Harper Lee

and segregation are only some examples of these issues. Harper Lee discusses these issues to make a point about our society's impossible standards that are imposed onto a diverse range of people. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee explains that segregation can cause bias, which is still seen today. Racial segregation is an issue written about in To Kill A Mockingbird, but is also still seen today. When Harper Lee was growing up, racial segregation was at its prime. A set…

matter what they do or say. Until you take the time to understand what’s going on in one's life, you don’t have the entitlement to judge them by their actions, and you don’t know what might be going on in their story. To kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story about a small town called Maycomb, narrated by a young girl nicknamed Scout. Maycomb is a poor one street town, that consists of racially split, judgemental people. A place where many are looked down upon, just for what’s on the…

and plot structure. By evaluating To Kill a Mockingbird with specific criteria such as the plot structure and character development, it becomes clear that Lee shows a range of different techniques to the reader creating a great novel to read and making To Kill a Mocking a worthy purchase. In the beginning of novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee introduces the exposition and the character development of Scout in the first chapter. The narrator Scout describes the setting of novel, she begins…

teacher or reading words on a page during a history class does not reflect the true brutal conditions humans used to live through in the 1930’s. The extreme racial prejudice in the 1930’s left an impact on racial relations that is still present today. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” describes this infamous era in a point of view that has never been looked at before. Scout Finch, a young girl, is living through a time of unnecessary hatred. She was raised by her father, Atticus Finch, to…

The 1930s was a time in American history that truly depicted injustice, racial inequality, and unrest. This was when the iconic story of Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written. In this revolutionary novel, Harper Lee revisits her fascinating childhood in a more fictitious way. In her book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes and details the life of a little girl called Scout, and her older brother, Jem, who live in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the time of the Great…

Harper Lee uses many examples of empathy throughout her story, To Kill a Mockingbird. The author’s use of empathy helps develop the idea that no one person can fully understand somebody else until they put themselves in their shoes. Through the use of characterization and conflict, the author expands on the idea of understanding others. Harper Lee includes an example of characterization to show how Jem is starting to mature and listen to Atticus’s advice to understand Boo Radley, as he explains…

racism, filled with little key details. Harper uses tools to enhance this book’s meaning and its impact on the reader. The tool she uses, is the symbolism. Authors like to use symbolism often in their books, to give their stories a deeper meaning. This is not an exception in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. One example of these metaphors used in the book, is the mockingbird. The mockingbird is a key theme in the story and it is used for one reason. Harper Lee uses the Mockingbird to…

capacity to be altered by the uncorrupted experiences of an innocent child. Throughout Harper lee's novel she utilised the untainted innocence provided by the protagonist ,scout. Scout provides the reader with a new insight into society and how we should respect each other and not be influenced by the preconceived ideas of bigotry and prejudice forced upon individuals by society. Through the innocence of Scout, Lee is able to raise issues surrounding prejudices and racism. Early in the novel…

The book To Kill a Mocking Bird written by Harper Lee was published in 1960 but set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama¬. Jim Crow Law was controlling Alabama in the 1930s, which restricted black people’s rights. There were racial segregations happening due to this law. There were different doors for black people, they weren’t able to eat in the same room. When black people tried to ride the bus or train, they needed to use the back part. Moreover, due to the Great Depression, in this period, black…

Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird In 1955 Martin Luther King Jr took leadership of the American Civil Rights Movement. In 1960 Harper Lee published her book To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous I have a dream speech. While we all see the impacts that Martin Luther King Jr’s movement, the effects of Harper Lee’s book get less praise. Lee’s book was turned into a movie in 1962 and released on Christmas day, which brought the amazing to story to more people. This book…