a white lawyer deal with the prejudice and racism in their small Deep Southern town as he defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. Through the painful summer in which the case is prosecuted, Jem and Scout both mature, each in different ways. One of the characters that helps Scout to mature in particular is Boo Radley, the town’s reclusive, ghost-like phantom that all the children are scared of. Boo helps Scout to mature both directly and indirectly, both through his presence and his actions. Throughout the story, Scout hears a lot of gossip about Boo Radley, and she thinks of him as an intimidating nocturnal creature. However, there are several events that help Scout to fully understand that Boo, and and every person, is not what he seems, therefore helping her to mature.

After 54 years Harper Lee’s award-winning, bestselling novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is still read in schools all over America. One of the many reasons this book is still around is because of the way Lee expresses the characters. She uses the character’s dialogue and dialect to show us their special qualities and traits. Dill’s mind is still innocent, Atticus’s tries to be as fair as possible, and Scout loves to stand up for what she believes in. Harper Lee shows the reader how innocent Dill’s mind is through his dialogue.

Lee positions readers to understand how truth is lost in small town prejudice through the use of direct characterisation. The dramatic use of language is used in description of Scout's neighbours when she explains her "summertime boundaries." (p.6) Miss Stephanie Crawford is presented as the "neighborhood scold," (p.12) Arthur (Boo) Radley as "a malevolent phantom," (p.9) and Mrs. Dubose as "plain hell." (p.7) The unique use of language rarely conveys the true identity of the character, but more often than not, demonstrates how it is lost. As this description of Maycomb County's residents is from Scout's perspective, a young 6 year old girl, it is highly unlikely that she came up with them on her own, but sourced from the town's gossip. This

Lee characterizes the narrator (Scout) and the Radleys in very specific ways. She first describes the house that the Radleys live in to be weathered and fading, “The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it.” The description makes the house seem very isolated and dark. Lee also has everyone especially the negroes stay away from the house because of the strange occurrences that had happened there including the “malevolent phantom”. If a baseball was hit into the backyard of the Radleys, near their pecan tree, no questions were asked, the ball was just lost. All of this is multiplied by the fact that Boo Radley never comes out of the house,

The second example of when Harper Lee creates tension would be on page 166 (part of Chapter fifteen) when the people protesting against Atticus (for defending Tom Robinson) came forward to the jail. Firstly she describes the jail by writing about the unusual "solitary" light, which was on. Her choice of "solitary", as an adjective, gives us the feeling of isolation. Then Harper Lee goes on to describe the arrival of these people in such a way to give them a sense of authority and power: "four dusty cars came in from the Meridian highway, moving slowly in a line".

The story, in the eyes of two innocent children Scout and her brother Jem, of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout the town. Maycomb County, Alabama, faces an African American’s injustice while the children learn valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. All the while, we are learning from it. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality.