Southern Gothic

a Mockingbird,” was written from a child’s point of view at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee used actual event in her life to fabricate the foundation of the novel. It expressed the views of racism concerning justices with a gothic mixed in the context. The novel was centered on a child seeing everything in black and white. Lee used characters to symbolize mockingbirds. The novel experienced character persona of good and evil. There were similarities between Harper Lee’s…

boyishness is depicted in the beginning of the novel and draws attention to how her feminist attributes add on. Sometimes people may force Atticus to see the “bigger picture” of the traditional southern women stereotypes. Scout does not agree with the idea of Alexandria trying to turn her into a traditional Southern woman (73). “Since the mother of Scout and Jem is dead, Atticus has assumed the full responsibility of playing mother and father whenever possible – though admittedly he employs…

It is hard to fully understand any story, especially the dramatic, yet deeply moving To Kill A Mockingbird. However, Harper Lee elucidates the story’s theme and plot line by letting a six year old become the narrator of the story. As Scout narrates the story, she not only explains the events, but also shows the impact of the events along with showing a child’s perspective of common prejudice in her hometown, Maycomb. As a result, as time passes, the reader can witness and understand the process…

Francine Prose appeals to ethos in multiple personaes in her essay I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read, including being a professional researcher, a former high school student, and a parent. In the second paragraph of page 91, Prose appeals to ethos as a professional researcher who looks for comprehensive sources of evidence to increase her credibility. Prose lists the sources of the “photocopy pages” she has collected before she states her observation. By saying “what emerges from these…

Ever wondered about how Jem’s morality, and identity changed? Well, in the book To Kill a Mockingbird influenced Jem to change his ability to judge right from wrong, and how to be a Southern Gentleman. These are connected because both talk about Jem and his morality. Jem is Scout’s (the main character) brother. They all live in Maycomb County. Jem realizes about the power of racism and how it plays a big role in Maycomb, and in African-Americans lives. It also changes how people see themselves,…

Mockingbirds do not do anything but good so why kill one? What bad do mockingbirds do? The symbol of the the mockingbird means innocent people that never harm anyone. It is also a sin to kill a mockingbird because of them doing no harm. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the three characters Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley represent mockingbirds by only doing good, never doing bad although they got into some situations where they could have. Mockingbird represent things…

I believe the song titled Just the Way You Are relates to the inner conflict in To Kill A Mockingbird. The inner conflict is when Atticus gets appointed to defend Tom Robinson in court and Atticus chooses to defend him willingly, and Scout in the beginning thinks very lightly on the situation and she doesn’t quite understand why Atticus is defending a colored person, she later realizes what Atticus is doing is right and she would like him to stay the way he is since he’s a great father. This…

To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that is placed in the 1930s which is in a little town where Atticus Finch lives. Atticus Finch had gotten inform that he had to defend Tom Robson which is a African American which was accused of rapping a white girl. Even though Atticus knew he was not going to win the case for defending Tom Robinson, It was worth it for Atticus because he wants his kids to look up to him for try to help Tom Robinson and Atticus follows the golden rule. Atticus is a person that…

Have you ever considered what other people value the most in their lives? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many of the characters throughout the plot take into consideration different values. The word value means relative worth, merit, or importance. If a person has values, it shows significance in how they live their lives and who they are. Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird all have values of their own and show them in the story. One example of people showing their values…

Imagine you caught your child doing something considered taboo by all of society. Would you lie to cover up your shame, or would you face the rest of the world and own it? In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are the children of lawyer Atticus Finch, but they are not the problem. Mayella Ewell is a 19 year old poor white woman who claims that Thomas Robinson, a black man, beat her then raped her. But, this might not be the case. As Atticus goes to work to prove Tom…