To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

Honoring Your Parents To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was a phenomenal novel. While it was quite humorous in areas, it taught important lessons. The Chosen by Chaim Potok was another phenomenal novel. I thought it really showed the growth of an unlikely friendship really well and taught crucial life lessons. I personally enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird and The Chosen’s characters, storyline, and themes a lot. However, I felt that The Chosen was a better book with a more appealing storyline,…

In reading “To Kill A Mockingbird” I learned that as a reader we are able to pick up on things before the actual characters in the book do, so we were able to see who the mockingbirds of the book were before they were mentioned or even if they were never mentioned as being so. Miss Maudie outlines the symbolism of what Atticus meant about mockingbirds when she hints that mockingbirds are innocent and do nothing but sing for us, therefore it is a sin to kill one (Lee 93; ch. 10). In the novel as…

It’s a Sin to Kill Innocence Mimus polyglottos which is also known as the mockingbird, it’s a songbird that is known for its beauty and music. The mockingbird is seen as an innocent creature that does no harm. The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is set in the 1930’s and deals with racism and social normalities that were unjust. One of the prominent ideas in the novel is innocence weather it would be child like or when being prosecuted innocence is a driving force for the moral…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is full of symbols. This book was publicated in 1959. This story is about Tom Robinson. He was a black man who was accused for raping a white girl. Tom went to court with a white lawyer named Atticus FInch. Atticus defended him. Tom was a good person; he always offered to help others. He was nice to everyone, and he was very honest. He was only accused of a crime because of the color of his skin. The book was timely because the country was beginning to…

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). This quote is relevant throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because the mockingbird is a symbol that is through the whole book. Taking place in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story about two kids learning…

Considered one of the greatest pieces of literature in history, To Kill a Mockingbird won several prestigious awards such as the Pulitzer Prize Award. The mastermind of this masterpiece, Harper Lee, is praised as one of the best American authors in the history of literature. Throughout her book, Harper Lee exposed many injustice that she had witnessed in her childhood. Lee expresses various underlying themes throughout the book through the masterful use of dialogue and narration. Some of the…

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel about six year old Scout, her older brother Jem, and their widowed father Atticus. Set in the South during the Great Depression in the fictitious town of Maycomb, To Kill A Mockingbird explores the themes of innocence and prejudice through the eyes of young Scout. One of the utmost important quotes of the whole novel would be “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," (Lee 93) As Miss Maudie said,…

Stephanie Hernandez Mr. Mooney English 10H Per. 8 18 December 2017 Hypocrisy takes over Maycomb In Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird, hypocrisy is shown in most parts of the book. The book has a very conflicting storyline which keeps it interesting for the reader. A lot of the main characters in this book are witnesses of the hypocrisy. Scout is a witness to various forms of hypocrisy, most of them have been from the women in Maycomb. Scouts teachers are both guilty of…

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird there are many examples of symbolism with a mockingbird being one of the strongest and most prominent of these examples. A mockingbird represents innocence in this novel and can be related to several different characters and situations throughout the novel. Such as, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and the Finch children, Jem and Scout. The mockingbird also represents innocence, the lack of innocence, and how innocence can be lost quickly in a place like…

The central thematic topic in To Kill a Mockingbird is courage for an extensive range of reasons that will be mentioned throughout this essay. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and was first published on July 11, 1960. Around this time America is greatly struggling with racial discrimination and equality, and in this novel, it explicitly focuses on this topic. The outstanding thematic topic in To Kill a Mockingbird is courage which is found throughout the entire novel and it is…