To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, says “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

Imagine you are a lawyer tasked with an impossible case, and everybody in your community is against you, but still there is a shred of hope you cling to. What might that be you ask? That to which you cling are your morals. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch had been given the Tom Robinson case, where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman. As a single father of two children, he continues to reinforce his values throughout the trial and during his daunting task of raising his children. In To Kill A Mockingbird what Harper Lee suggests about the nature of morals is that you should try to stand up for what you believe in even if people oppose or reject your ideals. Even when faced with an insurmountable opposition you should stand up for your morals because in the end if your don't follow your beliefs you are just contributing to the problem. We should try to create a voice for what we believe in and impress that upon the next generation so they can continue to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place.

redujice is not something we are born with; it is something that we grow to learn from who and what surrounds us, things that help to form our identity. Prejudice is an integral theme in Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird. Prejudice is evident throughout the novel, not just in the appalling racism but also through, prejudice against different sexual orientations, gender constructs and feminism. Society had certain constructs that had to be met. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee breaks the bounds to overcome barriers, and challenge social constructs.

​In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, and her brother Jem, learn the importance of seeing things through other people's eyes. At the beginning of the story, the people living in Maycomb County, can be considered "mockingbirds" because they are innocent. Their father, Atticus, leads as a strong example while defending Tom Robinson, a black man convicted for rape. The residents of Maycomb (besides the Finches) fail to see situations through other people's eyes. For example, when the trial takes place, most people do not have empathy toward Tom Robinson, resulting in some of those "mockingbirds" becoming killed. Trying to see situations through other people's eyes can keep someone from hurting somebody who is innocent.

True, pure courage is a erratic thing. One can never know whether the intentions of the person who displays it are sincere and rightful, rather than based on conceited or egotistical reasons. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee illustrates a variety of different kinds of courage through many of her characters, using pride, morality, impulsiveness, and love as the main reasons for its emergence. Though every one of Lee’s character’s displays of courage is significant in their own way, three characters come to mind when the thought of true courage is presented; Atticus Finch, Scout Finch and Arthur Radley.

In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the plot is based on what Harper Lee herself has seen in her childhood, her family, neighbors, and the event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama in 1936. Racial prejudice was a major issue during this period of time and Lee incorporated this matter by displaying white men as the authoritative figures in Maycomb County. African Americans were always put down and proven guilty even if they were innocent because it was a white person’s word against a black’s. For example, “The Sheriff hadn’t the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse,” (Lee, 14). Clearly, Boo was guilty of breaking the law and committing a crime but because of the fact that

Have you ever been judged for who your family is and not who you are? Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the small town of Maycomb County, and countless families in this community have been given a certain title or characteristic that they are now known by. Since Maycomb is such a small place and not many newcomers have moved in over the years, the people began to think they could tell what a certain person would be like just by who their family was. The environment in which one is placed determines one’s success more than one’s genetic makeup and born ability. Aunt Alexandra gives Scout a speech that proves this is not the mindset in Maycomb.

Commonly, everyone thinks that the age that kids start to show personality traits corresponding with their adulthood traits is between 14-20. The process of growing up and becoming an adult may be difficult, but it is also a very important part of life. Many authors use this concept as a main idea in their novels. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author expresses the responsibilities of maturing and becoming an adult by how the main characters develop throughout the story.

Learning concepts can come in the most unexpected ways; many times you have to look back and determine what happened in order to recognize that you have mastered something new. Whether it is morally, or physically, people acquire new information daily. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, two characters, Jem and Scout, live in Maycomb, Alabama where they learn many lessons. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, helps them learn and understand many of these life morals. Jem and Scout take in multiple moral lessons such as not jumping to conclusions, being respectful to everyone, and having contentment for what you have by interacting with other citizens of Maycomb.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses characterization through differences between Atticus and Aunt Alexandra to exhibit how a person’s thoughts and actions determine their character.

Jean Louise Finch (a.k.a Scout) is a 6-year-old little girl who is full of love and joy. She isn’t the most feminine girl in all of Maycomb County, but she has a heart that’s as large as the world. That is why I choose to include a heart in my illustration. Scout is also a kid, which is why I added the “3 Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf”, and the toy. To show that Scout is a little girl. Yet, she changes throughout the book. That’s why I added a butterfly. Butterflies transform from a caterpillar into themselves. Just like how Scout became more sophisticated across the book. Finally, to show even more change, I included a background of white transitioning to black. To display that Scout has permuted into a young lady in the duration of “To

In class we are reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I just finished reading chapters 16-23. The book is in Scouts perspective, and I think that it really helps when reading too see how Scout views a certain topic. It is a coming of age story and the two characters that are growing up are Scout and Jem. In this journal I will give information about a character named Tom Robinson, and my opinions on him. I will also be conveying my opinions oh why Mayella Ewell would have lie about the case.

Particularly how Scout described Maycomb made me feel that the people residing there had no purpose. For example the phrases she uses such as “for there was nowhere to go” or “ nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”, depicted that the town was the only place to be at, that nothing was important outside of Maycomb.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee one often finds Aunt Alexandra acting as a paternal figure and dictating what Scout is and is not allowed to do. Though I believe there is some wisdom behind Aunt Alexandra’s words, I feel like the strong hold she has on Jem and Scout’s life is excessive and unnecessary. If one does not allow children to create and form new friendships on their own, then the child will never learn how to function by themselves and how to detect and form long-lasting friendships that are not forced. Contrastingly, it is still necessary for there to be a mature presence in a child’s life when it comes to friends, but the parental figure should not overpower and control the child’s every decision. In Alexandra’s case I believe

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her