All book worms love that feeling when they cannot put a book down. Like an energy that cannot be interrupted or disturbed. Many different aspects of literature can cause such a feeling. These aspects are called Liturgy elements, and they fuel the fire to all great novels. Like in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee uses these elements so that the reader creates strong, good or bad feelings, that involve the setting, plot, characters, and theme. Hating a character, loving how the plot flows, despising the place in which the story takes place in, or admiring how the author ties everyone in a common theme are all examples of literary elements. Within this knothole lies ten different objects that represent liturgy elements that author Harper
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This symbolizes racism because it takes the jury a long time to decide if Tom Robinson was guilty or not which means they actually thought about it. Back then, no one would even think of a black man winning a trail over a white man. However, with the evidence, combined with the closing speech that Atticus provide, it makes it hard for the jury to find Tom guilty. Also, this causes suspense to the plot . The reader has been waiting and reading for a while and Harper Lee makes them hold off even longer to make the verdict even more excited. This event occurs when everyone was waiting in the courthouse for hours. Waiting for the verdict after Atticus’ inspirational closing speech. Everyone is shocked at the amount of time taken by the jury. “The old courthouse clock suffered its preliminary strain and struck the hour, eight deafening bongs that shook our …show more content…
The theme is Scout’s becoming of age. This theme is expressed when Walter Cunningham puts molasses all over his meal at the Finch house. Scout just fought Walter Cunningham, and Jem gets mad at Scout and feels bad for Walter. Jem invites Walter over for dinner after school. Walter pours molasses all over his food and Scout makes a mean comment. Calpurnia teaches Scout about her manners. Calpurnia explains to Scout that Walter is the guess and she should respect him. “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing”(27). “When she squinted down at me the tiny lines around her eyes deepened. 'There's some folks who don't eat like us,' she whispered fiercely, 'but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear!'”(27). Scout was taught a lesson by Cal. She learns she can't go around judging people. Also, she learns that some people are just different from one another. Harper Lee includes this in her novel to remind the reader that Scout is only six years old. Lee shows this when Scout acts improper and childish so that at the end of the novel, the reader can think back and see how much she grew as a person. Harper Lee also includes this to explain to setting more in detail
This symbolizes racism because it takes the jury a long time to decide if Tom Robinson was guilty or not which means they actually thought about it. Back then, no one would even think of a black man winning a trail over a white man. However, with the evidence, combined with the closing speech that Atticus provide, it makes it hard for the jury to find Tom guilty. Also, this causes suspense to the plot . The reader has been waiting and reading for a while and Harper Lee makes them hold off even longer to make the verdict even more excited. This event occurs when everyone was waiting in the courthouse for hours. Waiting for the verdict after Atticus’ inspirational closing speech. Everyone is shocked at the amount of time taken by the jury. “The old courthouse clock suffered its preliminary strain and struck the hour, eight deafening bongs that shook our …show more content…
The theme is Scout’s becoming of age. This theme is expressed when Walter Cunningham puts molasses all over his meal at the Finch house. Scout just fought Walter Cunningham, and Jem gets mad at Scout and feels bad for Walter. Jem invites Walter over for dinner after school. Walter pours molasses all over his food and Scout makes a mean comment. Calpurnia teaches Scout about her manners. Calpurnia explains to Scout that Walter is the guess and she should respect him. “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing”(27). “When she squinted down at me the tiny lines around her eyes deepened. 'There's some folks who don't eat like us,' she whispered fiercely, 'but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear!'”(27). Scout was taught a lesson by Cal. She learns she can't go around judging people. Also, she learns that some people are just different from one another. Harper Lee includes this in her novel to remind the reader that Scout is only six years old. Lee shows this when Scout acts improper and childish so that at the end of the novel, the reader can think back and see how much she grew as a person. Harper Lee also includes this to explain to setting more in detail