“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing” (Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird). Harper Lee wrote her books and published To Kill a Mockingbird in the literary period known as Modernism. Modernism came to be as a result of people wanting to separate themselves from the past. They believed that their way of life, including their customs, traditions, and culture, was something that was more efficient and capable than that of any past civilization. Harper Lee was a critical author in this period. She contributed a novel that has helped shape the development of American literature, and has changed what many readers look for in a novel.
Lee’s writing style was influenced by many aspects of her personal life. When …show more content…
Tim Dare, who wrote Lawyers, Ethics, and To Kill a Mockingbird, had nothing but praise to give to the author and the development of her book and characters. Specifically, Dare wrote about the internal conflict that developed within Atticus Finch, an attorney and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. Dare states that Atticus Finch, as the moral principle character, has the responsibility of not only proving to himself that he will make the right choices, but also of proving himself to his own children, who look to him for guidance. In the process, Finch goes through quite a few issues involving the jeering of people in town, as well as his own questioning of his abilities. This analysis, coupled with a few concurring opinions across various sources, seems an appropriate and apt description of what goes on within the mind of Atticus Finch. “Atticus’ primary conflict comes with his decision to defend Tom Robinson….Atticus knows that many of the townspeople will not approve of his decision…”(Bullgatortail, www.enotes.com). This opinion is simply a restatement of what Dare has already said, but shows that there are multiple people who agree upon the ideas put forth by Dare. Atticus himself shows exactly what kind of man he is by telling Scout, upon her arrival home after a rough day at school, that “[y]ou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb
Lee’s writing style was influenced by many aspects of her personal life. When …show more content…
Tim Dare, who wrote Lawyers, Ethics, and To Kill a Mockingbird, had nothing but praise to give to the author and the development of her book and characters. Specifically, Dare wrote about the internal conflict that developed within Atticus Finch, an attorney and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. Dare states that Atticus Finch, as the moral principle character, has the responsibility of not only proving to himself that he will make the right choices, but also of proving himself to his own children, who look to him for guidance. In the process, Finch goes through quite a few issues involving the jeering of people in town, as well as his own questioning of his abilities. This analysis, coupled with a few concurring opinions across various sources, seems an appropriate and apt description of what goes on within the mind of Atticus Finch. “Atticus’ primary conflict comes with his decision to defend Tom Robinson….Atticus knows that many of the townspeople will not approve of his decision…”(Bullgatortail, www.enotes.com). This opinion is simply a restatement of what Dare has already said, but shows that there are multiple people who agree upon the ideas put forth by Dare. Atticus himself shows exactly what kind of man he is by telling Scout, upon her arrival home after a rough day at school, that “[y]ou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb