To Kill A Mockingbird Rhetorical Analysis Essay

I read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee as a requirement in my junior year of high school. It also came to be my favorite book because its themes are still relevant today; even though, it was written over fifty years ago. The novel also forced me to take a new perspective and experience empathy for a variety of characters. In this paper, I will take a rhetorical analysis on the way the author attempts to persuade the reader in teaching the lessons of her writing. To Kill a Mockingbird is an important piece of rhetorical literature because it persuades readers to challenge their moral views. The novel elicits the following themes: moral education is a necessity, the justice system is not always right or ethical, and, most importantly, social status is not an appropriate way to determine between who is right and who is wrong.
The first lesson I will discuss is the essential need for moral education. Atticus Finch teaches his children, Jem and Scout, several life lessons. For example, he said “I wanted you to see what real …show more content…
For example, Tom Robinson’s conviction, the murder of Bob Ewell, and so on. It showed me that doing what is ethically right can sometimes lead to the breaking of a rule or a law. The lesson on the importance of moral education matters because everyone needs to have a moral conscience; otherwise, people would be inhumane and selfish beings. Moreover, the justice system cannot always act as a guide for what is right and wrong because in some cases what is illegal is ethically acceptable. Also, it seems that everyone shares the opinion that social status is no way of determining who is guilty, but what tends to happen is that people with more money get away with more crimes. Finally, all of the lessons mentioned in this paper challenge the reader to make a decision based upon their ethical