To Kill A Mockingbird: Article Analysis

20. The new treasures the children found in the knot-hole was a ball of gray twine, dolls made out of soap, a pack of new chewing gum, a tarnished medal, and a pocket watch on a chain with an aluminum knife. Scout thinks it’s Miss Maudie leaving the treasures.

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set in a small Southern United States community called Maycomb during the Great Depression era. The whole book primarily revolves around segregation and racism and how it relates to Maycomb’s history. It eventually leads to the trial of Tom Robinson where he is accused of beating up and raping Mayella Ewell. Even though it was clear that Tom Robinson did not do anything wrong he was convicted by an all white jury simply because he was black. The trial of Tom Robinson and its verdict shows an example of how segregation in the court system prevents fair trials from occurring.

Harper Lee's reaction to the success of "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a strange one. She said she didn't expect it to be such a success. She was hoping someone would like it, and give her a chance. In 1957, Lee met with editor Tay Hohoff in a meeting to discuss her novel. They were in New York at the time. Nelle was an airline reservation agent for 8 years to support herself while writing the manuscript "Atticus." It was about a girl named Scout Finch and her father Atticus Finch, who was a lawyer. Atticus was given a case to represent a black male accused of rape. This was during the 1930's, when racism and segregation was very alive. It shows us what the blacks had to endure while living in the south. The book has a strong meaning about racism and stereotyping.

In the town of Maycomb, Scout Finch, also known as Jean Louise, explores the ways adults interact and express different opinions in her society. Maycomb is a town filled with different people that belong to different castes. In their town, there are two main types of people,  people who are white, and people who are colored. All adults in their society have their opinion to how these people should be treated, in which more than half are racist towards the colored people. Scout although is the daughter of a lawyer, named Atticus Finch, who follows the law and is against racism towards colored people. He is defending a colored man, named Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of rape to Mayella Ewell by Bob Ewell. Scout mainly has been affected

"I certainly am (a “nigger-lover”). I do my best to love everybody..” says Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird.” In the book, racism and social inequality was something that occurred. But today, I believe it is different. I disagree with the statement that America will never achieve true racial and social equality because there’s amendments that grant all U.S. citizens rights, there are people making a change and protecting those whose lives are in danger because of their race, and there are punishment for the people that show unlawful acts of hatred towards those people.

America had some pretty dark times in its lifetime; but out of those times can come some of the greatest novels or movies ever created. Harper Lee wrote a book called To Kill a Mockingbird. The incidences and scenes that took place in America affected how Harper Lee wrote the book to relate to Jim Crow laws and the Great Depression. Lee included examples in the book that clearly connected to and displayed the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the racism blacks dealt with.

There are many different punishments for disobeying God. For example, in Leviticus 26:16 it says “I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you--wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away”. As a little girl, I would lie a lot, and when I was to get caught. I would try to lie my way out of trouble. So when I was 7 I decided that I would lie, and say that this girl told me she was going to hurt me. It was either a Monday or Tuesday when my grandmother came and picked me up from school. I thought that would be the best time to play out my plan. As were getting into the car I start crying saying I was threatened. My Grandmother reacted to this information by calling my Mother. My mom

Jean Louise Finch, otherwise known as Scout, learns a variety of life lessons during the course of “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Over the course of “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Scout learns lessons such as: to kill a mockingbird is a sin, respect people’s privacy, and she cannot understand someone until she has seen things from their point of view. People such as Atticus, Tom Robinson and Mrs. Dubose help teach Scout these lessons, and guide her through life.

I believe the closure in To Kill a Mockingbird was predominantly satisfying. It was only predominantly satisfying for me because, I believe that Bob Ewell’s death should have been more punishing for his sins and provided more justice to Tom Robinson’s death than the ending portrayed. On the other hand, it is the most likely outcome in real life, but the process of his death should have been more severe than just a result of karma concerning only one of his crimes; harming children. The punishment should have extended to bring justice to Tom Robinson as well to restore the balance. There are very few loose ends left, because of the full closure provided, however the only two questions that remains is what happened to Mayella Ewell and if Dill

Robinson had a long career of scamming money from people and businesses, but his tastes in sexual encounters and his need to push the limits of control and the justice system are probably what drove him to deviate from the safety of only doing white collar crime to committing murder. Like previously stated, he was always looking for new ways to test the boundaries and that when Paula Godfrey, a nineteen-year-old naive girl came into his office looking for a job, he couldn’t resist the idea of asserting his control over her. He was her boss, and at the time a big financial supporter in her life. He took this control from being her boss to being the last person she will ever see and killed her. He did this with many other women luring them

Are people who are quiet, powerful? “People who are quiet, don’t want to waste time saying anything that isn’t worth saying. Since talk encourages more talk, they choose to stay silent, instead of having meaningless conversations.”(Tesh.com) People who are quiet are often the smartest people because they take time to think about their words and do not just say the first things that pop in their head. The quietest people are often the most powerful because they think before they act, they are mysterious, and are not pretentious.

Extreme circumstances can vastly change how a person views someone else. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the events that occur affect how some characters perceive what right and wrong is. Jem experiences the justice system; Scout views Boo differently; and Bob Ewell loses it.

To kill A Mockingbird is a classic novel by Harper Lee, the story is told by an older version of the young girl scout in the novel. The book is about discrimination and prejudice towards certain people. The saying went “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” because they have done nothing wrong. There were two characters in the book that I think can be considered “mockingbirds”. These characters where Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a 1900s novel that was based on the 1930s written by Harper Lee. Harper Lee’s comment on life in the South during the 1930’s through her novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper wasn’t just going to sit around and not say anything about the things that were happening around her such as; the Scottsboro case , roles of women, and segregation.

* Scout’s moral development throughout To Kill a Mockingbird has to do with how she is taught to see “the other”, her exposure to racism and injustice, and that she had Atticus as a parent to guide her through her childhood. These factors together create a stable learning environment for Scout to grow and develop in.