To Kill A Mockingbird Narrative Voice Analysis
The book ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ has three narrative voices embedded within the text to tell the story. As a reader it is extremely vital to be aware of these narrative voices when reading the text because each narrator presents different emotions, ideas and knowledge. The three narrative voices are Scout, Jean Louise who is Scout as an adult and Harper Lee. Scout is telling the story from the point of view of a six year old child therefore she has a unique way of persuading her audience. A six year old child is obviously very young and this means she has very limited knowledge on the world she lives in. Although this limited knowledge does have its benefits because she is able to portray a sense of innocence to her audience which is highly
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Her narrative voice appears in various sections of the text, for example in chapter fifteen she states ‘Heck, we’ve gotten one postponement of this case just to make sure there’s nothing to be uneasy about’ (pg. 160). Indications that suggest this is Harper Lee’s narrative voice is the fact a six year old child wouldn’t understand what a lot of the technical language spoken meant and therefore she probably wouldn’t remember what she didn’t understand at an older age. This rules out both the narrative voice of Scout and Jean Louise. In addition to this it would be hard to hear the conversation from inside the house. The reader can identify Lee’s narrative voice when the the narrator seems to be able to hear and see everything that is happening in the town. This is beneficial for the reader because they are able to gain information that the main character isn’t aware of and this helps the reader understand the text. For example the quote previously mentioned for this narrative voice had the intention of informing the reader on the progress of the trial because Scout didn’t have such information. Overall the three narrative voices of Scout, Jean Louise and Harper Lee have their own style of informing the reader on different aspects of the
Her narrative voice appears in various sections of the text, for example in chapter fifteen she states ‘Heck, we’ve gotten one postponement of this case just to make sure there’s nothing to be uneasy about’ (pg. 160). Indications that suggest this is Harper Lee’s narrative voice is the fact a six year old child wouldn’t understand what a lot of the technical language spoken meant and therefore she probably wouldn’t remember what she didn’t understand at an older age. This rules out both the narrative voice of Scout and Jean Louise. In addition to this it would be hard to hear the conversation from inside the house. The reader can identify Lee’s narrative voice when the the narrator seems to be able to hear and see everything that is happening in the town. This is beneficial for the reader because they are able to gain information that the main character isn’t aware of and this helps the reader understand the text. For example the quote previously mentioned for this narrative voice had the intention of informing the reader on the progress of the trial because Scout didn’t have such information. Overall the three narrative voices of Scout, Jean Louise and Harper Lee have their own style of informing the reader on different aspects of the