Theme: Uselessness of Power or Authorities
On many occasions, the authority figures present in the book, despite having the possibility of doing the right and punishing the wrong, did not use the full extent of their power for causes such as equality. Tom Robinson’s trial, for example, where an innocent man was pleaded guilty in spite of the numerous pieces of evidence which proved his innocence. The jury, in this case, the group in power, decided to act based on their prejudices and not on common sense, science or logic. They used the power they received for the wrong purposes leading to the death of a black man. The trial demonstrates how sometimes authority is useless when attempting to bring justice and equality to everyone. This is one …show more content…
This literary device involves dropping hints about an event which is going to happen in the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird is possible to notice this technique when Harper Lee wants to warn the reader about Bob Ewell’s attack the Finch’s. For example when Aunt Alexandra has a negative feeling about the Halloween parade, manifesting it with the words “someone just walked on my grave” (Lee 339). Significant is also the attack from Cecil Jacobs which forewarns the reader about the future events of the book. The author very smartly drops hints which suggest that Atticus was going to be the target of Bob Ewell’s possible attack, considering he was already subjected to one when he went to the post office. Additionally, in the text, it is mentioned that Ewell was particularly mad at Atticus because he “[got] his job” (Lee 332). This literary device adds suspense to the story and amplifies the reader’s involvement with the story. The reader will find the ‘dropped hints’ and will instantaneously try to assemble them together to recreate the future events of the …show more content…
Scout just came back from the Radley’s Place after realising the truth of Atticus’ words about having to be in someone else’s shoes to completely understand them. When she arrives back home, she goes to Atticus who reads to her the story of a man who is mistakenly accused of a crime he did not commit. Scout comments on how the boy “was really nice” (Lee 376) and Atticus responds with the quote mentioned previously. This quote tells the moral of the whole book. On how there is no way of knowing someone before looking at things from their perspective. On how people have all different opinions and they are all beautifully
On many occasions, the authority figures present in the book, despite having the possibility of doing the right and punishing the wrong, did not use the full extent of their power for causes such as equality. Tom Robinson’s trial, for example, where an innocent man was pleaded guilty in spite of the numerous pieces of evidence which proved his innocence. The jury, in this case, the group in power, decided to act based on their prejudices and not on common sense, science or logic. They used the power they received for the wrong purposes leading to the death of a black man. The trial demonstrates how sometimes authority is useless when attempting to bring justice and equality to everyone. This is one …show more content…
This literary device involves dropping hints about an event which is going to happen in the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird is possible to notice this technique when Harper Lee wants to warn the reader about Bob Ewell’s attack the Finch’s. For example when Aunt Alexandra has a negative feeling about the Halloween parade, manifesting it with the words “someone just walked on my grave” (Lee 339). Significant is also the attack from Cecil Jacobs which forewarns the reader about the future events of the book. The author very smartly drops hints which suggest that Atticus was going to be the target of Bob Ewell’s possible attack, considering he was already subjected to one when he went to the post office. Additionally, in the text, it is mentioned that Ewell was particularly mad at Atticus because he “[got] his job” (Lee 332). This literary device adds suspense to the story and amplifies the reader’s involvement with the story. The reader will find the ‘dropped hints’ and will instantaneously try to assemble them together to recreate the future events of the …show more content…
Scout just came back from the Radley’s Place after realising the truth of Atticus’ words about having to be in someone else’s shoes to completely understand them. When she arrives back home, she goes to Atticus who reads to her the story of a man who is mistakenly accused of a crime he did not commit. Scout comments on how the boy “was really nice” (Lee 376) and Atticus responds with the quote mentioned previously. This quote tells the moral of the whole book. On how there is no way of knowing someone before looking at things from their perspective. On how people have all different opinions and they are all beautifully