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world, but some people only see it the opposite way. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how inequality is not important to everyone through Dolphus Raymond. While the children are talking about Mr. Dolphus Raymond it was stated: “He likes ‘em better’n he likes us, I reckon. Lives by himself way down near the county line. He’s got a colored woman and all sorts of mixed chillun”(Lee 161). Harper Lee shows that even people in town know that Mr. Raymond would rather live with his…

To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, the book takes place in a Southern town in the twentieth century in the fictional town of Maycomb. In to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses symbolism in order to convey the idea that doing harm to people who are helpless and innocent is a horrible thing and can lead to unwanted actions. As we all know mockingbirds represent a symbol of innocence, Lee makes Miss Maudie point out that "...[mockingbirds] don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for…

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…

Racism and prejudice have been around for centuries and never seem to go away, unfortunately. It can be observed in many shapes and forms, such as literature. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird does an exceptional job of illustrating how atrocious human nature can be, as well as highlighting the more gracious aspects of it. The book’s setting is the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the mid-1930s. While generally being amicable, most of the inhabitants of Maycomb have a…

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…

The novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1960), written by Harper Lee is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, whose father is defending a black man accused of raping a white girl in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. In a retrospective view, the narrator, Scout Finch further acquires knowledge from her childhood experiences, regarding the issues of prejudice and racial injustice explored, which allowed her to form a mature judgment of the society in the Southern United States during the 1930s. ‘To Kill a…

in the 1930’s? To Kill a Mockingbird is a book written by Harper Lee, it is about two kids, Jem and Scout growing up in a small southern town called Maycomb county. Jem and Scout grew up during the great depression with only their father raising them. They also have a very good friend who visits them in the summer, who is called Dill. In the book the setting also plays a big role in developing the characters. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses the setting along with certain characters 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…

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird contains many different literary devices that the author, Harper Lee, portrays throughout the book. The most abundant of the literary devices is the author’s use of theme. Some themes are more thoroughly extended upon and made detectable by Harper Lee. Although some examples of theme throughout the novel are very subtle, the ones described in this paper are the most easily detected and have the most accounts in the novel. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird the…

To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, tells the adventures of two siblings and the happenings throughout their small town in Alabama during the 1930’s. The novel is narrated by six year-old Jean Louise Finch, often referred to as Scout. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Scout is boisterous, amenable, and valiant. Throughout the novel, Scout is boisterous. She enjoys being loud and energetic. When she, her older brother Jem, along with their friend Dill, decide to push each…