Central Idea of TKAM
The main point of TKAM is usually not contrasted from the themes the book holds as sometimes central ideas and themes are very alike. Most of the time readers will go with what they understand but TKAM has a deeper meaning and when concentrating on the little details, a more meaningful story is revealed. The central idea of TKAM is how corrupted and tainted the people became of racism as well as the torn innocence of anyone who was influenced by the discrimination in the 30’s.
Around the time of the mid 1900’s The Great Depression was going on and the economy fell to its knees against the consequences of war. At the same time discrimination against people of color was going on and it showed no sign of stopping, many high …show more content…
One very famous quote that is given to scout by Atticus is “Remember, it’s a sin To Kill a Mockingbird” this quote is evidence for the central idea, this quote takes place in Ch. 10. The central idea of the story could be said to be racism in the 30’s. Anyone could get away with that. But the message that Lee was trying to convey to the readers is that of a tainted innocence (as shown in the previous paragraph as an example) because of the malevolent and self-righteous white people in her town. One other such example of this could be Francis Hancock, scout’s cousin, when he repeatedly makes disrespectful remarks about scout’s dad and calls him “nigger-lover”, this took place in Ch. 9.
Scout as the narrator shows her point of view of the story as it progresses and she watches Atticus stand for the people of any color in Maycomb and that such actions have fatal consequences one of these actions include standing up for Tom Robinson, a negro. Due to Maycomb’s internal racism, Robinson was charged with rape. The victim was Mayella Ewell, daughter to Bob Ewell. Harper Lee meant to add scout into the story to show adults how an 8-year-old girl is wiser and more innocent than the rest of the
The main point of TKAM is usually not contrasted from the themes the book holds as sometimes central ideas and themes are very alike. Most of the time readers will go with what they understand but TKAM has a deeper meaning and when concentrating on the little details, a more meaningful story is revealed. The central idea of TKAM is how corrupted and tainted the people became of racism as well as the torn innocence of anyone who was influenced by the discrimination in the 30’s.
Around the time of the mid 1900’s The Great Depression was going on and the economy fell to its knees against the consequences of war. At the same time discrimination against people of color was going on and it showed no sign of stopping, many high …show more content…
One very famous quote that is given to scout by Atticus is “Remember, it’s a sin To Kill a Mockingbird” this quote is evidence for the central idea, this quote takes place in Ch. 10. The central idea of the story could be said to be racism in the 30’s. Anyone could get away with that. But the message that Lee was trying to convey to the readers is that of a tainted innocence (as shown in the previous paragraph as an example) because of the malevolent and self-righteous white people in her town. One other such example of this could be Francis Hancock, scout’s cousin, when he repeatedly makes disrespectful remarks about scout’s dad and calls him “nigger-lover”, this took place in Ch. 9.
Scout as the narrator shows her point of view of the story as it progresses and she watches Atticus stand for the people of any color in Maycomb and that such actions have fatal consequences one of these actions include standing up for Tom Robinson, a negro. Due to Maycomb’s internal racism, Robinson was charged with rape. The victim was Mayella Ewell, daughter to Bob Ewell. Harper Lee meant to add scout into the story to show adults how an 8-year-old girl is wiser and more innocent than the rest of the