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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses conflict to express the idea that having the courage to fight can make people hate you. This means that when you are fighting for someone you can make others around you hate you. It could also mean that when Atticus fought for Tom Robinson the people around him where he lived thinks that he is traitor and they hated him for what he has done. Even Mayella and Bob Ewell hated him for what he is doing. Atticus was hated by people of…

Racism, it’s the pure ignorance of humans who think that their race is superior to another’s. In “To Kill A MockingBird” by Harper Lee, racism plays a big role in the plot of the story and in the characters lives. This essay will talk about three of the most significant moments in the novel that deal with racism. This novel is about the lives of two innocent children who in growing up have to face the cruel racism of their their town, because their father is defending a black man who was charged…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the influence of racism can be seen in Tom Robinson’s court case, the town, and Scout’s life. This article shows that, Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, has an African-American presence which makes the novel diverse and fresh. “In Lee’s novel of a small southern town, the Africanist presence is muted in spite of the prominence of the trial in which an innocent black man stands accused of the rape of a young white woman. Nevertheless, within the novel itself the…

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee published in 1960 follows the life of Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout as she ages from six years old to nine in Maycomb, Alabama. Scout lives with her father whom is a lawyer, Atticus and her brother Jem, and meets a boy named Dill. These three children go through many events in which shape each of them into different people from when the book starts. Some of these events include a tree, a court case, and a scary walk home. Perspective changing…

When you were younger at some point you believed the world was filled with generous and kind people. Then eventually there was someone in your life who influenced and showed you that the world was nothing but that. To Kill a Mockingbird a dystopian fiction written by Harper Lee told mostly from the point of view of a little girl named Jean Louise, nickname Scout. Living in a old town called Maycomb in the time of the depression with her widowed father and older brother Jem. Once her father who…

This book describes a court case in which a black man named tom Robinson is being falsely accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. The importance of the book is that Atticus Finch, a white man, defends Tom as his attorney. In her Novel, to kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee foreshadows a loss of innocence through the symbolic significance of fire, the white camellia, and a mockingbird. First, Harper Lee uses fire to foreshadow a loss of innocence. Fire is a physical representation…

Various Injustices Epitomized in To Kill a Mockingbird The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel showing a crucial court case that sets the tone of the novel. The novel consists of a segregation of African Americans and white. The African Americans are not as worthy as the white. Tom Robinson is a quintessence of how he is not as worthy as the white people in Maycomb County. In addition, the Cunninghams are an economically unstable family. Their daily work consists of labor throughout the day…

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel about six year old Scout, her older brother Jem, and their widowed father Atticus. Set in the South during the Great Depression in the fictitious town of Maycomb, To Kill A Mockingbird explores the themes of innocence and prejudice through the eyes of young Scout. One of the utmost important quotes of the whole novel would be “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," (Lee 93) As Miss Maudie said,…

“I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill but a pen can give life.” -Malala Yousafzai. If a person killed someone they would be dead with no hope, but if you are not dead but very low in life you could read an encouraging book or article and feel better about yourself and your situation. One example where the pen showed power over violence was the Comet Ping Pong incident when some false claims came out and said that Hillary Clinton was going to use children as slaves. When…

Theme is defined as the message the author wants to convey to the reader through the text. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee introduces a small town in Alabama during the 1930s. This town faces a major trial in which, an African American man is accused of raping a white girl. Atticus, the father of the young narrator, defends this man, Tom Robinson, the trial proves to be dangerous for himself and his children. Throughout the book and the trial Lee shows four major themes,…