Harper Lee

our repertoire was vapid from countless reproductions, and it was then that Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out,” (Harper Lee 10). Even the first time his character is mentioned, Boo Radley catches the reader’s attention. Boo is mysterious, different, and courageous, keeping the reader interested in him. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, uses the plot, characterization, and conflict to reveal more about Boo. Although there are many interesting characters in the…

that's why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time. (Lee, 65)”. The people of Maycomb, Alabama think Boo is a crazy man who needs to be put in an asylum. By stating this it…

The novel of To Kill a Mockingbird often uses a mockingbird as a symbol for innocence. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol for innocence in the novel and often portrays certain characters as mockingbirds in different situations in the novel. They are mockingbirds to show a bond between two characters and one character protecting another. Scout is a mockingbird when Jem doesn’t let Scout come with him to retrieve his pants. When Scout says that she is going with Jem to retrieve his…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the reader that parenting and mentoring from the community during childhood are important aspects in building the character of an individual. Throughout the novel, Atticus, the father of Scout and Jem, provides invaluable advice to his children. In subtle ways, he conveys respectful insights about others and the world, which help to mold Scout and Jem into the people they are. These insights, including opinions on racism, acceptance, and…

In Harper Lee’s Bildungsroman novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, the underlying themes of maturing, acceptance, and relationships are shown articulately through Scout and Jem’s character. The relationship between the Finch children and Arthur “Boo” Radley undergoes a significant change between the beginning and conclusion of the novel. From the mysterious nightmare next door, to someone who can be called a “friend”, the childrens’ perception of “Boo” went through drastic changes. Through the…

time goes on and he learns more about the people of Maycomb, the small town they live in, this allows him to be more mature and be able to make the right decisions when it comes to the way he treats people as well as who he associates himself with. Harper Lee uses the troublesome experiences of the young children to show coming of age is a major time in a child’s…

read. The book is written by Harper Lee in 1960. When reading To Kill A Mockingbird one will find imagery, which is when the reader gets a visual of a scene in the story. Also, one will find that Lee includes cliffhangers at the end of a lot of chapters making the reader want to keep reading. This making the story seem very suspenseful while taking in the in depth info. In a adventurous way imagery helps the reader get a visual of a scene, this helps Lee create a sense of…

compassion, irrationality, and race and class relations written by Harper Lee, a writer who grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, and who attended the University of Alabama before venturing off to New York as an aspiring novelist. The story, set in the Deep South around the 1930s, emerged from the vault of Harper Lee’s consciousness in the years leading up to 1960, when the novel was published; it went on to receive critical acclaim and earned Harper Lee the coveted Pulitzer Prize and other honors.…

opinions on such. Using Scout’s point of view, a child’s perspective sees the horribleness of Mrs. Dubose in a way that illustrates what her personality is largely based on. Through the use of figurative language, and sentence characterization author Harper Lee develops the idea of human deterioration and it’s effect on one’s personality and existence. Mrs. Dubose’s physical depletion has left her in a world of her own. One that is lonely and withering away before her. Her deterioration is…

Heck Tate, Bob Ewell, and Mayella Ewell testify against Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Heck Tate, the sheriff who Bob Ewell sought after once he discovered Mayell, attests first. Several statements from Heck’s testimony reflect a prejudice mindset. For example, when asked if anyone fetched a doctor to attend to Mayella after her attack, Heck simply says, “It wasn’t necessary, Mr. Finch… Something sho’ did happened, it was obvious.” (141) His statement portrays thoughts of…