“To Kill a Mockingbird,” is a novel by Harper Lee. This story is told throughout the eyes of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, a 6-year-old girl. The book is set in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Although most of the town is suffering, her family is doing well because of her father, Atticus, who is a well-known lawyer. Scout has an older brother named Jeremy “Jem” Finch, who is 10 years old. During the summer, they meet a boy named Charles “Dill” Harris, who they become friends with. Dill becomes interested in the Radley’s house because Boo Radley hasn’t come out in many years. However, Dill leaves soon because he Maycomb in the summer to see his aunt. When the summer ends, Scout goes to school for the first time and despises
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However, she stops and thinks about how Boo’s life must have been and she finally realizes that he’s a person. With this, she starts to see the world through a different perspective and that everyone is just like her, a person.
A vast amount of literary devices are in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” There are an abundant amount of similes, metaphors, and much more. An example of a symbol is on page 93 when Miss Maudie says, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” A mockingbird is a symbol of innocence and Scout and Jem’s innocence are ruined by the racism in Maycomb.
Also, there are many metaphors in the novel, an example is on page 5, “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.” This metaphor explains how incredibly old Maycomb is, and how long the racism has been set into the town. Another metaphor is on page 23, “Walter looked as if he had been raised on fish food: his eyes, as blue as Dill Harris’s, were red-rimmed and watery.” This metaphor shows how the Great Depression has affected many aspects of Maycomb, and how it’s ruined the innocence of the
However, she stops and thinks about how Boo’s life must have been and she finally realizes that he’s a person. With this, she starts to see the world through a different perspective and that everyone is just like her, a person.
A vast amount of literary devices are in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” There are an abundant amount of similes, metaphors, and much more. An example of a symbol is on page 93 when Miss Maudie says, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” A mockingbird is a symbol of innocence and Scout and Jem’s innocence are ruined by the racism in Maycomb.
Also, there are many metaphors in the novel, an example is on page 5, “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.” This metaphor explains how incredibly old Maycomb is, and how long the racism has been set into the town. Another metaphor is on page 23, “Walter looked as if he had been raised on fish food: his eyes, as blue as Dill Harris’s, were red-rimmed and watery.” This metaphor shows how the Great Depression has affected many aspects of Maycomb, and how it’s ruined the innocence of the