Final Project
When someone says “mockingbird”, what is a word that comes to mind? Beautiful? Joyful? Or have you never really thought about what a mockingbird does or looks like? In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, an impactful message is shown and learned from, but tends to still be forgotten today. Harper Lee’s classic is based in the early 1930s, when poverty was major and racism was at its peak. Lee wrote about her early life experiences, explaining major issues like discrimination, justice, and equality. There are so many lessons taught when reading this book, nonetheless, the time period it was released, made it so rousing. The novel was a huge turning point with the Civil Rights Movement. Many different chapters and scenes in the book have made me think about society, but one thing has really intrigued me the most; the title.
There are a lot of different characters in the book that fits the definition of the “mockingbird”, Harper Lee was inferring. To kill a mockingbird, is to destroy innocence. Thus, to destroy stereotypes. Such as, “African Americans are harmful”. It also …show more content…
He is the father of Jem and Scout, and a well-looked-at lawyer for the state. He is the man that takes the duty of representing an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, in a trial against a white man, Mr. Ewell. Atticus is accused of being a “nigger-lover” by not only his citizens but his own family. Racism was something almost everyone believed in. It was ubiquitous, never ever thought as cruel or discriminating. In the novel, he is threatened and stalked, granting, all he is doing is defending innocence. Black or white. Scout understands the hate Atticus is getting for doing his job. She gets told her father is foolish for doing what he does for Tom. Her classmates and even her own family members make it clear to her, as well. Why is Atticus a mockingbird? He is getting judged on something that is completely
When someone says “mockingbird”, what is a word that comes to mind? Beautiful? Joyful? Or have you never really thought about what a mockingbird does or looks like? In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, an impactful message is shown and learned from, but tends to still be forgotten today. Harper Lee’s classic is based in the early 1930s, when poverty was major and racism was at its peak. Lee wrote about her early life experiences, explaining major issues like discrimination, justice, and equality. There are so many lessons taught when reading this book, nonetheless, the time period it was released, made it so rousing. The novel was a huge turning point with the Civil Rights Movement. Many different chapters and scenes in the book have made me think about society, but one thing has really intrigued me the most; the title.
There are a lot of different characters in the book that fits the definition of the “mockingbird”, Harper Lee was inferring. To kill a mockingbird, is to destroy innocence. Thus, to destroy stereotypes. Such as, “African Americans are harmful”. It also …show more content…
He is the father of Jem and Scout, and a well-looked-at lawyer for the state. He is the man that takes the duty of representing an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, in a trial against a white man, Mr. Ewell. Atticus is accused of being a “nigger-lover” by not only his citizens but his own family. Racism was something almost everyone believed in. It was ubiquitous, never ever thought as cruel or discriminating. In the novel, he is threatened and stalked, granting, all he is doing is defending innocence. Black or white. Scout understands the hate Atticus is getting for doing his job. She gets told her father is foolish for doing what he does for Tom. Her classmates and even her own family members make it clear to her, as well. Why is Atticus a mockingbird? He is getting judged on something that is completely