To Kill A Mockingbird Thesis

All throughout history men, women and children were treated poorly because of their colour; African-Americans were demeaned by society in many ways from as simple as the segregation of public washrooms to being wrongly convicted for a crime they did not commit. The time period in which Harper Lee’s novel is set, the 1930’s, society judged their opinions on the colour of one’s skin. Lee demonstrates themes including racial discrimination and the right to a fair trial to prove this point. To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional story following the journey of the young narrator in the name of Scout Finch through the cruel acts of racism in her town during the 1930’s. Lee demonstrates discrimination in court during this time period using Tom Robinson’s trial, Tom

It’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird. Mockingbird is considered “good” birds, they sing and never cause trouble. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbirds there are many mockingbird characters like Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Tom helped Mayella Ewell with her housework, like chopping a chiffarobe, yet was still convicted of raping her by Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father. Arthur Radley(Boo) helped save the children and also gave them gifts, yet was feared of by the town. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are all mockingbirds, the innocents who were “killed”.

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is set during the early 20th Century in the fictional town of Maycomb. Lee has decided to write the novel from a child’s point of view because a child is innocent but as the novel progresses the narrator, Scout, loses her innocence as she deals with the complications of her father being a lawyer. The novel revolves around racism and Scout sees discrimination wherever she goes whether it is racial or social prejudice. The town’s people agree with the idea that whites are superior to blacks. An example of this is when Atticus, Scout’s father, has to defend a black man who is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter.

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.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird we see an innocent man get locked away because of the color of his skin. We, the audience, see an innocent man be targeted because he was black. These horrific scenes could be chalked up to history, we could always say that as a nation America has learned from its mistakes, that as a nation we accept everyone so fully. If this was true, if To Kill a Mockingbird was just a story then I, as a Muslim American teenager, wouldn’t be so afraid to live in this world.

“To Kill A Mockingbird”, directed by Robert Mulligan, is based off of a (in)famous book of the same title by Harper E. Lee. Taking place in the 1930’s, “To Kill A Mockingbird” follows the narrative of six year old Scout Finch as her father accepts a case where he defends an African American against the American justice system. A coming of age novel that gives modern readers a glimpse of the America we never got to personally see, “To Kill A Mockingbird” reflects childlike innocence throughout, with undertones of the daunting world. Throughout the novel, we become young Scout Finch, and catch hints of heavier things. We learn the weight of having to kill a Mockingbird.

The 1960s Civil Rights Movement is one of the largest social movements in American History. For many years prior, the majority of African Americans had just lived with discrimination as if it were a part of life. It took years for them to muster up the courage to fight the oppression and begin the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee uses a similar brand of courage in To Kill a Mockingbird, when many of the community members are put in situations in which they must be brave or cowardly. Harper Lee uses To Kill a Mockingbird to raise awareness about the importance of courage and how true courage is only shown when met with confrontation.

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

During the 1960s the Civil Rights Movement began to spread, as people began to draw awareness towards the many injustices and racist practices against African Americans. In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird the author, Harper Lee, tells the story of an African American man who is falsely accused of rape by a White woman. She does this through the childlike and opinionated views of her lawyer's daughter, Scout. Lee’s book benefits the Civil Rights Movement by reflecting on segregation and racism in the American South, humanizing African Americans, and proving that the stereotypes placed on them are false. She does this by connecting the fictional aspects of the book to actual issues faced during the Civil Rights Movement.

"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.

Robinson had a long career of scamming money from people and businesses, but his tastes in sexual encounters and his need to push the limits of control and the justice system are probably what drove him to deviate from the safety of only doing white collar crime to committing murder. Like previously stated, he was always looking for new ways to test the boundaries and that when Paula Godfrey, a nineteen-year-old naive girl came into his office looking for a job, he couldn’t resist the idea of asserting his control over her. He was her boss, and at the time a big financial supporter in her life. He took this control from being her boss to being the last person she will ever see and killed her. He did this with many other women luring them

The protagonist of this story is a nine-year-old girl named Jean Louise Finch (Scout). She lives in a town called Maycomb, Alabama. It’s an uptight town, living through the great depression and is full of prejudice. Scouts world doesn’t change until her father, a lawyer and widower, Atticus Finch agrees to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a white women.

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

A mockingbird is a songbird, they do not harm anyone only do good, they don’t expect anything else in return, and it is a sin to kill one. In the beginning of chapter ten Miss Maudie said “ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy, they don’t eat up people’s garden, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee: 74 & 75)

The story took place in the 1930’s in a town called Maycomb, Alabama. The story is told to us by a young child in her perspective. It was during the time where racism was a big part of the word still. The story told by the child during a trail of an African American facing charges of rape of a white women. The child name is scout and her father Atticus given the trial to defend the African American name Tom Robison, but Atticus already knew how the outcome of the trial was going to be. Atticus raised his children Scout and Jem in a very different way from many different white folks raised their own. Jem and Scout get to see a different perspective of the world from their father Atticus and there black cook Calpurnia. Jem and Scout did not have a mother figure so Calpurnia took the role of being the mother figure by giving her life lesson to Scout and Jem. Jem and Scout to see the world how it is instead of seeing the black and white like most people. Atticus try’s to be honest with his children and does his best to explain things to his children that would make his children understand the situation. As a reader we see that Atticus try’s to do good for the community for the whites and blacks. He want his children to believe that tolerance of people and for the word of the bible, but to accept and forgive as well of other people way of thinking.