1. Miss Maudie destroys nut grass and a mad dog that Atticus kills in this novel that Harper Lee created. Miss Maudie loves everything about her garden but hates nut grass. The blade of nut grass can be easily spread all over her garden and even all over the Maycomb. It is small but it can ruin her garden so she must destroy at once without hesitation. Atticus kills mad dog named Tim Johnson because it is a diseased animal that can be infectious but also the possibility of violence
they are, and not their race. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, we see their struggles through the symbolism that is shown many times as racism, innocence,
novella 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, is a very well known book which uses symbolism to further push the issue of racism. The way the ideas of racism and further issues are shown through smaller parts of the book such as the Mad Dog Atticus is forced to shoot and other things are represented by the Mockingbird itself, this essay will explain how some of these important symbols may be interpreted. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the mad dog to represent Prejudice and the Mockingbird
This is an extract from chapter 10 of To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. This is the scene where Atticus is trying to save the town by killing the mad dog, Tim Johnson. Thus, Atticus’s action have stunned everyone in the Macomb town. Harper Lee have reveal the key themes of the story, courage, growing up, loss of innocence and evil through the actions of Atticus. Moreover, the change in the character’s attitude have been highlighted through the use of metaphor, imagery, repetition and
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Maycomb is a town that looks perfect on the outside but is very flawed on the inside. The symbols hidden throughout the novel broaden the reader’s understanding and comprehension of what is going on. The symbols also reveal the many themes of the novel. There are many symbols that reveal the themes including the mockingbird, Tim Johnson, and the snowman. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee presents how the mockingbird represents Tom Robinson and Boo Radley
is through Harper Lee’s use of courage, how courage is defined and the character who exemplifies courage the best. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird courage is expressed by many characters in many different examples. Firstly, Harper Lee makes the point that having a high amount of courage is difficult yet it is a necessity. Jem realizing that Atticus doesn’t boast about his shooting skills and that is a gentleman like. Jem yells to Scout, "Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!" (Lee 131). Jem
matter what” (Lee 149). The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an optimum book for teens in 10th grade. It shows Atticus Finch teaching Jem and Scout the importance of tolerance, empathy, and courage. As they grow up they watch their dexterous father as he collaborates with an African American man whose name is Tom Robinson, as he is on trial for rape. They also have experience with a few gregarious people from their neighborhood. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses the character
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”… (Atticus finch, Lee 34). The novel To kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a masterpiece that takes readers to explore how human behave. The feelings, conflicts, meanings, reasons, love, cruelty, kindness and humor within the book is what makes the book a necessity to the reader. Harper Lee showed throughout her book how a damage and cruel society looks like. Lee’s view of the word “morality” is what gives the
succeed without changing who we are as a person or what we believe in hoot courage, justice is weak and society is corrupt. In Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird', courage is presented through the characters Atticus Finch and Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose as they confront their issues and embrace life regardless of what others think. Harper Lee constructed her narrative during a time of prejudice and injustice against Black Americans; hence courage was vital to overcome
9 March 2016 Two Birds One Stone “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 30). To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a very vigorous story about the racial discrimination that was uncontrollable in 1930’s Alabama. The small town of Maycomb is segregated into two categories: white and black. They each have their own separate neighborhoods and churches. Rarely is such racism binded with