To Kill A Mockingbird : Character Analysis

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is an exceedingly powerful novel. It includes many significant minor themes such as racism and hatred which leave the reader to have grown more attentive to the past once they complete the book. The book takes place in Maycomb County Alabama during the great depression. During this period there was a great deal of hate and prejudice towards people of color, in addition to a great regard to social class. The novels protagonists, Atticus Finch a well-respected lawyer and his children Jeremy “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch are a few of the towns occupants who respect others regardless of social class or race. For this reason, Atticus has no objections

In chapter 3, Scout states; “Jem and I hated her. If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behaviour”. When Jem, cuts Mrs Dubose camellias, in chapter 11 for insulting Atticus, his punishment was to read to her every day. When he read to her he found it disturbing that she had fits and after a month Mrs Dubose dies. It was only known to Jem later that she had these fits because she was seriously ill and had become addicted to morphine. By Jem reading to her, it was distracting her from her addiction and she would be able to die clear from utilizing painkillers. Atticus later states that “I wanted you to see what real courage is...You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won...she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew."(Chapter 11) This was significant as, even though the children thought of her as a spiteful woman, she was going through a personal time in her life that made her that way. Mrs Dubose relates to the quote as even though she came across as horrible, other people needed to put themselves in her position and perceive how badly she was struggling with her

Dubose. Jem and Scout see Mrs. Dubose as a grouchy old woman who enjoys making snide comments about them and their family. One day, Jem lost his normal calm and ruined some of her bushes. As punishment, he had to read to her every day of the week for a month. Although they never learned to like her, they came to respect her and view her in a different light. Their respect for her grew after she had died and Atticus told them that she had been a morphine addict. He said, "She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody. Jem, when you're as sick as she warm it's all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn't all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that's what she did," (Lee 148). To Atticus, this made her the bravest person he knew. This new description of her was very different from the one the Finch children had originally given her. In this case, Jem had judged before he looked, which later taught him a valuable

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience,” (Lee 120). This quote from To Kill a Mockingbird is a good representation of the book. The book is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, narrates the story of herself and her family facing the racial prejudices of the time. When her father Atticus, defends an innocent black man in a rape trial, Maycomb turns on Scout's family. Atticus, Scout, and her brother Jem stand up for what they believe in even if their neighbors disagree. By analyzing Harper Lee’s use of symbolism and tone, the reader can learn that courage isn’t physical strength, you gain morals as you grow, and prejudice kills innocence.

For Tom Robinson, Atticus and Boo Radley life was simple. Boo in the town of Maycomb is what the people call a phantom. Tom Robinson is on trial for rape. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, there are characters that are “mockingbirds.” A mockingbird is a bird that does nothing wrong, they leave the people alone, and they just sing their little hearts out. In the book Atticus, Tom and Boo represent mockingbirds. Why?

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.

Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression a young lady, Mayella Ewell blamed a black man, Tom Robinson of something incredibly despicable that turned Maycomb upside down. Mayella took advantage of the laws back then so that she could end the aggression her father gave her. Mayella is powerful due to the fact that she is white, her family is the poorest family out there, but because of her color she will always be preferred over African-Americans. In “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Harper Lee uses class, race, and gender to determine if Mayella has power after all.

Courage is an essential human quality. Facing fears against all odds is a feature in many novels. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is no exception. Many characters depicts the quality. Some in normal situations others, take on terrifying tasks in a unique and original way. Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Ms. Dubose show bravery in many areas of their lives, one character risks their careers, others have a situation that lacks massive consequences.

To Kill a MockingBird has many characters, and these characters have backgrounds and traits. Music has something to do with all of these characters. As music has the ability to show or make a listener feel the character’s, well, character. This isn’t different for any character in To Kill a MockingBird. I’ll be choosing three characters to give songs to, and I’ll be giving one song to each character. These songs remind me of these characters. It can be because of a single lyric, or just how the feel of the song is. Now, let’s begin by showing what songs fit the characters of the classic story, To Kill a MockingBird. My first character will be Bob Ewell. For Bob, I want to use the song “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. It describes evil and the dark, which describes him and his

This is how childhood is presented in the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird: it’s a period of time that’s looked back on with a sense of longing; one thralled from the reality by the child’s inability to understand the cruelties of the world. Harper Lee constructs a sheltered innocence that defines the children’s earlier years, which she subsequently cracks away at with the aid of the events that unfold in Maycomb. What is perhaps the most prominent of these events is Atticus’ defense of Tom Robinson, which acts as a major driver in showing the kids in the novel the true nature of society.

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.

We talked last week that love is the answer. What our world needs now is love, sweet love. Three practical questions to help us find our bearings as we try and grow in our ability to love. How do we see ourselves? How do we see others? And most importantly, how we see God affects how we love.

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.

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.

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