Using Chapter 10 as a starting point, explore the ways Atticus and the community are contrasted in To Kill a Mockingbird
In the novel Atticus is contrasted to the rest of the community through his actions, his mentality and his morals which he teaches the children throughout the novel.
Chapter 10 is a great starting point to show how Atticus contrasts to the rest of the community. Scout is mockingbird in this chapter as Atticus is protecting her – and Jem – from the dog (Tim Johnson) and from the discrimination, racism and prejudice within the community. Scout is the mockingbird because one of the min morals throughout the book we know that he main moral is that it is a “sin to kill a mockingbird” – we are told that mockingbirds do nothing but sing and so therefore Scout is the mockingbird because she is innocent and in the book we are taught that it is a sin …show more content…
Many of the phrases used in chapter 10 reflect the feelings in chapter 21. In chapter 10 it says “Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street”, and the same thing happens in chapter 21 as they are waiting for the verdict from the trial. The phrase “Nothing is more deadly” is referred to like walking into danger from Scout’s perspective as she doesn’t realise Atticus knows what he is doing as she has been protected by him throughout her entire life – this was shown in chapter 10 when Atticus protected her from the dog. In chapter 10, when referring to the dog Scout says, “He didn’t know what hit him” this echoes how Scout and Jem are yet to acknowledge Tom will be sentenced for rape. This could also foreshadow Atticus’s powerful defence of Tom in the court scene when Atticus manipulates Bob Ewell in order for him to tell the truth about what happened to Mayella Ewell. In chapter 10 it also says that killing the dog “is a one-shot job” this again shows how Atticus is contrasted to the rest of the community as he is the only who can defend Tom
In the novel Atticus is contrasted to the rest of the community through his actions, his mentality and his morals which he teaches the children throughout the novel.
Chapter 10 is a great starting point to show how Atticus contrasts to the rest of the community. Scout is mockingbird in this chapter as Atticus is protecting her – and Jem – from the dog (Tim Johnson) and from the discrimination, racism and prejudice within the community. Scout is the mockingbird because one of the min morals throughout the book we know that he main moral is that it is a “sin to kill a mockingbird” – we are told that mockingbirds do nothing but sing and so therefore Scout is the mockingbird because she is innocent and in the book we are taught that it is a sin …show more content…
Many of the phrases used in chapter 10 reflect the feelings in chapter 21. In chapter 10 it says “Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street”, and the same thing happens in chapter 21 as they are waiting for the verdict from the trial. The phrase “Nothing is more deadly” is referred to like walking into danger from Scout’s perspective as she doesn’t realise Atticus knows what he is doing as she has been protected by him throughout her entire life – this was shown in chapter 10 when Atticus protected her from the dog. In chapter 10, when referring to the dog Scout says, “He didn’t know what hit him” this echoes how Scout and Jem are yet to acknowledge Tom will be sentenced for rape. This could also foreshadow Atticus’s powerful defence of Tom in the court scene when Atticus manipulates Bob Ewell in order for him to tell the truth about what happened to Mayella Ewell. In chapter 10 it also says that killing the dog “is a one-shot job” this again shows how Atticus is contrasted to the rest of the community as he is the only who can defend Tom