To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

The theme of Harper Lee’s story To kill a Mockingbird is to not judge people by where their family came from. Scout doesn’t get to play with one of her friends because of his parents actions and how they live. “You should be gracious to everybody, dear. But you don’t have to invite him home” (Lee 224). Alexandria doesn’t want Scout to play with Walter because he is a Cunningham and she doesn’t like Cunninghams. She thinks they don’t do anything for Maycomb and are just a waste like the Ewells…

To Kill A Mockingbird Essay To Kill A Mockingbird is a powerful book on the big issue on prejudice and racism, filled with little key details. Harper uses tools to enhance this book’s meaning and its impact on the reader. The tool she uses, is the symbolism. Authors like to use symbolism often in their books, to give their stories a deeper meaning. This is not an exception in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. One example of these metaphors used in the book, is the mockingbird. The…

character to come from outsiders until his appearance at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird. As a result, although not physically present for most of the novel, Harper Lee effectively involves his presence through mysterious and thrilling rumors fabricated by the townspeople. This leads to a stark contrast between the person the townspeople create Boo to…

“Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and it deserves to be met head-on and stamped out” (Pierre Berton). Throughout the two famous books To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee constantly reminds her readers that Atticus is a true racist through hints. In both books it shows the struggle of growing up in the Southern states of the U.S. and how difficult it was for the black community. To Begin with, Atticus only…

The author of To Kill a Mockingbird is Harper Lee who also wrote Go Set a Watchman. The story of To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the 1930’s, which was also during the Great Depression. Atticus, one of the main characters, is a lawyer who has two children named Jem and Scout. A boy named Dill comes to Alabama to visit his Aunt every summer. Dill, Jem, and Scout have started to become interested in Arthur (Boo) Radley and who he really is. The three children had heard rumors…

Harper Lee, author of of the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” once said “Things are never as bad as they seem..”. This wraps up all the major life lessons scout, jean, and dill learnt in the course of 2 years. To me that's apart of childhood, to learn while still keeping in touch with that innocents. Childhood innocents to live with carefree thoughts, curiosity and imagination, a fragile mindset that haven't seen the cruelty of the world yet. Cruel and dark like the Great Depression, sadly not a…

How has the investigation of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird educated your thoughts regarding the topic of preference?" “Harper Lee's widely praised novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," looks profoundly into the flaws and qualities of people and furthermore, investigates how preference can impact individuals' points of view and be an obstruction to “comprehension. This content has altogether expanded my perspective of the diverse sorts of bias in 1930's and has demonstrated to me how the lessons…

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee has many significant themes. There are uplifting Biblical themes in the book that can help us in our spiritual walk with God. Two Biblical themes in To Kill a Mockingbird that stood out to me are courage and empathy. After Mrs. Dubose’s death, Atticus defines courage as “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do” (Lee 128). To Atticus, showing courage…

the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, grew up in the minute town of Monroeville, Alabama. Growing up in the South during one of the most racially unequal periods in recent history was very hard for a young girl like Lee because she didn’t understand the injustice happening to the African-Americans, just like Jean-Louise Finch, one of the young girls from the novel. Lee’s father was a lawyer and this inspired her to attempt to become one as well, but…

Family In a country where the phrase “everyone is created equal” is a sham just by the amount of segregation that is seen on every corner and in every aspect of life, a child names Scout Finch has to witness it in Maycomb. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to help the readers better understand the role of civil rights and racism in small town Maycomb county. The story is told from the perspective of Scout Finch who lives with her father Atticus…