To Kill A Mockingbird Reflection

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee should be read and taught in school considering the facts that it teaches the important message of learning to stand in other’s shoes, and that the reader can see the wide range of diversity such as socioeconomic status and race. In the real world, we will come across many different people with different backgrounds and views. It is easy to look at those people and think, “they are strange,” or “they don’t understand anything.” I admit, before reading this book I was insensitive to this and didn’t even realize when I looked at people and made those assumptions. This book has helped me be not so judgmental and be able to see from other people’s point of view. While some may say this book shouldn’t be taught because it is “racist” or

Few people can imagine living during the time of racial segregation or the great depression. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place from the year 1933 to 1995. During this time, two siblings named Scout and Jem Finch are living in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. While growing up, they go through many events and learn numerous lessons from their father, Atticus Finch. Throughout the novel, Jem goes through many experiences that change the way he perceives the town of Maycomb and it’s people.

As the United States “progresses” in economic, educational and technological advancements we still are fighting for racial equality. With more than 50 years since the brown vs. board of education case there is still incidents like Ferguson, Baton Rouge, and Phiando Castile where many questions are still unanswered. However, Harper Lee dealt with these same problems in 1960 when she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee created an emotionally confronting story. Lee writes through the eyes of “Scout” a lawyer’s daughter in a small sleepy town of Maycomb in Alabama during the great depression. Throughout the book “Scout” learns coming of age lessons from Atticus and her own experiences. But when Atticus takes on a case defending a black man (Tom Robinson) convicted for rapping a white woman (Mayella Ewell) and is found guilty. “Scout” her brother Jem begin to understand the effects of the prejudices in society. Therefore, Lee applies the literary concepts of diction and tone to revel the truth that prejudices in society negatively affect the way people treat each other in To Kill a Mocking Bird.

Emily Noble Ms. Williams Advanced English II, 4th Period 15 May 2018 To Kill a Mockingbird Final Argument     To Kill a Mockingbird was published longer than sixty years ago, and is still considered a huge hit, and a must read. People are curious as to why most students from 8th through 12th grade will be required to read, study, and be tested on Harper Lee’s novel. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young girl and her brother who are faced with difficult situations when they realize racism in their town. To Kill a Mockingbird is still important to study in classrooms because it shows what life and racism was like in the 1930’s through a personal perspective of a child to make her circumstances more understandable through the readers eyes.

To Kill a Mockingbird takes us through a story of a girl maturing into a young woman. We are taken on a journey of emotion and curiosity as we are told about her coming of age and the trials she faced within. The three years we are taken through of Scout Finch’s life consisted of many changes in her as well as her family's personality, attitude, and outlook on the world they lived in. We are put into the eyes of a six year old and shown how she views people, the changes and events she's facing, along with the way they grow and develop.

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a beautiful story depicting a family living in the South of the 1930’s, and their struggle against the prejudice which was common to that time. The book centers on Atticus Finch, the father of the family as well as a lawyer, and his fight against prejudice. We see the story unfold through the innocent eyes of his young daughter, Scout, who is free from prejudice and not yet jaded. By viewing events as Scout sees them, the author shows us how to overcome prejudices, and gain tolerance.

To Kill a Mockingbird is based in the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In the book, conflict arrises when her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, takes on a case to defend an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. Scout takes on a very mature perspective when issues with the racist community arrises. When the Finch family comes under fire for defending Tom Robinson when he is accused of raping a young white woman named Mayella Ewell, they gain many friends referred in the novel as the “Mockingbirds”, good people injured by the evil of mankind. When Tom Robinson is placed in a local prison & Atticus and his kids have to defend him from the mob, Scouts innocence and polite questioning causes one man with a kid her age to show some humanity and disperse the mob. The racist white community wanted Tom Robinson lynched before he was actually proven

require students to direct their learning into the pages of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. A timeless novel written by Harper Lee, allows the narrator who goes by the name of “Scout Finch” to reflect on her time as a young white female in the deep south during the early 1900s. Throughout the novel, the adolescent narrator and her slightly learn valuable life-lessons, taught by her father and the deceitfulness of their small towns society, along with the cruelty of white supremacy.

Prejudice; what a strong and powerful word that is. When prejudice first comes to mind I first think of, judgment, bias, stereotyping, unfairness and intolerance. It's much more than that it's an evil discriminator act of power. A preconceived opinion of someone de to physical characteristics that can't be helped or changed. There are many different forms of prejudice but the four main ones to me are as follows. Sexism (the unfair prejudice against someone because of their sex), ageism (the pre conceived idea that they are not worthy due to someone's age), socio economic prejudice (the discrimination against someone due to their wealth/class/job place in society etc) and last but not least

I finished the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book is about the childhood experiences of a girl named Scout. The story takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama and struggling with racism. Scout must learn about the racism and prejudices in the South. The book highlights the injustice of being black in the southern court system. In this journal, I will be evaluating.

With the hard hit from the Great Depression, Maycomb’s own Finch family struggles to stay above water, with the riveting court case. Mayella Ewell, a young woman raised on the wrong side of the track by Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson, a black man. The question that leaves the reader on the edge of our seat: did Tom do it? With the defense of Atticus Finch, a well-known lawyer, father, and neighbor; he helps Tom and his family. Atticus uses this case as a learning experience for his children Scout and Jem that will leave an everlasting effect on their lives and their future. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout’s outlook on life changes by the influences of Atticus, Calpurnia, and Boo Radley. Firstly, Atticus changes Scouts outlook on true courage. Then, Calpurnia changes Scouts outlook on respect and finally Scout’s outlook on kindness with Boo Radley.

“As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn’t much else left for us to learn, except possibly algebra.” (Harper 284) Throughout the course of To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout Finch experience things that force them to mature. From a trial that demonstrates the unyielding racism of the town, to mobs that come to threaten their family, to the death of Mrs. Dubose who was going through more than she let on, they are exposed to a lot during their childhood. The children’s ideas about life evolve as the story progresses and their experiences help them learn things without the influence of their town. Because Scout and Jem are exposed to so much as children, they have the ability to see the world through unbiased eyes which enables them to form original opinions about prejudice, acceptance, and what it means to be a girl.

When people are young they see things very differently than adults see things. Their way of seeing the world is from a child’s point of view, which changed as they progressed further in life. Scout is like this in many ways. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young girl named Scout Finch who grew up in the 1930s. Scout lives in Maycomb County with her father, Atticus, and her brother Jem. In the beginning, Jem, Scout, and their friend Dill their neighbor Boo Radley out of his house. Atticus is a lawyer, and at around the time Scout was eight, he took on a case that required him to defend a black man that was charged with rape. This was not a very popular thing to do and Jem, Scout, and Atticus were made fun of for it. When the case was decided, the black man was sent to prison (even though he was innocent), where he tried to escape, and was killed in the process. The father of the women that was supposedly raped, Mr. Ewell, threatened Atticus for defending the black man, and making him look a fool on the stand. One night, Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout, and he broke Jem arm. Mr. Ewell killed himself after Boo Radley saved Jem and Scout from him. As one reads To Kill a Mockingbird, the maturation of Scout can be seen in the following ways; Scout’s image of Boo Radley, her image of black people and the way they live, and how she comes to respect adults.

Charles Lamb once said, “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” The author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, studied law just as her father had done. Her award winning novel is narrated by a character that is based upon Lee’s childhood, in a more or less autobiographical sense. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in an Alabama town during The Great Depression. Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout, learns the difficulties of understanding the difference in others, with the help of her family, friends, and fellow citizens of Maycomb. Scout and her brother share a father named Atticus, who practices law as an attorney for Maycomb. When Atticus receives a racially charged black versus white case, the novel takes off into a fictional story that teaches the protagonists valuable lessons that they would never forget.The author proves that injustice does not always dwindle with age. The theme of injustice is portrayed influentially, socially, and racially.

One of the numerous themes of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is understanding another human’s perspective. Scout Finch, the story’s protagonist, shows growth and maturity as she learns to deal with the injustice of a prejudiced society. Scout is a young girl from Alabama whose father, Atticus Finch, is asked to defend an African-American man who is charged with rape. The southern way of life during The Great Depression will not allow Tom Robinson a fair trial, and Scout and her brother Jem are forced to deal with a county's ignorance and racist attitudes. While in the beginning of the book Scout seems to be an innocent naive little girl, she matures as time goes on and ultimately learns the lessons her father wants her to understand.