Diction In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a captivating novel following three years of a young girl her brother, and her father, written by the marvelous Harper Lee. The father, Atticus, is a lawyer in the 1930’s and is given a controversel case in which an African American man (Tom Robinson) is accused of raping a daughter of who is considered in the community to be “white trash”. Unfortunately, many schools have banned this book, because of the issues it discusses even though events like this have occured in the past of our shattered society. Even though this is a piece of fiction it contains examples of our past and allows readers to understand a fraction of what those falsely accused citizens had to go through. Not only does this novel contain a splendid story but, it is also filled with loads of sublime style elements. The author …show more content…
Lee’s diction is camillian like and creates different diction for each complex situation. One specific occasion of flawless word choice is during the impactful court scene of To Kill a Mockingbird. Although, this snipet contains extremely overwhelming examples of prejudice the emotions are best felt through the thoughts of the children. Extensive opinions represented within how a child grasps the unclear racism that people