To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay

Morality shapes the person. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, we see the protagonists, Scout and Junior, building their moral character throughout the story. They receive moral lessons, and they influence their life decisions. Lessons include: having to understand a person from one’s point of view, how wrong it is to destroy one’s innocence, the serious problem of discrimination, and tears don’t always mean…

In the book to kill a mocking bird there were a lot of trials and tribulations. Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia went through a lot, through this book all the racism, discrimination, shunning, and through it all they manage to get through it. Scout introduces us to Maycomb, “a tired old town” where people shuffle around with nothing to do, and to Calpurnia, her family’s servant, an African American woman with a hand as “wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.” Calpurnia is the…

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 119) To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small town called Maycomb. Which is narrated by a child named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who acquires how to handle difficult situations in her life. While learning to live in a world with racism, injustice, and criticism, Scout finds courage being presented by many of her role…

Even though Both Jem and Ralph acquire a new alien set of values, does Ralph do a superior job to Jem in maturing? While Ralph acquires these characteristics in only months, it takes Jem 3 years. Jem is never forced to make hard decisions, and receives plenty of advice from family, friends, and neighbors; however, Ralph is forced to make difficult decisions, some dealing with the death of a friend, without any help or advice. Even though Jem's situation is disturbing, it seems gentle…

favorite character would most likely be John's wife because she tries to reason with him and make him change his mind but he still refuses to listen. I thought the plot was very interesting, it reminded me of a book I read in high school called To Kill A Mocking Bird. I think this because they both dealt with racial tensions. I did not have trouble understanding this story it was not difficult to read or understand. I didn't like the main character John Butler, which was a bummer since I usually…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robison is a African American in the 1930s who is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. In this novel Atticus Finch is appointed to Tom’s case and has to prove his innocence. In this novel the mocking bird is seen as a symbol for innocence. That’s why there is no doubt that Atticus Finch is the mockingbird because he is always polite, warns people when danger is approaching, and try’s to love everyone. Atticus Finch is considered a…

In to Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee creates characters that grab our interest. In the 1900’s, the rural town of Maycomb, Alabama where the story takes place, Lee creates a feeling of freedom through the young characters that contrasts to our 21st century structure to life. The rural setting compels the reader to feel freeness that couldn’t be compared to a large city setting. Lee choices when writing the book make it feel like real life. In To Kill a mocking bird, Lee creates multiple…

At the conclusion of chapter twenty seven of To Kill a Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee, begins and and also introduces the final four chapter of the novel by having the main character, Scout, say “Thus began our longest journey together”(page 340). This particular quotation is significant in reflecting the main plot of the final four chapters of the novel in a literal way, and also in a more metaphorical way; reflecting and conveying the main message, or moral, expressed throughout the major…

been written about this shameful period. Two stories that reflect overcoming racism in the end are: A Time to Kill by John Grisham and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Not only do these two stories overcome the conflict of racism they both incorporate similar themes and concepts. The concept of innocence being lost is a theme presented in both stories. In the story; A Time to Kill, Tanya Hailey, the daughter of Carl Lee Hailey, was brutally raped and beaten by two white men named James…

similarities despite the fact that one is white, and the other is black. In To Kill a Mockingbird these two characters experience different stories and lifestyles but meet a common ground in result of them. When compared side by side, Harper Lee proves that the justice system applies beyond just the pigment of someone’s skin. Arthur Radley is a thirty-year-old man who is a recluse in his house throughout the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird.…