To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a well-known novel written in the late 1950’s, set in the 30’s. At this point in history, it was the start of the Black Civil Rights Movement. This novel is about brother and sister, Jem and Scout Finch who live with their father, Atticus, in Maycomb County Alabama where their father is a lawyer. In the novel, Atticus defends a black man on the account of rape. This event is why the novel is significant to the time period. This novel, though, is about Jem and Scout’s coming of age, how they learn what true courage is and how you treat people can shape your life and define you forever.
In the beginning of the novel Jem is almost 12 and Scout is just starting school. During the summer their friend Dill …show more content…
This is the part of the novel that is significant to this time period. Tom Robinson was unjustly accused and persecuted for raping Mayella Ewell. But he was black so no one would stand up for him even though his innocence was clear. The entire time of the trial Jem, Scout and Dill sat on the balcony where the colored people were sat. At the time of Tom’s questioning Dill Begins to cry. Scout takes him outside thinking he is just being a child but he turns and says “That’s unfair the way they is treating him.” This shows the reader that even a small child like Dill feels sympathy for a colored man. That in the early 30’s it mattered who your parents were as to how you treat the colored folk. This teaches scout that if you are brought up like her, Jem and Dill you don’t judge people by the color of their skin but judge them on how they treat their inferior. You don’t judge someone until “you wear his skin and walk around in it” Atticus to Scout. This shows Scouts growing maturity and how she learns from …show more content…
This character is Anther “Boo” Radley. Boo symbolizes their ever-growing maturity. At the start, they try to tease Boo and get a glimpse of the infamous Boo Radley. As much as they try they never seem to be able to see him. At the end of the novel Jem and scout are on their way back home from the autumn festival. They are almost home when they are attacked. Jem ends up unconscious and scout tangled up in her outfit, she lay still listening to the struggling, then someone hitting the ground. She watches as a man she has never seen before picks up Jem and carries him home. This stranger is Boo Radley. The significance of this event is that they are all grown up and Boo is back in their lives. This event is placed after the Tom Robinson case because of the children’s symbol of growing maturity. The man who attacked Jem and Scout was Bob Ewell, Father of Mayella Ewell. Atticus insists that it was Jem who had killed the man but the Sheriff says “He landed on his knife” showing that Bob got given what he deserved. Scout walks Boo home to never see him again. This shows the reader that Scout is leaving her childhood behind as Boo Radley is their symbol of their forever growing
In the beginning of the novel Jem is almost 12 and Scout is just starting school. During the summer their friend Dill …show more content…
This is the part of the novel that is significant to this time period. Tom Robinson was unjustly accused and persecuted for raping Mayella Ewell. But he was black so no one would stand up for him even though his innocence was clear. The entire time of the trial Jem, Scout and Dill sat on the balcony where the colored people were sat. At the time of Tom’s questioning Dill Begins to cry. Scout takes him outside thinking he is just being a child but he turns and says “That’s unfair the way they is treating him.” This shows the reader that even a small child like Dill feels sympathy for a colored man. That in the early 30’s it mattered who your parents were as to how you treat the colored folk. This teaches scout that if you are brought up like her, Jem and Dill you don’t judge people by the color of their skin but judge them on how they treat their inferior. You don’t judge someone until “you wear his skin and walk around in it” Atticus to Scout. This shows Scouts growing maturity and how she learns from …show more content…
This character is Anther “Boo” Radley. Boo symbolizes their ever-growing maturity. At the start, they try to tease Boo and get a glimpse of the infamous Boo Radley. As much as they try they never seem to be able to see him. At the end of the novel Jem and scout are on their way back home from the autumn festival. They are almost home when they are attacked. Jem ends up unconscious and scout tangled up in her outfit, she lay still listening to the struggling, then someone hitting the ground. She watches as a man she has never seen before picks up Jem and carries him home. This stranger is Boo Radley. The significance of this event is that they are all grown up and Boo is back in their lives. This event is placed after the Tom Robinson case because of the children’s symbol of growing maturity. The man who attacked Jem and Scout was Bob Ewell, Father of Mayella Ewell. Atticus insists that it was Jem who had killed the man but the Sheriff says “He landed on his knife” showing that Bob got given what he deserved. Scout walks Boo home to never see him again. This shows the reader that Scout is leaving her childhood behind as Boo Radley is their symbol of their forever growing