To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Introduction

“Femininity is not about what you wear, what you say or what you do…it is about who you are.” Femininity is a consistent theme throughout To Kill a Mockingbird and is important to discuss because it is vital for growing women to understand that they deserve equal rights and opportunity throughout the entirety of their lives. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee discusses the theme of femininity through the opinions of the Maycomb citizens, in order to suggest that femininity is forced…

Purpose of Tom Robinson’s Trial: To Kill a Mockingbird Literary Essay “There is no justice – in or out of court.” was a statement Clarence Darrow, famed defender of the Scottsboro Boys, once made. There is no greater attestation of the truth of this quote than in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, a black man, Tom Robinson, accused of a crime he did not commit, is unable to find fairness anywhere; not in his everyday life when he is just simply trying to be a good person,…

(the exceptions being Scout, Mayella Ewell, Aunt Alexandra and The Cunningham.) Lee's characters fit into one archetype from each of the following character archetype pairs (black/white, rich/poor, kind/nasty, educated/illiterate). At each the introduction of each character Lee establish's them as either a "good guy" or a "bad guy". When exploring race, Lee uses characters who share traits such as being educated, kind, illiterate or mean but differ in their ethnicity. This helps Lee demonstrate…

Literary Analysis To A Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a great book and has a lot of racism. It starts out with Scout, Atticus Finch’s daughter, talking about the events leading to Jem’s broken arm. Jem is Scout’s older brother. After talking about those events she started talking about their family history. Her first ancestor to arrive in America was Simon Finch. He fled from England escaping religious persecution and established a farm a farm on the banks of the Alabama River. Atticus…

Introduction: Empathy is a force that can allow a person to understand other people and get a new perspective on a situation. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, empathy is mentioned and shown many times in the novel, a quote said by Atticus; “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” The novel is set in Maycomb County, a tiny town located in Alabama. The series of events in the book leading up to…

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is aimed at challenging prejudice and discrimination that took place during the 1930s. The characterisation of Mrs. Dubose provides development for central themes of prejudice and morality. The story relies on the importance of Mrs. Dubose’s character by exploiting a range of techniques such as emotive language, punctuation, metaphor, simile and personification. She was created by Harper Lee to contribute to the microcosm of American Society and criticise the…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Monster by Walter Dean Myers a theme of prejudice is displayed throughout the story. Although these novels are written in different settings and do not share the same story line, they still face the same conflicts that every community faces. Within every community there are always preconceptions made and this is one thing that will never change, regardless of how bad people want it to. Whether it's racism, stereotyping, or just believing gossip people…

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a fictional book set in the small segregated town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930’s. Narrated by young girl named Scout Finch who is growing up with her older brother Jem and friend Dill. Scout explores with little understanding the concept of racism through the town gossip, and her own first hand experiences. She begins learning more about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney who strives to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson, a coloured man,…

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, three themes are clearly shown which affect the plot and influence the events in the story. Discrimination creates injustice for characters through difference in treatment by Maycomb residents. Courage motivates characters to do what they feel will give them their desired outcome. Deceptive appearances change a character’s attitude towards a character they view in a negative light. These three themes change the actions the characters make, and they…

An author "should write about what he knows and write truthfully”; Harper Lee embodied her own quote’s advice when writing To Kill a Mockingbird. There is much to learn from the mono-published Lee as she, in her one and only published work (until July 14, 2015, that is), was able to weave a greatly intertwining web of her own experiences, thrilling narrative, and themes of outcasts, racial equality, youth, and forgiveness. As a first-time writer, she was able to garner more success than many…