To Kill A Mockingbird Irony Analysis

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses irony and symbolism to show that with the more experiences a person has, a better understanding of peoples actions and views comes with it. Giving a deeper understanding of the power of words, racism, and of the misconceptions of the world. Lee uses experiences like these throughout the book to show the children’s growth during their childhood, and their dealings with discrimination in the world around them. Lee uses irony in the conflict of Mr. Raymonds way of life with the viewpoints of the people of the town. Mr. Raymond says, “Some folks don’t--like the way I live...I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason”(268), in reference to making …show more content…
Scout and Jem have a talk about the different types of people in the world. Jem thinks there are four different types of people, but Scout says there’s only one type of person: “No, everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowin’...I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks”(304). This late night discussion between the siblings symbolizes the beginnings of a deeper understanding of the community. With the conclusion of the trial, Scout realizes that the way people treated Tom Robinsons’s case is wrong. As she said, they are all just people and Tom deserved equal treatment. With that said, she also knows that racism is what white people were taught as correct. Therefore, they do not know how to treat all people equally. Consequentaly, this probably where Jem gets the idea of there being multiple types of people, is that nobody is the same and people often have huge contrasts in perspective. With the conclusion of the trial, Jem sees how different he and his family are from the town. This probably makes him think he is a completely different type of person compared to the rest of the town. Though with Scout’s reasoning he comes to realize that he is just like anybody else in the town, just with different views and