Diction in To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

lawyer in Maycomb, Alabama. He takes on a court case to defend Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of rape. The family is ridiculed for such actions by the heavily prejudice town, and their integrity is put to the test. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, exemplifies ignorance in areas regarding race, gender and class, and how it can polarize any community or relationship. In this situation, racial ignorance is frequently mentioned throughout the novel, because…

Claudia Rankine’s book, Citizen: An American Lyric, touches on current and past issues in the world today. One of the topics she discusses is discrimination. The book is different from other books that are introduced in schools such as, To Kill A Mockingbird and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Rankine deals with being a citizen in a world where people are worried if they will make it home alive. A citizen is one who is a member of a state or country. The title, Citizen: An American Lyric”…

1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? Upton Sinclair “muckrake” for social reform, by reporting the horrible conditions women, men, and children were working in, he dedicated himself to uncovering the ill conditions of the meat industries. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? Sinclair wrote “The Jungle” which opened the public eyes…