The novel is renowned for it’s warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator’s father, atticus finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic says that atticus finch symbolizes racial heroism. The primary themes of to kill a mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. The story revolves around southern life and racial injustice.
It also talks about courage like how scout’s impulsive nature caused her to stand up for her father and unintentionally save the life of Tom Robinson. Or how Atticus Finch is a moral character and teaches his children life lessons and his motivation for defending Tom Robinson. …show more content…
Boo Radley is supposedly a recluse who never leaves the house and apparently stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. In reality, he is a sickly man who only wants friendship and after he saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell, Scout realizes after seeing how horrible the townspeople can be that choosing to stay out of the mess of humanity doesn’t seem like such a strange choice and she befriends him. The story is actually a flashback told by Scout as an adult and throughout the story she often comments on how she could not understand something at the time but now she can appreciate it. Throughout the novel, she matures from ages 6 to 8 but remains naive and idealistic, despite an increased understanding of human nature.
Lee Harper wrote about her small town realistically rather than melodramatically. As children coming of age, Scout and Jem face harsh realities and learn from them. The theme of racial injustice appears symbolically in the novel. Lee also portrays the problems of individual characters as universal underlying issues in every society. The story also covers the children’s sense of loss as they feel that the townsfolk have let them down when it comes to racial
It also talks about courage like how scout’s impulsive nature caused her to stand up for her father and unintentionally save the life of Tom Robinson. Or how Atticus Finch is a moral character and teaches his children life lessons and his motivation for defending Tom Robinson. …show more content…
Boo Radley is supposedly a recluse who never leaves the house and apparently stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. In reality, he is a sickly man who only wants friendship and after he saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell, Scout realizes after seeing how horrible the townspeople can be that choosing to stay out of the mess of humanity doesn’t seem like such a strange choice and she befriends him. The story is actually a flashback told by Scout as an adult and throughout the story she often comments on how she could not understand something at the time but now she can appreciate it. Throughout the novel, she matures from ages 6 to 8 but remains naive and idealistic, despite an increased understanding of human nature.
Lee Harper wrote about her small town realistically rather than melodramatically. As children coming of age, Scout and Jem face harsh realities and learn from them. The theme of racial injustice appears symbolically in the novel. Lee also portrays the problems of individual characters as universal underlying issues in every society. The story also covers the children’s sense of loss as they feel that the townsfolk have let them down when it comes to racial