Today, millions of students are reading books in school that they find boring and unrelatable. Students sometimes find it hard to connect to the characters and the situations represented in the books they read for class. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not one of those books. This book has relatable characters like Scout and Jem who go through situations that student can find themselves relating to. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book with life lessons that will always be relevant and important to people of all ages. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches students about walking in other people 's shoes, the innocence of the world and the people living in it, also the way people should keep fighting even if others believe you 're on the
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To Kill a Mockingbird has many literary devices that students need to be able to recognize. For example, literary devices are used to create hidden messages in the text. Symbolism is one of the literary devices used in the book, it’s even used in the title. “ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (119). The mockingbird is a symbol for what’s purely good in the world. This quote shows, it’s a sin to destroy the innocence in the world when people don’t have a reason to. Another time in the novel, a literary device used often is metaphor. For example, Atticus tells Scout about how she needs to walk around in other people’s skin to see the situation from their point of view. “I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it.” (77). This quote is a great example of of a metaphor. Scout had tried to look at the current situation through Jem’s point of view by “climbing in his skin”. Scout didn’t really climb into Jem’s skin, she tried to understand how he felt and how he viewed the problem. To Kill a Mockingbird uses metaphors to point out lessons that students should learn and analyze. The use of literary devices sparks class discussion, letting the students understand each hidden lesson a little better than they would have if they read it outside of the
To Kill a Mockingbird has many literary devices that students need to be able to recognize. For example, literary devices are used to create hidden messages in the text. Symbolism is one of the literary devices used in the book, it’s even used in the title. “ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (119). The mockingbird is a symbol for what’s purely good in the world. This quote shows, it’s a sin to destroy the innocence in the world when people don’t have a reason to. Another time in the novel, a literary device used often is metaphor. For example, Atticus tells Scout about how she needs to walk around in other people’s skin to see the situation from their point of view. “I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it.” (77). This quote is a great example of of a metaphor. Scout had tried to look at the current situation through Jem’s point of view by “climbing in his skin”. Scout didn’t really climb into Jem’s skin, she tried to understand how he felt and how he viewed the problem. To Kill a Mockingbird uses metaphors to point out lessons that students should learn and analyze. The use of literary devices sparks class discussion, letting the students understand each hidden lesson a little better than they would have if they read it outside of the