The destruction of innocence is a huge topic in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the collage that I made portrays the book's theme immensely, while also showing the mistakes of small town civilians and the hushing of diversity within them.
Courage is expressed by multiple characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The photos that I have used in my collage show courage in such a powerful way, as Atticus facing the rabid dog. Although Atticus had a rifle, he's an elder guy, his eyesight is weakening and an ill dog is coming towards him. Atticus stands his ground, and he clashes with the dog without moving a muscle or quivering. Mrs. Dubose shows courage in an exceptionally large way by choosing to look her drug addiction in …show more content…
She is particularly unhappy that Atticus has made up his mind to defend Tom Robinson, and portrays her racism when she said
"Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!"
She shows her racism in her vocabulary, and her hatred towards what Atticus is doing. She clearly thinks that blacks are so called “trash.”
Mrs. Merriweather and Mrs. Farrow, who gossips about their racism at the preacher circle that Aunt Alexandra hosts. They discuss about how their black servants have been acting "sulky and dissatisfied" because of the trial going on, and how it was no good to "stir 'em up," referring to the black people in town. Mrs. Farrow talks about how it's no good trying to teach or better black people...it is just "a losing battle.”
In the novel racism in Macomb County is a relatively serious issue and still is to this day. In my collage racism triumphs over the town and the people in it, but I think that we could all learn a thing or two from Atticus, Scout, and Boo, about courage and using it to help others, and find
Courage is expressed by multiple characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The photos that I have used in my collage show courage in such a powerful way, as Atticus facing the rabid dog. Although Atticus had a rifle, he's an elder guy, his eyesight is weakening and an ill dog is coming towards him. Atticus stands his ground, and he clashes with the dog without moving a muscle or quivering. Mrs. Dubose shows courage in an exceptionally large way by choosing to look her drug addiction in …show more content…
She is particularly unhappy that Atticus has made up his mind to defend Tom Robinson, and portrays her racism when she said
"Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!"
She shows her racism in her vocabulary, and her hatred towards what Atticus is doing. She clearly thinks that blacks are so called “trash.”
Mrs. Merriweather and Mrs. Farrow, who gossips about their racism at the preacher circle that Aunt Alexandra hosts. They discuss about how their black servants have been acting "sulky and dissatisfied" because of the trial going on, and how it was no good to "stir 'em up," referring to the black people in town. Mrs. Farrow talks about how it's no good trying to teach or better black people...it is just "a losing battle.”
In the novel racism in Macomb County is a relatively serious issue and still is to this day. In my collage racism triumphs over the town and the people in it, but I think that we could all learn a thing or two from Atticus, Scout, and Boo, about courage and using it to help others, and find