Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that is empowering and moving, as many life lessons are taught with the use of different themes in this classic novel. The setting of the novel is in a small southern town in the 1930’s where prejudice was widespread in the American society. During the era, judgment, corruption, and intolerance of others were not uncommon. There was a separation between social and racial means. Atticus Finch, a distinguished lawyer in the…

Whether it is a poem, novel, short story,picture book, or any other work of literature characters tend to be influenced and shaped by the setting, or time and place, in which he writing takes place. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the setting is in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. In the novel, readers can interpret that Maycomb is a racist, slow moving, poverty stricken town from Lee’s writing style and the character’s emotions. The setting is significant because…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates to us how gender and class affects people in a myriad ways. The social issues are shown through the eyes Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch, our young female protagonist. Through her eyes, the effects of class and gender in the 1930's are revealed so they can be compared to the issues society has today. Gender and class issues impact people in the time time period of To Kill a Mockingbird as well as in the present day just in different ways. In the…

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is chalk-full of symbols. A symbol is when an object represents another to give a deeper meaning. From instances like Scout finding the roly poly bug to Atticus shooting the mad dog each symbol means a different thing or describes a different character in the book. Some symbols may be hard to find but there are always hidden symbols relating to the characters. For example, a small detail readers might have looked over like the red geraniums in the…

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing” (Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird). Harper Lee wrote her books and published To Kill a Mockingbird in the literary period known as Modernism. Modernism came to be as a result of people wanting to separate themselves from the past. They believed that their way of life, including their customs, traditions, and culture, was something that was more efficient and capable than that of any past civilization. Harper Lee was a…

Pulitzer Prize-winning book, To Kill A Mockingbird was published. This excellent book was written by a well-known author, Harper Lee. The setting of the novel takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the early 1930s. The narrator of the book is Scout, she lives with her brother Jem, her father Atticus, and Calpurnia, an African American servant who is like the mom since Scout’s mom died when she was little. Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird because she was inspired by a few…

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ explores the concept of injustice in society and to achieve equity individuals must challenge the derisive views of society. The novel intertwines the social and racial segregation prevalent in the town of Maycomb. This discrimination is fortified through an honourable lawyer Atticus who defends a wrongfully accused black man. Atticus conveys moral fortitude and strength of his convictions of the prevailing views of society and disagrees with the ingrained…

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 themes of…

Moreover, Harper Lee portrayed Tom as a mockingbird. Diligently, Tom remained resilient and never disrespected others. Tom, who was a dedicated worker, had so much to give to the world, but no one wanted to listen. Generously, kindly, and patiently- he provided help to those in need of it. On his way home, he would assist Mayella with her chores and yard work. Following his moral beliefs, Tom always told the truth and nothing but the definite truth. During the trial, Tom tried his hardest 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…