Harper Lee

around different types of people. In To Kill a Mockingbird Dolphus Raymond says, “‘Well it’s very simple,’ he said ‘some folks don’t---like the way I live.’... ‘Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whisky--- That’s why he won’t change his ways.’” (Lee 268).…

Mockingbird Harper Lee was born in 1926, she is very well known for her 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Her father was a lawyer in their hometown Monroeville Alabama. He defended two black men, a father and a son, who were accused of murdering a white store clerk, similar to Atticus in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Lee’s mother was a home keeper, she suffered from a very rare illness so she rarely left their home and also may have had a bipolar disorder ().…

wonder their purpose in life, but To Kill a Mockingbird helps one to understand a little better. In the beginning, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a better book than The Chosen by Chaim Potok because has worthy role models, teaches important life lessons, and is fun to read. To begin with, To Kill a Mockingbird has outstanding role models. Harper Lee writes her characters with admirable qualities who inspire the reader to follow and try to incorporate it into their own lives. For…

The case of Robinson who is accused by Mayella Ewell of rape and Tom is being defended by Atticus Finch a respected lawyer. In ‘’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ by Harper Lee Atticus Finch tells his speech in the court room and uses rhetorical devices to convince the people in court that Tom is not guilty. Furthermore, Finch wants the people in the court room to relize that Tom is not guilty and that we are all equal and that our skin color doesn’t matter because that doesn’t make us who we are.…

For the most part today 's society has come a long way. Everyone is considered human and get treated accordingly. As displayed in Harper Lee 's To Kill A Mockingbird readers are able to envision a mental image of what it was like from 1933-35. Readers see how much better it was to be a male rather than a female. We see what your status means and how African-Americans were treated among Caucasians. Many social inequalities are seen and challenged in the town of Maycomb. One example of…

The Courage of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is when a person is biased against another person. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a southern family that is growing up in a hard time, and the narrator of the book is a small child named Scout Finch. Her brother Jem is older and is her protector and he has to deal with a lot of issues when Atticus is not around. You get to see Jem grow over time and become more polite. Their father, Atticus takes on a very…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Jean Louise (Scout) Finch as the narrator. Scout is now an adult and reflects on three very crucial summers during her childhood days. When Scout is first described in the novel, she is prone to violence, labels people based on class, denigrates people, uses racist language, and is prejudice (Seidel 1). All of these things show that she is childish at the beginning of the novel. A mature character would not pick a fight or label people based on their…

killing a mockingbird embodies the idea of ones’s innocence being compromised and succumbing to evil.To kill a mockingbird is not only a sin, but also when referring to a person it symbolizes their loss of innocence which is shown in the novel by Harper Lee. This symbol demonstrates the theme of one’s purity being lost due to the exposure of evil such as injustice and prejudice. Mockingbirds are friendly, harmless birds, when killing one someone has harmed something that was innocent. In To Kill…

To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about a family known as the Finch’s who live in Maycomb County, Alabama. The author of the novel is Harper Lee. The story was written and published in 1960, and the story is set in the 1930’s. A time where black people and white people were heavily segregated from each other, and a time right around WWII and the Nazi era. The characters mainly consist of Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, Calpurnia, Boo Radley, Miss Maudie, Dill, Miss Alexandra,…

In the novel To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it shows many life lesson that are taking place. These lessons are still in mind and brought up when reading thru the novel. Not only does this novel express many life lessons, but as well as connect to personal experiences for myself. Throughout the three years that scout tells her story and the lesson her father teaches her I connected, and learned along with Scout. I know now I have learned and are seeing things in a new different…