To Kill a Mockingbird Theme Essay

The classic, “To Kill A Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee, is one of the most famous books studied by high school students. Within the story lies lessons for all generations and tells a moving story about prejudices against minorities, in this case, an African American named Tom Robinson. The title of any book can completely bring together a story or just be words on the front cover; Harper Lee took the main lesson and created the title, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” making her story one of the most…

What do The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Of Mice and Men have in common? Each of these stories involves the idea of unfair treatment of the innocent based upon who they are as a person. Although two seperate authors wrote these stories, they still caputured the hard ship and the misconceptions of the people involved. These three stories follow different people, a family, two friends, and a young girl who all either see unfair treatment of the innocent or are the innocent treated…

The destruction of innocence is a huge topic in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the collage that I made portrays the book's theme immensely, while also showing the mistakes of small town civilians and the hushing of diversity within them. Courage is expressed by multiple characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The photos that I have used in my collage show courage in such a powerful way, as Atticus facing the rabid dog. Although Atticus had a rifle, he's an elder guy, his…

The theme of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds symbolize peace and beauty. Two characters that represent a Mockingbird are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, during the whole book, were portrayed as very loving and peaceful characters. And yet during the book, awful situations happen to them witch, in context, is killing a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson is a 25-year-old African American man who doesn't do…

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch is the father of James “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Walter Cunningham is a child with whom Scout, the main character, interacts with during the book. Scout and Jem become friends with Miss. Rachel Haverford’s nephew, Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. Miss Maudie Atkinson is the children’s neighbor and mentor. The book is written in the first person point of view of Scout…

Society’s disapproval is portrayed clearly through the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the poem Still I rise by Maya Angelou, the poem uses the protagonist whose name is unknown to ask rhetorical questions which make the character seem as though he/she doesn’t care about what others think. Both To Kill a Mockingbird and Still I Rise convey a message of societies non acceptance. Although the perspective which connects the them is different, the protagonist as well as one secondary…

books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou feature this endeavor in their own unique ways. A dominating message within both stories asserts that observing the discriminatory nature of humans is a key source in a child’s compilation of precepts. Each of the books, taking place in the early twentieth century, displayed many incidents involving racism and harsh judgement in which the children gleaned knowledge from. In To Kill a Mockingbird, for…

Mockingbirds A single bird’s twitter sounds through the woods. Never will this bird harm any, it simply sings a song. Joined by many others, the chorus of mockingbirds reaches past the forest, and into the world. Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee commonly expresses a theme of harmlessness in the characters through “mockingbirds.” This common theme appears in many scenes and characters, and is used to represent the misjudgment of the world. Although the…

Scout, for example, has a strong moral nature that guides her. She was taught throughout her life from her father strong morals. This causes her to feel sympathy and confusion at Tom Robinson’s verdict. Another example of moral nature in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout’s brother, Jem. Jem first believes that there is only good or evil. He can not comprehend the idea of good and evil existing in one being. This is shown with Mrs. Dubose, she is mentally ill so she is perceived as evil and nasty.…

To kill a mockingbird review Last Thursday, we went to Stratford to watch the play To kill a mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, this is my first time to watch this kind of drama. Compare to the film and book, the play uses flashback but not in chronological order. At the beginning of the play, we saw the speech of Martin Luther King which reveal the theme of this play, and then Adult Scout gave us some introduction. Surprisingly, Adult Scout was on the stage throughout the whole play, I…