Owen Moke
Mr. Coyle
English 101-5
11-12-15
The Rabid Dog Jem and Scout Finch are two young children who live as innocent “mockingbirds” in a town full of hate and racism. In Chapter 10 of the book, To KIll a Mockingbird, there is a scene of a rabid dog walking towards Jem and Scout at the Finch house. It limps its way but, in the end doesn’t reach the house. The dog is a symbol of racism and the certainty of the Maycomb community, and the dog never stumbles upon the Finch home.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. The book follows the Finch family, that consist of two young children Jem and Scout and a Father Atticus, who is a criminal attorney in the town Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is requested a trial by the judge to defend a black man who was accused of raping a white woman. This puts him and his family in jeopardy when he makes the decision of defending Tom Robinson, the man who was accused of rape. The consequences of him taking this case were that Jem and Scout were faced with many problems, in school everyone says that there dad is a nigger lover and the long term theme of the book is loss of innocence.
“Tim Johnson was the property of Mr. Harry Johnson who drove the Mobile bus and lived on the southern edge of town. Tim was a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb.” (Pg. 105) - This line tells that Tim Johnson is the pet of Maycomb, this is stating more than it appears to be. This line does not mean that it was literally own or played with by
The story of Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson, the second of the two main conflicts in this book also represented the sin of killing a mockingbird. Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout was a lawyer, and in a court case, Atticus was assigned a black man, Tom Robinson. Atticus was tasked with defending Tom from a false conviction of rape by the Ewell family. Atticus was given a very hard time,and was even threatened by Bob Ewell, who was angered that Atticus ruined the reputation and respect he thought he’d gain. . Bob even tried to murder Atticus’ kids. Atticus
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book written by Nelle Harper Lee. It’s set in a fictional town in Alabama called Maycomb during the Great Depression. This story follows The Finch family (Scout, Jem and Atticus) during a case that Atticus takes on. Mayella Ewell and her father accuse a man of rape. Since this man, Tom Robinson, is african-american all the occupants of maycomb assume he is guilty. Eventually,
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a powerful novel that explores the widespread racial discrimination in 1930’s Alabama. Throughout the novel rarely is Alabama’s racism bridged, with the exception of three main protagonists Scout Finch, her brother Jem Finch and their Father Atticus. Lee’s use of symbolism, foreshadowing and irony present the consequences of the loss of innocence and the penalties that racial prejudice can have on a community.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book with many themes, symbolism and adventures. It gives us the point of view of a little girl named Scout Finch in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1903s and shows racial prosecution of a black man named Tom Robinson. This little girl’s father decides to defend this man and despite drawbacks for his own family, Atticus Finch was wise to defend Tom Robinson for many reasons.
There are many themes shown throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The author, Harper Lee made the novel take place in the 1930s and in a fictional town called Maycomb County in Alabama. The narrator was a young girl in the novel names Scout Finch. Throughout the book Scout, her older brother Jem, and her best friend Dill discover new things and become more mature. Then towards the end of the book Atticus, the father of Jem and Scout, agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white girl. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, racial intolerance and courage are two of the many themes demonstrated throughout the novel.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional book written by Harper Lee. It touches many topics, such as racism and prejudice. The book takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, in which a series of events that shape the narrator's childhood occur. The story follows Finch, the narrator, and her family consisting of Jem and her father Atticus as they go about their daily live. The children spend time with their friend Dill, while messing with their neighbor Boo Radley. Things begin to stir when Atticus takes on a case defending a black man named Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a young redneck women named Mayella. Things continue to get wilder and wilder until the end of the book, which doesn’t quite end the madness. It is an overall good book that touches many topics. A topic that this book touches in many ways is prejudice, such as the prejudice against Boo, Tom and Mrs. Dubose.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by a beloved author, Harper Lee. Despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality, this novel is renowned for its moral in the value of friendship and family. Lee writes about a young girl, Jean Louise Finch, who is also acknowledged as Scout. Scout grows up in the small fictional town of Maycomb County in the 1930s. She lives with her older brother Jem, their housekeeper Calpurnia, and her widowed father who is an attorney that is faithful to racial equality and later on defends Tom Robinson, a black man charged with raping a white woman. Scout has a basic faith in her community that they are good people but then throughout the novel especially during
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.
In 1960, one of the greatest novels was written. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and has been translated in 40 different languages. The book is called To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The book is about the lives of Scout and Jem Finch, and the struggles they had to endure within Maycomb County. Atticus, their father, guides them on their journey by helping them, encouraging them, and giving the kids life lessons that would last them a life time.
“You never know a man until you put on his shoes and walk around in them,” Atticus Finch said in to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic story about the struggle for racial equality. It is set in Alabama in the 1930’s and tells the story of a single father Atticus Finch who is raising two children, Jem and Scout. Atticus is an attorney who is firm in his desire to teach his children not to see the color of a person’s skin. Atticus is a strong, consistent character who shows morality and tremendous wisdom while seeking justice for others throughout the story.
To Kill a Mockingbird is based in the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In the book, conflict arrises when her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, takes on a case to defend an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. Scout takes on a very mature perspective when issues with the racist community arrises. When the Finch family comes under fire for defending Tom Robinson when he is accused of raping a young white woman named Mayella Ewell, they gain many friends referred in the novel as the “Mockingbirds”, good people injured by the evil of mankind. When Tom Robinson is placed in a local prison & Atticus and his kids have to defend him from the mob, Scouts innocence and polite questioning causes one man with a kid her age to show some humanity and disperse the mob. The racist white community wanted Tom Robinson lynched before he was actually proven
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and focuses a young Jean Louise Scout and her adventures with her brother in a fictional Alabama county, Maycomb County, during the 1930’s. When Scout’s father, Atticus, is set to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, against the rape of a white woman, Scout learns about racial injustices, different perspectives, but overall Scout and her brother growing up. Next, Scout learns about racism. This transpires when the trial arrives, and everyone is excited to witness the controversial trial of Tom Robinson. Scout, being the naive child that she was, also decides to attend with the company of Dill and Jem.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a novel about coming of age and racial prejudice in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s. This story follows the life of two children named Jem and Scout Finch and their obsession with their neighbor, Boo Radley. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout go through some good and bad times. The children's father, Atticus, eagerly defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
To kill a mockingbird is mainly about growing up in harsh circumstances during the Great Depression in southern America. The main character name is Atticus, who is a widow, that raises 2 kids on his own. Later on throughout the story Atticus finds out that he is going to representing a African American named Tom Robinson who is being accused of raping and beating a Caucasian woman. While representing Tom Robinson, the word gets around town that Atticus is going to be representing a black man Atticus begins to get calls late at night of people threatening to kill him and getting racial slurs. Later on in the story, Atticus wins the case and proves that Tom Robinson is not guilty.
In the historical fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee creates many characters that demonstrate heroic qualities. It is the setting of the Great Depression Era and 6-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout) is being raised by her dad, Atticus, and her brother, Jem. Atticus is a fair lawyer who was chosen to take up the case of Tom Robinson. Their lives were put in danger because Atticus defended a Negro. Harper Lee showed the effects of racism and prejudice in everyday life. Harper Lee’s story title includes the word ¨mockingbird¨. The mockingbird is a sign of symbolism in the story. The mockingbird represents innocence. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley (the mysterious neighbor) are the ¨mockingbirds” in this story.