In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird there is a man named Arthur Radley that has stayed in his house his whole life. The children in the book soon understand that Arthur Radley is not what everyone thinks about him. Harper Lee uses motif, juxtaposition, imagery, symbols, characterization, and foreshadowing to show one of the main themes’ which is, gossip is not always true and you don’t truly know someone until you understand their perspective. These are all elements that help with the coming of age scene. Coming of age is a main theme in Harper Lee’s novel. The coming of age element is that the kids see that Boo/ Arthur Radley is not what everyone thinks he is. Everyone thinks that Arthur is a monster and he eats raw animals but the kids, Jem and Scout, come to find that he is really nice. Everyone would spread these rumors and gossip but now the reader can see this is all invalid.
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Motif is used because it is a reoccurring scene. Boo is a symbol of a mockingbird and foreshadowing is used because when Jem and Scout were cold he gave them a blanket without them noticing because he did not want them to freeze. Imagery is used to describe Boo and characterization is the way that the author describes Boo to make him seem more realistic to the reader. In one scene Boo saves Jem and Scout. This scene is when Scout and Jem are walking home in the dark and they are being attacked “From somewhere nearby came scuffling, kicking sounds, sounds of shoes and flesh scraping dirt and roots.” “The scuffling noises were dying; someone wheezed and the night was still again. Still but for a man breathing heavily, breathing heavily and staggering. I thought he went to the tree and leaned against it. He coughed violently, a sobbing, boneshaking cough.”(Lee 351). This shows that Boo Radley killed their attacker to save
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Motif is used because it is a reoccurring scene. Boo is a symbol of a mockingbird and foreshadowing is used because when Jem and Scout were cold he gave them a blanket without them noticing because he did not want them to freeze. Imagery is used to describe Boo and characterization is the way that the author describes Boo to make him seem more realistic to the reader. In one scene Boo saves Jem and Scout. This scene is when Scout and Jem are walking home in the dark and they are being attacked “From somewhere nearby came scuffling, kicking sounds, sounds of shoes and flesh scraping dirt and roots.” “The scuffling noises were dying; someone wheezed and the night was still again. Still but for a man breathing heavily, breathing heavily and staggering. I thought he went to the tree and leaned against it. He coughed violently, a sobbing, boneshaking cough.”(Lee 351). This shows that Boo Radley killed their attacker to save