To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee Reading Notes Part 1: Theme: The most prominent theme from chapters 1 to 4 is “Silence”. This is a theme because the town that these four chapters are based in is a very taciturn town. Their main pastime was going to church. “They didn’t go to church‚ Maycomb’s principal recreation” (Lee 11). The dullness of this down was also very noticeable. “Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to
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An example of this is when Tom states that Bob Ewell says to Mayella “you goddamn whore‚ I’ll kill ya (Doc.B)”. This shows that Mayella gets verbally abused. An example that shows Mayella is sexually abused is when she says “what her papa does do to her don’t count” (Doc.B). And an example of her being physically abused is when she said “Except
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Freud lays out his conception of the relationship between gender and the behaviour he observed in his paper Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction between the Sexes. He claims that the divergence between masculine and feminine sexuality occurs in early childhood as a consequence of differing genitalia . He further contends that this display of sexual dimorphism has significant consequences in feminine psychological development‚ including jealousy‚ same-sex relationships‚ and
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Injustice In All Shapes And Sizes Out of many reoccurring themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ injustice proves itself the most extensive. In the small southern town of Maycomb‚ populated by both blacks and whites‚ several situations involve great injustice. One will see injustice practiced by a person making quick assumptions or judgments‚ as well as one possessing a prejudiced or predetermined bias. Whether a minor situation or one in a courtroom‚ injustice is always wrong. The common
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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee is able to successfully develop the characters and portray her purpose for writing the novel. Numerous authors use their characters to achieve the goal of establishing a theme and purpose within their material. They are able to do this by using literary devices to convey what they want the readers to know. This technique is commonly used by authors to relay information and this book features the use of the main character’s perspective‚ irony‚ and metaphors
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According to Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird‚ heroism is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do.” Atticus is saying that to him what makes hero is someone who does something even when they know they are gonna lose but they fight anyway. For example Mrs. Dubose was taking morphine because she was dieing and was in pain but she didn’t wanna die using morphine so she got off it which is a
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A vastly known classic that has captivated many readers in it’s simple message that is expressed complexly is Harper Lee’s: To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s simple as it’s a novel against prejudice but shows it through different perspectives. Here it’s the life of a small girl living in the south‚ 1930’s. Racial tensions are high and Scout‚ the main character’s dad is assigned to handle a black man’s case. It’s message is that most people aren’t even aware of the prejudice that they are committing as
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whites or blacks who didn’t support him. He met most of the goals established with help from the people because he was positively influential. Next‚ the condescending outlook we have on one another needs to change. In the earlier chapters in “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout invites
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driven by a chaotic force known as racism. Over the years‚ racism has morphed into a power so vicious it tears people apart and soils the unity of humanity‚ creating a division between the different types of people who live together. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the prime targets of racism are the members of the African-American community‚ and they are treated poorly by many of the people who live in Maycomb. Racism plays a large part in the way the social hierarchy of Maycomb
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a love story‚ by Harper Lee has a few very intriguing themes. However one of the most important aspects of the novel is the setting. Harper Lee‚ creates a realistic and original setting where the conflicts and issues of the plot are unique to its setting in Maycomb Alabama during the 1930’s. The tightly knit cast of characters and the town’s involvement and disapproval towards Atticus Finch only happens in a town such as Maycomb. As poverty‚ discrimination‚ and maturity characterize
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