To Kill A Mockingbird Cultural Event Analysis

The cultural event that I attended was the play To Kill a Mockingbird on February 25th at Leon High. This event came together through the effort of the students and faculty of Lean Theatre at Leon High School. The pamphlet handed out at the beginning of the play explained that this season Leon Theatre has aimed to show how we react in fear versus how we act in love. The play To Kill a Mockingbird is a widely known story expressing that people are people regardless of their settings. The play explemplifies the consequences that can result when we react in fear of standing up, but also the hardships that can be faced when standing up and speaking in love. After viewing the play and making observations the settings on stage was what I mainly wanted to reflect on. Each prop on the stage adequately contributed to the overall storyline. The first prop that caught my eye was the large tree in the left hand corner of the stage. The tree looked as if it was made of multiple items stacked on top of each other to form the trunk of a tree. After reading the pamphlet I learned that the tree was made of multiple different books. When I first observed the tree, the ordering of the books in an uneven and unstriaght line caught my attention. The uneven ordering of the books to form the tree trunk, something that …show more content…
The props used did not portray a typical courtroom with standard seating, but rather the props were a mixture of items from different places all throughout the community. Using items from different places throughout the community to form the scene showed that no matter where an item comes from it can contribute the same purpose as another item. Every person in a community is different from that of another, but despite ones race or color we can all contribute in the same manner. This is clearly represented in the use of the different items from different people around the