Central Idea of TKAM The main point of TKAM is usually not contrasted from the themes the book holds as sometimes central ideas and themes are very alike. Most of the time readers will go with what they understand but TKAM has a deeper meaning and when concentrating on the little details, a more meaningful story is revealed. The central idea of TKAM is how corrupted and tainted the people became of racism as well as the torn innocence of anyone who was influenced by the discrimination in the 30’s. Around the time of the mid 1900’s The Great Depression was going on and the economy fell to its knees against the consequences of war. At the same time discrimination against people of color was going on and it showed no sign of stopping, many high…
TKAM Essay How does prejudice affect the way we as humans get along? In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a young girl named Scout lives with her brother,Jem, and her father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Throughout this book, Scout learns a lot of important life lessons. Prejudice plays a huge role in the book and serves as examples to Scout learning the way things are no matter if they are fair or not. Not only is Scout learning important life lessons on being fair and…
Racism is unfair and everyone should have equal rights in court, in personal choices, and in society. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus supports an African American man, which is very rare in the society because most white people do not support black people, and they think that they are better than black people. Everybody in Maycomb thought that he was wrong and a disgrace to the family. White people never lose to black people. Even though Atticus knew that a black man would…
Complex issues are brought to you in TKAM. Many of these issues are seen through the eyes of scout. One of these issues is blacks getting education. There is no blacks at scout school. This is because many blacks were not aloud at white's schools and blacks could not get the education. This is because they needed to stay home and help out. This is because blacks usually didn’t get education they usually had to work for their family to help pay for thing. They also didn't have many…
To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) is a phenomenal book that teaches life lessons that will resonate with any reader for the rest of their life. It’s a book that has two main themes supported by almost every character that was worth noting. One main theme was walking in somebodies shoes, because of the poor times of the depression, it was hard to understand the ways somebody lived. The other main theme was Innocence, which a mockingbird represented. The main characters, Jem, Scout, and Dill, all have…
Mockingbird (TKAM), considerably one of the greatest works of literature in history, is accepted as being still relevant today, without mistake; the question, on the other hand, is why it is relevant today. TKAM, then, resonates in…
Wonder how life was during Hitler’s time, or the racism in TKAM felt like to the people being involved with it. There are many things that Hitler's rise and TKAM have the same, beside the killing. Hitler killed a lot of innocent people for being Jews, while in TKAM the only killing was near the end. Hitler had too much power in him and that changed him and he really took it too far. Hitler decided that the government needed to change, so he made the Nazi Party, there are many similarities to…
Zootopia and TKAM both have prejudice and bias people, there is racism shown in both the book and the movie. In Zootopia Judy hopps, is told she cannot be a cop because she is a bunny even though she wants to be. Since she is a girl most of the things she does is not allowed since in the old times and is supposed to be really polite. Comparing Zootopia and TKAM, proving that sexism is equal within Judy with Zootopia and Scout with Maycomb. Someone shown sexism throughout the movie is Judy…
I decided to read To Kill A Mockingbird, I have never read this book before but I have heard some great reviews on it. The book follows a girl by the name of Jean Finch, she narrates it. She primarily goes by the her nickname, Scout. She starts the book out by explain how her brother, Jem, broke his arm years earlier. She is trying to tell the circumstances that led up to it, so she starts recounting her family history. The first of her ancestors to come to America was Simon Finch, a fur trader…
Mockingbirds are known for their beautiful song and mimicking the tune of other birds. They don’t eat your flowers and nest in places that are inconvenient for people. There is no reason to kill these birds and that is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. So how does a lucid bird like this manage to recur in multiple characters in To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM)? TKAM is narrated by an ten year old girl named Jean Louise Finch, or better known as Scout. She recounts the events leading up to how…