Rhetorical Analysis Of To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
“The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this room is” (Lee 271). Atticus, in his closing argument, attempts to convey that Tom Robinson is innocent, and the Ewell’s have done a wrong deed. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates the theme of treating and respecting everyone as an individual in Atticus’s closing argument by using rhetorical devices such as repetition, analogies, and allusions.
Lee puts repetition into practice multiple times throughout Atticus’s closing argument to emphasize the theme of respecting everyone as a person. Starting on page 271 continuing onto page 272, the word “she” is repeated over twenty times. This is turning the attention to Mayella and emphasize how much of a part she played in the lie. Atticus
Lee puts repetition into practice multiple times throughout Atticus’s closing argument to emphasize the theme of respecting everyone as a person. Starting on page 271 continuing onto page 272, the word “she” is repeated over twenty times. This is turning the attention to Mayella and emphasize how much of a part she played in the lie. Atticus