For this project, I decided to illustrate my interpretations of the mad dog scene in chapter 10 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. With the many options I had to choose from, I wanted to draw because I am not creative enough to write something originally. I believed I would more inclined to feel less stressed and angry if I were to draw instead of write. I chose this scene to draw because I thought it was an important scene in the book, representing many aspects of racism and courage. The mad dog scene also inspired me because the scene and character can be interpreted in many different ways.
I did not have any professional equipment to draw this scene, so I just used regular white printer paper and colored pencils to produce my drawing. First, I sketched a very faint idea of how the street would look like and where the houses would be placed with a pencil, taking a lot longer than intended. This sets up the scene so I can place Tim Robinson, also known as the mad dog, and Atticus. I began to search up images of dogs and images of a person shooting a gun so I could draw the mad dog and …show more content…
The mockingbird represents the phrase “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird”, as stated in the book. The oak tree is there to serve as the visual of Scout and Jem’s interactions with Mr. Radley. The rabid mad dog represents racism, and how it can be infected throughout the entire neighborhood unless one is courageous enough to stop it. Although it cannot be seen clearly, the windows are covered, representing how frightened the neighbors were of the mad dog. This goes back to the symbolism of the mad dog, and how people were not valiant enough to stop the mad dog, such as they were not able to control the racism in Maycomb. That is, until Atticus appears, killing the rabid dog to keep the dog’s disease from spreading, such as he was defending Tom Robinson to prevent further
I did not have any professional equipment to draw this scene, so I just used regular white printer paper and colored pencils to produce my drawing. First, I sketched a very faint idea of how the street would look like and where the houses would be placed with a pencil, taking a lot longer than intended. This sets up the scene so I can place Tim Robinson, also known as the mad dog, and Atticus. I began to search up images of dogs and images of a person shooting a gun so I could draw the mad dog and …show more content…
The mockingbird represents the phrase “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird”, as stated in the book. The oak tree is there to serve as the visual of Scout and Jem’s interactions with Mr. Radley. The rabid mad dog represents racism, and how it can be infected throughout the entire neighborhood unless one is courageous enough to stop it. Although it cannot be seen clearly, the windows are covered, representing how frightened the neighbors were of the mad dog. This goes back to the symbolism of the mad dog, and how people were not valiant enough to stop the mad dog, such as they were not able to control the racism in Maycomb. That is, until Atticus appears, killing the rabid dog to keep the dog’s disease from spreading, such as he was defending Tom Robinson to prevent further