In to Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee creates characters that grab our interest. In the 1900’s, the rural town of Maycomb, Alabama where the story takes place, Lee creates a feeling of freedom through the young characters that contrasts to our 21st century structure to life. The rural setting compels the reader to feel freeness that couldn’t be compared to a large city setting. Lee choices when writing the book make it feel like real life. In To Kill a mocking bird, Lee creates multiple well-developed characters, but Scout and Atticus finch most clearly portray conflict, human condition, and theme.
Lee creates many well-developed characters that contribute to the story. Chracters like Atticus, Scout, Jem, and Boo Radley are just some of them. Lee brings the story to life through her chracters. Scout, the narrator of the story, sister of Jem, and daughter of Atticus. Atticus, the wise father of Jem and Scout. Jem, the older brother of Scout. And finally Boo Radley, hes a mysterious character …show more content…
On the surface Atticus is a mature character that is ethical and does not harm, so it is hard to see how he may have a poor side to him. Best shown human condition from Atticus is in the case of Tom Robinson. On one hand Atticus defends Robinson, even in the semi-racist Maycomb country Atticus choses to defend a black man which is the right thing to do. But on the other and the Lee makes Atticus want to protect this man by his want to be able to live with himself. Scout asks her father why he is protecting Robinson The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again. This shows a bleak representation of what the selfishness that Atticus has in hes defense of tom Robinson. The human condition of the character helps create the theme of this
Lee creates many well-developed characters that contribute to the story. Chracters like Atticus, Scout, Jem, and Boo Radley are just some of them. Lee brings the story to life through her chracters. Scout, the narrator of the story, sister of Jem, and daughter of Atticus. Atticus, the wise father of Jem and Scout. Jem, the older brother of Scout. And finally Boo Radley, hes a mysterious character …show more content…
On the surface Atticus is a mature character that is ethical and does not harm, so it is hard to see how he may have a poor side to him. Best shown human condition from Atticus is in the case of Tom Robinson. On one hand Atticus defends Robinson, even in the semi-racist Maycomb country Atticus choses to defend a black man which is the right thing to do. But on the other and the Lee makes Atticus want to protect this man by his want to be able to live with himself. Scout asks her father why he is protecting Robinson The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again. This shows a bleak representation of what the selfishness that Atticus has in hes defense of tom Robinson. The human condition of the character helps create the theme of this