To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

This is shown through what Miss Maudie tells Scout and Boo’s first appearance to Scout. Miss Maudie gives Scout many lessons throughout the book and one of them is about her father, Atticus. Scout believes her father can’t do anything special like the other men in the town, she only believes he can be a lawyer. Miss Maudie has known Atticus for a very long time and knows all of his talents, she tells Scout about one of them, “Forgot to tell you the other day that besides playing the Jew’s harp, Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time” (129). This shows a whole new side of Atticus that Scout has never seen and would never imagine of her father. Atticus is not a person with a gun and is the total opposite of one, this shows that Atticus is not the same person Scout thought he was. Also when Scout first sees their recluse neighbor, Boo this life lesson is shown again. Scout describes the man who saved her and her brother’s life, “… as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears” (362). This shows that Scout and Jem’s description of Boo Radley is very different than what he actually looks like, he is a shy man that saved his two biggest fans. This life lesson of not everyone is who they seem to be is shown a lot during the book and is a very important

Once you climb into someone’s skin, you cannot judge them based on their cover. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a story about three little kids and their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. Scout Finch and Jem Finch live with their widowed father, Atticus, in the sleepy old town of Maycomb. One summer, they met Dill, who will live with Miss Rachel every summer from now on, and Scout and Jem told Dill about the spooky house down the street. Eventually, Dill becomes curious about the mysterious house, and the three of them started a new adventure. Boo Radley and Nathan Radley are the owners of the spooky house. Boo Radley never ventures outside for many years because he is locked up inside for what he did back in his youth. After the summer

To kill a mockingbird and my mockingbird is an example of racism, and it is explained and represented as a mockingbird inIn the story to kill a mocking bird, it taught us an idea about prejudice and caring. Like the sin of killing mocking bird in the story. One of the most important Mocking Bird in my life is my mom, and every mockingbird needs to be protected, and loved. To love a my mom like loving a mockingbird, I need to keep it away from danger, and do what I can.

I think the character that most changed throughout the novel is Jem. I believe this because Jem develops from being child without much care or responsibility for anything to becoming mature and young man. Jem's perspective on bravery changes drastically throughout the novel, which seems to be the basis of his development. At the beginning, Jem's idea of bravery is simply touching the Radley house, and having never turned down a dare. As the story continues, Jem goes through experiences that changed his view of bravery. He learns from Atticus coming up against the mad dog, Mrs. Debose and her struggle with addiction, and even Scout when she is at the jail and faces the mob. Jem showed his growth when Dill ran away and hid under Scout's bed.

“People don’t change, they reveal who they really are.” This quote was by a unknown author but, it was talking how people judge other people from what they hear and when they really see how they are, they feel bad for them. Jem, Scout, and Dill was trying to see what Boo Radley looks like. Scout and Jem was finding stuff from an oak tree when they were walking home and they did not know who put it there. Scout sees Boo Radley save Jem and her from Bob Ewell from trying to hurt them. People in Maycomb of Alabama from To Kill A Mockingbird thought Boo Radley was a weird person to be around but, then they saw he was a nice and caring person.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a timeless classic of a book with a deep and meaning message cooperated within the title. We truly don’t understand how to kill a mockingbird until we realize the change in certain characters throughout the story. The novel teaches us many life lessons, but the biggest has to be destroying one’s innocence is similar to killing a mockingbird.

Scout and Jem learn a lot throughout this novel, one major realization that they come across is the realities of adulthood and it’s unfairness. They discover that being an adult is not always a pleasant thing, for it leads to corruption and deceit. One point where Scout and Jem realize this is through the trial of Tom Robinson. Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Atticus, the father of Scout and Jem, is a lawyer who is defending Robinson. Because of the intense racism at the time, Atticus knows he will lose the case considering the all white jury, but fights for the cause anyway. Jem and Scout see the venality in adulthood when Atticus loses the case even though he did a fantastic job defending Robinson. Scout are

a) Scout Finch (Jean Louise) is the main character of the novel and is known to be a tomboy who gets into a lot of fights to deal with problems at school. She is “betrothed” to Dill who is the nephew of her neighbor, Miss Rachel and throughout the novel learns various life lessons as she is dealt with many difficult events.

That night I went to the jail with my friends for we had planned to kill Tom Robinson for what crime he had done but, Atticus Finch’s daughter made me change my mind about it. She told me about my legal entailments and to tell my son she had said hello. I felt ashamed and so small in front of my friends I had to leave the jail. I may be racist toward blacks because I’m so mistreated by Maycomb’s part of society.

Atticus likes Jem a lot. For this reason, Atticus had never beaten Jem. But if Atticus gets to know that Jem was the “white nigger” that sneaked into Radley’s house, Jem might get beaten up. Jem is trying to take the pants for his dad to still love him. Jem do not want his dad to be unhappy about his actions. Furthermore, in chapter 4, Atticus gave Jem a final warning not to disturb Radley. Atticus will be super mad at Jem for not listening to his final warning. Thus, Jem was trying to make his father feel proud about him and not to beat him up.

Many people, especially children, judge others too quickly by their looks, gender, race, etc. . But they should soon learn that you have to know them well in order to fairly judge them. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates the idea that one can not judge another until one has walked around in one's shoes, therefore resulting in the knowledge and understanding of others. Mrs. Dubose, Boo Radley and the black community are three examples of how Atticus’s lesson, “don’t judge someone until you walk around in their shoes,” is true.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel brimming with experience, battle and chivalry. Harper Lee shows an account of a little family living in a southern town of Maycomb. Through their encounters, the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird fundamentally change as they transcend their feelings of trepidation and beat their difficulties to represent fearlessness. Strength is exhibited when people battle for social or individual change. The primary characters initially figure out how to stand up to their feelings of trepidation. In doing do, they show mettle which thusly drives them to develop as people. The characters that boldly overcome their difficulties are Scout, Atticus and Jem.

Everyone has their own problems and everyone tries to avoid some of them, but just how far would you be willing to go to avoid these problems and would you place your problems on others for your own sake? The people in Maycomb, Alabama often find themselves placing their troubles on one man so that they can all live with the stereotypes they’ve created. They could fix these problems, but would rather let others make the tough decisions for them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird ,Harper Lee shows how people would rather place all of their troubles on one person or avoid them rather than deal with them themselves. Atticus is courageous and heroic for taking on problems that no one else will, even when he might not want to.

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about two siblings, Scout Finch and Jem Finch, and their friend, Dill Harris. Scout narrates in a way that shows many actions the three of them have taken to give equal rights to everyone. Throughout the story, Scout, Jem, and Dill all grow up and start to mature, causing many mysteries and mischief. When the book was written, everyone was not treated equally, and there was plenty of racism. The book revolves around actions taken against racial discrimination and the consequences characters have. Here are two crucial actions taken by two characters and the repercussions they faced.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee that was published on July 11, 1960. This novel takes place in a town called Maycomb in Alabama. The main character in this novel is Scout who is also the narrator. Scout lives with her father, Atticus, and brother, Jem. Scout's father is a lawyer; he had taken a case of Tom Robinson who was African American. Tom was accused of raping a white woman. Scout is around 6 years old; she has a different perspective of events that happen in the novel which helps her moral growth. For example, when she went to school, she was picked on, in the Tom Robinson case she misunderstood a few things and she developed the most at the end of the novel with the help of Boo Radley.