Jem and Scout's Relationship in To Kill A Mockingbird Essay

In a story by Harper Lee called To Kill A Mockingbird, children grow up together in a town called Maycomb. The story takes place during the great depression. Since this was a very judgmental time, the children grow up learning a lot from their family and friends. They need to make many decisions as to what to believe and not believe. For example, they often learn stuff from their father who doesn’t believe people should be judged on status, but they also learn from their aunt who is the complete…

Mockingbirds- the title of the book is known as To Kill A Mockingbird. Mockingbirds are used throughout the story as a symbol of innocence and peace. To kill a mockingbird is considered a sin. Throughout the story, a majority of the characters symbolized mockingbirds such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Tom was innocent and was accused of rape. He was later killed by prison guards when he tried to escape. In the end, Scout believed exposing or hurting Boo to the public is like shooting a…

To Kill a Mockingbird, a story told through the eyes of two innocent children, Scout and her brother Jem, telling of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout their town Maycomb County, Alabama. The town faces the struggles of racism opening our eyes to an African American, Tom Robinson’s, injustice. It reminds us the valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. We are learning from it, To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of…

actions and goals or it can be someone who represents the opposite of what the character is or hopes to be, in order to emphasize that character’s importance to the novel and emphasizes the central theme to which can be applied today. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Boo Radley serves as an unusual foil to Scout Finch in a way that one is…

Over the weekend, we were assigned to read chapters sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen in To Kill a Mockingbird. These three chapters focused primarily on Atticus’s court case with Tom Robinson, capturing almost every word said and every vivid detail. First, chapter sixteen marks the beginning of the trial. Many people, including Jem, Dill, and Scout prepare to come and watch from the jury. It is a big ordeal to the whole town, except Mrs. Maudie who gives the idea that it is inhuman to watch.…

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay The film, To Kill a Mockingbird, confronts many intercultural conflicts. The story depicts the people of Maycomb County to be very ethnocentric. A majority of its inhabitants believe that white people are superior to black and the rich are superior to the poor. This becomes a very prominent barrier that prevents many people from trying to see things from another’s perspective. Many of the town’s residents contain a strong hold onto their traditional beliefs, in…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee shows her astounding writing skills by using universal themes from which anybody can learn. Even more astounding, the themes she used in To Kill a Mockingbird can still be applied today. For example, one theme that still applies today is the problem with racism and how to deal with it. Even though it is not like it was in the 30s, people nowadays still deal with racism and even look down on others that are different. Another theme we can still…

individuals grow and thrive throughout a lifetime. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, characters develop through the life lessons instilled in them. The novel, set in the American south in the 1930s, focuses on the Finch family made up of Atticus, Jem and Scout. The children, Jem and Scout, are, like all humans, educated by their surroundings. Atticus, the father, raises and teaches his children with the help of the community. Jem and Scout, like most American children of the time…

their eyes a bit wider. After writing To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM), the author, Harper Lee, when asked to describe her novel, portrayed it as “a love story, plain and simple.” After reading TKAM, a reader can infer that Lee didn’t refer to romantic love when she described her novel, but rather Scout and Jem’s love between siblings, or Atticus’s love of all people regardless of ethnicity. Three vibrant examples…

Scout: Coming-of-Age To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was written in the 1950s and published in 1960. During the 1950s, many issues dealing with racism occurred, which is a very common theme in To Kill a Mockingbird even though it is set in the 1930s. Also, Alabama was one of the main places where these events took place, which is also where To Kill a Mockingbird is set. After all, To Kill a Mockingbird was influenced greatly by the literary movement called Southern Gothic. It became popular…