To Kill A Mockingbird Research Paper

It has been over fifty years since Harper Lee wrote her classic book, To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM). “Harper Lee’s work is so powerful and popular that it has never been out of print,” (Price). Since then, the outside world has changed with significance. People wear jeans instead of slacks, pocket calculators have more computing power than the rocket that put humans on the moon, and culture is advancing faster than the rocket’s return. Through all these changes that have taken place since 1960, TKM remains ever present in the today’s competitive world and it “represents the best and the worst parts of American society” (TKM: Still Relevant). The symbolism and underlying messages of the book, specifically the illustration of the mockingbird in society, is extremely relevant in today’s world.

Harper Lee's reaction to the success of "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a strange one. She said she didn't expect it to be such a success. She was hoping someone would like it, and give her a chance. In 1957, Lee met with editor Tay Hohoff in a meeting to discuss her novel. They were in New York at the time. Nelle was an airline reservation agent for 8 years to support herself while writing the manuscript "Atticus." It was about a girl named Scout Finch and her father Atticus Finch, who was a lawyer. Atticus was given a case to represent a black male accused of rape. This was during the 1930's, when racism and segregation was very alive. It shows us what the blacks had to endure while living in the south. The book has a strong meaning about racism and stereotyping.

Courage can mean many different things to many different people. To some, courage can be the ability to stand up for what is right, while for others it can be challenging oneself with tasks one is not accustomed to. Harper Lee incorporates different types of courage in To Kill a Mockingbird so many can connect to a moment they felt that courage. Courage is seen throughout the novel in the form of overcoming one’s fears, fighting prejudice, and standing up for what one believes to be just.

Some believe that To Kill A Mockingbird is out of date, that it is no longer relevant and students cannot relate to it. To Kill A Mockingbird can relate to events that have happened not to long ago. An event happened at University of Massachusetts over racism. The NYPD has a long recorded of killing unarmed black men. Ferguson, Missouri has been through a lot in the past few weeks. To Kill A Mockingbird is still relevant to students today because racism still exists.

In the town of Maycomb, Scout Finch, also known as Jean Louise, explores the ways adults interact and express different opinions in her society. Maycomb is a town filled with different people that belong to different castes. In their town, there are two main types of people,  people who are white, and people who are colored. All adults in their society have their opinion to how these people should be treated, in which more than half are racist towards the colored people. Scout although is the daughter of a lawyer, named Atticus Finch, who follows the law and is against racism towards colored people. He is defending a colored man, named Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of rape to Mayella Ewell by Bob Ewell. Scout mainly has been affected

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being an adult. I remember watching the movie “Thirteen Going on Thirty” and relating to the thirteen-year-old, Jenna Rink. She wished to be thirty because she thought those would be the best years of her life and in the end, she realized that the choices you make when you are young determine and shape the person that you become as an adult. As a child, I learned foundational spiritual and moral lessons. Those lessons have guided me through tough times from a little girl who dreamed of being an adult to the young adult woman I’m learning to be today. I am excited to go to Lipscomb and develop more independence through the experience of living on campus. I am hopeful that my experience at Lipscomb will enable me to grow into the woman I want to be. There have been a lot of female role models in my life. My mom, my teachers, and my mentors whom I have spent a lot of time with and observed. They all have similar characteristics: strong, brave, independent, and supportive. Eleanor Roosevelt and Princess Diana are women that have inspired me with their generosity and wisdom. I’ve absorbed my

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, starts off describing Maycomb as a sleepy, "tired old town." Which was a result from the Great Depression. Remind you, the Great Depression is one of, if not, the darkest times in American history. It was the worst economic downturn in industrialized world. Thus, it every some town, including Maycomb. With no money, and no means to make money, the people in Maycomb moved at a slow pace, because of the financial distress.

"I certainly am (a “nigger-lover”). I do my best to love everybody..” says Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird.” In the book, racism and social inequality was something that occurred. But today, I believe it is different. I disagree with the statement that America will never achieve true racial and social equality because there’s amendments that grant all U.S. citizens rights, there are people making a change and protecting those whose lives are in danger because of their race, and there are punishment for the people that show unlawful acts of hatred towards those people.

America had some pretty dark times in its lifetime; but out of those times can come some of the greatest novels or movies ever created. Harper Lee wrote a book called To Kill a Mockingbird. The incidences and scenes that took place in America affected how Harper Lee wrote the book to relate to Jim Crow laws and the Great Depression. Lee included examples in the book that clearly connected to and displayed the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the racism blacks dealt with.

There are many different punishments for disobeying God. For example, in Leviticus 26:16 it says “I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you--wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away”. As a little girl, I would lie a lot, and when I was to get caught. I would try to lie my way out of trouble. So when I was 7 I decided that I would lie, and say that this girl told me she was going to hurt me. It was either a Monday or Tuesday when my grandmother came and picked me up from school. I thought that would be the best time to play out my plan. As were getting into the car I start crying saying I was threatened. My Grandmother reacted to this information by calling my Mother. My mom

I believe the closure in To Kill a Mockingbird was predominantly satisfying. It was only predominantly satisfying for me because, I believe that Bob Ewell’s death should have been more punishing for his sins and provided more justice to Tom Robinson’s death than the ending portrayed. On the other hand, it is the most likely outcome in real life, but the process of his death should have been more severe than just a result of karma concerning only one of his crimes; harming children. The punishment should have extended to bring justice to Tom Robinson as well to restore the balance. There are very few loose ends left, because of the full closure provided, however the only two questions that remains is what happened to Mayella Ewell and if Dill

Mockingbirds do nothing but make music for us to enjoy. A mockingbird can also be related to the human world. Some people can be considered as mockingbirds. In the human world mockingbirds can be the innocent people that are blame for situations when they didn’t do anything. People tend to blame others for things they know that the other person is not responsible for. In the early 1930s, the popularity of “Mockingbirds” was really high. This was mostly due to racism. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are two people that can be represented as “Mockingbirds” in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, seems to have written her novel with likeness toward an article about nine African-American adolescents unjustly accused for the rape of two caucasian women. The article, written by Haywood Patterson, one of the convicted men, states, "In 1931, nine African-American youths were tried in Scottsboro, Alabama, on charges of having raped two white women on a train passing through Alabama." The boys were unlawfully tried for a crime they did not commit, and this was because of their race. The well-known novel was also written in the setting of the 1930s, showing definite racism toward minorities was in full swing. Wrongfully, the boys that the article is based upon were tried multiple times and some

* Scout’s moral development throughout To Kill a Mockingbird has to do with how she is taught to see “the other”, her exposure to racism and injustice, and that she had Atticus as a parent to guide her through her childhood. These factors together create a stable learning environment for Scout to grow and develop in.

For my paper, I have chosen to analyze the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This movie is based on the novel – by the same name – written by Harper Lee. The story has two major plotlines. One follows Jem, Scout, and Dill as they try to uncover the secrets behind the infamous “Boo” Radley. It’s only at the end of the movie that we learn “Boo’s” real name to be Arthur, and that we discover he actually tries to protect people, as he saved Jem and Scout’s lives. The other major plotline, and the one most relevant to this class, follows Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout’s father, as he tries to represent Tom Robinson. Mr. Robinson is an African American man who has been charged with raping Mayella Ewell. The movie then