To Kill A Mockingbird Metaphors

In life you may hear people say that “all you need is a good lawyer”, but what makes someone a good lawyer? In the books to kill a mockingbird, and a lesson before dying there are two lawyers who are held responsible to defend a case. These men are atticus finch and JL, and Although both men are qualified lawyers, there are several differences between the way they argue their cases. Throughout the books we can see that Atticus does a better job of defending his case because he uses rhetorical devices and appeals correctly such as concession to the opposition, warrants, and pathos.

A thunderbird, like most birds most likely migrates to Southern regions during the colder months of winter and return to where they came from in the springtime. By mentioning a thunderbird, the speaker is wishing that they loved someone who they knew would come back to them after leaving for a long period of time.

Part I: Multiple Choice – Choose the best answer to each question. 1. “I know when I was coming out of the coma all sorts of thoughts and memories swirled through my head like crazy, almost as if I could feel someone emptying my mind, sucking them out.” Which figurative language best represents the above quote? A. Simile B. Personification C. Hyperbole D. Imagery

In the book To kill a Mockingbird there is various characters who have their own songs throughout the book. The characters sing their songs through their words and actions. Each mockingbird has their individual songs that represent them and who they are. Boo radley lived a very quiet life in the book To Kill a Mockingbird so it seems right that Begin Match to source 1 in source list: Submitted to De Smet Jesuit High School on 2011-11-10the line “But my words, like silent raindrops fell and echoed in the wells of silence”End Match in Begin Match to source 1 in source list: Submitted to De Smet Jesuit High School on 2011-11-10the songEnd Match Sound Begin Match to source 1 in source list: Submitted to De Smet Jesuit High School on 2011-11-10of SilenceEnd Match represents the character Boo Radley since he is quiet and shy.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a multi-faceted novel which explores the principles and morals of people in the South during the 1930s. Mockingbirds are symbolic of the people that society abuse. Lee narrates the events of the novel using Scout’s voice and uses this technique to add emotional context and develop themes. Themes of racial and classist prejudice are developed by Lee to challenge the reader. These techniques are all powerful ways to alter the views of the reader.

When Jem and Scout had been caught at the trial after Calurpina had brought Atticus the note, they were told they could come back after dinner. On the way home Calpurnia was beside herself informing them how wrong what they did was. “So many things happened so fast I felt it would take years to sort them out, and now here was Calpurnia giving her precious Jem down the country - what new marvels would the evening bring?” (Lee, 237) In the sense of the quote.

IRONY I think this is very ironic. The mob come to kill Tom Robinson Atticus says that he is sleeping, so the mob start to whisper instead of talking loud. If you are about to kill someone, are you really going to whisper and let them sleep? That's the ironic part. PLOT

Think of the saying, “you are the apple of my eye”. Most of today’s society understands that somebody is referring to someone that they cherish above all else. This phrase is a common metaphor that is used all around the world. Many times authors use a metaphor to convey a message without telling it right out to the reader. This technique is used by Harper Lee in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The title of the novel refers to persecution of the innocent which is highlighted by showcasing Arthur Radley as the mockingbird of the story, and the oppression of refugees relates this metaphor to today’s society.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that a reader can turn again and again, gaining new insights and knowledge into life each time. Sometimes an author uses a motif- a frequently repeated incident or idea -to get a certain theme across to the reader. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses motifs to clarify her messages or insights about life. Three specific motifs that Lee uses throughout the whole story are the mockingbird, courage, and walking in someone else's shoes.

In the nineteenth century, mockingbirds were kept in cages so they could sing their beautiful music. Because of this, mockingbirds were nearly almost wiped out of parts of the East Coast. All Mockingbirds do is bring beauty to the world. Mockingbirds symbolize innocence and do not deserve to be wounded by the cruelness of the world. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Dill, Mayella Ewell, Mr. Dolphus Raymond, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are all mockingbirds. They are innocent people that have been harmed or injured in the past and have learned the misery of the world.

To Kill A Mockingbird was published in the summer of 1960 and it could be considered one of the greatest novels created. Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, wrote these novels because of many personal experiences influencing her. One being the Scottsboro Boys case where an African American was falsely accused of raping a white woman where he was sentenced to death. This influenced the racism and prejudice in this novel. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee created a character named Boo Radley to develop a theme in this novel. Boo, a man that was living in the shadows, thought to be a scary and harmful person but actually being very friendly, shy and innocent. In To Kill A Mockingbird,

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us that is why it is a sin to kill a Mockingbird” -Harper Lee Mockingbirds are only here to sing their songs and to bring us joy. A Blue Jay is someone or something that preys on the week. Mockingbirds have to be shielded from the Blue Jays. Although Mockingbirds don't always need to be protected they do have to be protected from Blue Jays because they are gentle creatures whereas the Blue Jay is territorial and corrupt.

People always wondered what a mockingbird represents. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the narrator Jean Louise Finch lives in Maycomb, Alabama, with her brother Jeremy Finch, her dad Atticus Finch, and her mother-figure Calpurnia. She learns many lessons in her life including “You never truly understand a person until you put yourself in their shoes ” and “It is a sin to kill mockingbirds.” This ties in that a mockingbird symbolizes innocence, which proves that one should not judge someone else until they truly get to know them because one must truly know another before deeming them as evil or innocent.

The book is written by a girl, her name is Scout Finch, she has a brother whose name is Jem, her father also lives with them and his name is Atticus. Scouts mum has died when she was really young, so she doesn’t remember her much, but Jem (her brother) remembers some moments with his mum and he tells Scout about these moments every once in a while. Every summer holiday Dill would come from his home town to come and enjoy the holiday with them exploring the Town of Maycomb (Maycomb is the town where most of the story is set and where Scout lives) like the town haunted house that lies between her home and her school. When school first started and Scout starts Grade 1 she asked a question and asked to read. But when her teacher realizes that she

Procrastination is the worst of all evils. One has a certain mindset, a goal to complete, but will perform actions that suggest quite the opposite. This backward thinking is apparent in even the most impeccable of individuals, and often prevails to prove the irony of human thought. Such inverted ideology is the latent message of Bridget Sprouls’ poem “Scout.” Through the extended metaphor of a Scout, the changing, eager tone, and the quaint yet urban setting of Austin, Texas, Sprouls demonstrates the conflict caused by maintaining a natural life that is separate from societal influences and the reliance of humanity on the aspects of society that constrain one from experiencing liberation into a native lifestyle.