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one of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Lee introduces key themes, characters and settings. The purpose of the part is to set the scene for part two (the trial), and to gain emotional control over the reader by describing key characters. She introduces the Finch family, and the other townsfolk, as well as Dill as an important character. Lee also presents various themes, which are all used to help describe and introduce the main characters. Jem and Scout are two important characters in the novel, as the…

novel and its film version supplement each other, on many levels, is the rendition with To Kill a Mockingbird. However, film can convey things that novels can't, and vice versa. Likewise, film has limitations that a novel doesn't. In the novel, Scout Finch, 6,and her older brother, Jem, 10, live in colorless Maycomb, Alabama, spending majority of their time with Dill (their friend) and scrutinizing their secluded and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and…

Most authors in books write in a first person view or third person but not Harper Lee. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee writes in the most fascinating point of view, the knowing adult and the innocent child. Jean louise Finch also known as Scout is a young girl throughout the book. However, Harper Lee writes the book as if “older” Scout is telling her childhood story. Since Lee choose to write the book like this we are able to read two perspectives the Knowing adult and the innocent…

abilities. Atticus shows Tolerance when Bob Ewell spits in his face, by not doing anything back. Jem shows sympathy to Tom Robinson when he is found guilty even though he did not do anything to Mayella Ewell. Harper Lee shows compassion through Atticus Finch when he defended Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was on trial for raping Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell.…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch undergoes vast character change. Her views and perspective went through drastic alterations due to the events that ripped through Maycomb in rapid succession and the part her father, Atticus Finch, played in those events. She was selfish and somewhat self-absorbed in the beginning of the book, as expected for a child almost six years old but as she grew older and life threw its curve balls at her, she matured and became more compassionate and…

Living in the south during times of racism was difficult for the people of Maycomb county. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has 2 children named Jem and Scout. They learn many lessons about family, life and love while their father has to defend Tom Robinson during the trial. There are many themes that the author develops throughout the story. Some of these themes include hypocrisy, innocence and racism. Atticus illustrates the characteristics of bravery in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird by…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, the narrator, tells the story of her childhood in the town of Maycomb County during the Great Depression. One person who greatly impacts Scout’s life throughout her youth is Miss Maudie Atkinson. Miss Maudie is a friendly neighbor of the Finches who respects the Finch children and is quite honest with them, despite their young ages. A woman who exhibits high integrity, Miss Maudie is also sincere and has strong moral principles. She continually…

Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), written by Harper Lee, the theme “Help others even when they cannot help themselves” becomes relevant. Atticus Finch, a lawyer in his late forties with two young children, is trying to better himself and the lives of his children. In the story, three different situations show readers the theme and can help them understand the story in a different way. The three situations conclude to Atticus helping Tom Robinson with the trial, Boo helping…

In the year of 1960, Harper Lee published the phenomenal novel To Kill a Mockingbird and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. Nelle Harper Lee was born in April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. Her mother was a homemaker and her father practice the law, in which played a role in the character Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird. Before Lee’s father practiced law, he once defended two African American who were accused of murdering a white man. The two black african american, father and a son, was hanged.…

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story about two young siblings, Jeremy Atticus Finch, or Jem, and Jean Louise Finch who is mostly referred to as Scout and is the narrator of the story. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the deep south called Maycomb, Alabama. Jem and Scout are the major characters in the story, however, there are very important minor characters. Calpurnia, Dill, Heck Tate, and Walter Cunningham are all minor characters that have a significant impact. Minor characters…