Bob Harper

In the 1960 novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee shines a spotlight on the best and the worst characteristics of society. Lee uses her characters to display different qualities of humanity, such as tolerance, morality, justice, innocence, and acceptance as well as hatred, hypocrisy, and ignorance. The text is written from the perspective of a child, an unbiased, untainted view of the world and its people. This allows the reader to really understand the story from all sides, and see how blind…

Mockingbird, Harper Lee creates a diverse plot that captures her audience’s attention. Through the eyes of a little girl named Scout, Harper Lee tells us a story of a family and community during the 1930’s. The town she is raised in is a little town called Maycomb, a town full of poverty, injustice, and depression The author of the book establishes many different themes including; racism, injustice, and depression. One main reoccurring theme that is seen throughout the book is intolerance.…

Morals are the foundation of life. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, despite being a single parent, Atticus Finch is a strong father figure in his two children- Scout and Jem's life. In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus showed traits of sympathy, understanding, and wisdom. Whether it’s giving Scout and Jem advice, or dealing with his own problems, Atticus expressed his morals that he lives by. “Atticus derived a reasonable income from law…. Atticus was related…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the main characters is found to be a little different than the others. Atticus Finch, father and exceptional lawyer with a soft side, gives huge impact on the storyline while giving life advice along the way. Atticus Finch is a widower and the father of two children. He is one of the more prominent people in Maycomb. Atticus, besides being a father, is one of Maycomb’s lawyers. Unlike other lawyers, Atticus is not affected by race; he agrees with…

mean. The difference is that moral courage is the courage to take actions for the right reasons without having fear of the consequences. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, have shown many examples of moral courage from many characters from the novel as the readers read on. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has shown moral courage by showing characters taking action for the right thing and faced the consequences for their actions, but was able to tell us what kind of…

Dangers of ignorance is an evident theme in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. In the beginning duration of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Dill, Scout and Jem Finch presume that Mr. Boo Radley is a monster as a result of rumours. “Jem said if Dill wanted to get himself killed, all he had to do was go up and knock…

Radley both were courageous enough to do what they wanted to do, even if they were scared or knew they wouldn't succeed. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses Atticus Finch and Boo Radleys characterization to prove that you should have courage and stand up for what you believe in. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses Atticus Finch’s characterization to prove that you should…

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about a lawyer named Atticus who is defending an African American, named Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson, is accused of rapping a white woman, whose name is Mayella Ewell. I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson, because Atticus seems to not really care about people's skin color or race. Lastly, Bob Ewell is so mad at Atticus because he’s defending Tom Robinson instead of him. Yes, I think that Atticus did the right thing…

In literature symbols are used all the time. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses many symbols. One of the symbols Harper Lee uses in this novel is a mockingbird. The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence and purity. When Scout and Jem get air rifles for Christmas Atticus explains that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Throughout the novel many of the characters can be identified as mockingbirds. One of the characters that can be described as a mockingbird is Tom…

In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, many different families are depicted throughout the book. These families, and especially the children, show how the values of the parents are reflects in their children’s behavior. Many of the children in the book act in ways of which Harper Lee clearly disapproves, while others seem to be struggle to embody the good values their parents demonstrate. In particular, Scout and Jem, Dill, and Burris Ewell provide clear examples of…