In literature there is a strong presence of influence. Many who write are influenced by their surroundings such as friends, family, time period or location at the time of writing. The characters in said literature, assuming there are characters, are influenced by similar things. All of this is passed through the text and eventually influences the reader. An example of such literature is Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In the Reading and writing of this book the author, characters and reader are all influenced.
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Was influenced by the society in which she lived in in many ways when it came to writing her book.One such example is her upbringing, another is the state the country was where …show more content…
For example in the text Scout says “After all he’s just a Negro.” to Dill when Dill is crying about Tom Robinson’s brutal cross examination. This is where I learned of the inherent ignorance of the society. That is to say that To Kill a Mockingbird influenced me by teaching me about how prejudice was common, even in children, in situations such as those. Another quote that influenced me was “Real courage is when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” This quote was said to Jem after he heard about Mrs.Dubose quitting her morphine addiction. This quote influenced by be showing me that there was more to this society other than Atticus who were shown possessing different values, in other words this is to say that despite being the most prominent, Atticus was not the only good person in maycomb and i realized that could be true for real life as well. That is to say that in this society a lot if not most of the seen characters aren’t very good people and seeing people do good things such as that made me have hope in the society. The author includes this fact to emphasize that there are other good people in this society and that problems do not always need to be solved with violence. A one can see both learning lessons such as historical facts and how to really be courageous along with getting good feelings while reading creates a positive reading experience and influences
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Was influenced by the society in which she lived in in many ways when it came to writing her book.One such example is her upbringing, another is the state the country was where …show more content…
For example in the text Scout says “After all he’s just a Negro.” to Dill when Dill is crying about Tom Robinson’s brutal cross examination. This is where I learned of the inherent ignorance of the society. That is to say that To Kill a Mockingbird influenced me by teaching me about how prejudice was common, even in children, in situations such as those. Another quote that influenced me was “Real courage is when you know you 're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” This quote was said to Jem after he heard about Mrs.Dubose quitting her morphine addiction. This quote influenced by be showing me that there was more to this society other than Atticus who were shown possessing different values, in other words this is to say that despite being the most prominent, Atticus was not the only good person in maycomb and i realized that could be true for real life as well. That is to say that in this society a lot if not most of the seen characters aren’t very good people and seeing people do good things such as that made me have hope in the society. The author includes this fact to emphasize that there are other good people in this society and that problems do not always need to be solved with violence. A one can see both learning lessons such as historical facts and how to really be courageous along with getting good feelings while reading creates a positive reading experience and influences