“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. . . That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119) Throughout time the innocent have been thought of as easy targets and have been preyed upon . In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson is a young black man who was innocent‚ very honest‚ and hardworking . Yet he was unfairly targeted as being a criminal because he was a 25 year old black man who lived in Alabama during the 1930’s. He always helped anyone who asked
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teach an important lesson about truly accepting one’s situation to alter Jem and Scout’s outlook with people. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird reveals that a change of perspective can lead to a different way of understanding through a similar metaphor‚ idiom‚ and the plot twist of finding out that Boo Radley is not akin to Jem’s absurd descriptions. There are multiple themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ but one specifically shows metaphorically that viewing a person from a different
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at situations from another persons’ perspective to understand it better. This is like a moral lesson to the reader from Harper Lee. It is something that applies to everyone. The huge difference in social status is very destructive for the community and for Scout. For example‚ Scout doesn’t understand why Aunt Alexander doesn’t let her be friends with young Cunningham. Harper Lee uses children’s naivety and simplicity to show the complexities of the adult world and prejudice in human interaction.
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By reading between the lines‚ authors like Sherman Alexie and Harper Lee use their writing crafts to make readers look more into the book in a deeper angle. Looking at To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ throughout her text‚ she adds figurative language and foreshadowing to show the readers upcoming events that might occur. Which affects the reader’s thoughts while reading the text because writing crafts like figurative language spark ideas and reveal characterization. In the start of the book‚
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As the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ progressed‚ we start to see the significance Harper Lee puts on parenting. Harper Lee shows the importance of teaching your children the right thing through the parenting of Atticus‚ Calpurnia and the Radley Family. Atticus and Calpurnia have always been there for Jem and Scout‚ and have always taught them the respectful and polite actions. Atticus and Calpurnia’s parenting style is to teach young kids the right from wrong. To illustrate‚ Calpurnia said “That
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innocence persuades when speaking fails.”(Shakespeare SearchQuotes). In Harper Lee’s unforgettable novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the innocence of children is the key to communicating several significant aspects of the story. The novel is narrated by Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch‚ who relays the story of a series of events involving social issues that take place in the quiet town of Maycomb County during her childhood in the 1930’s. Harper Lee establishes a distinct narrative voice for Scout through the use of
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racism and stereotypes and in the end Tom Robinson is found guilty. In the book‚ Atticus says to Scout “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”(Harper Lee‚30). In Jabari Asim article‚ he criticized To Kill a Mockingbird as not portraying racial problems fairly. He asserted that Lee’s book was written to soothe the guilt of racism of whites due to the exemplary actions of Atticus Finch while black
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voice. And most important‚ have the courage to follow your heart and intuition” (Steve Jobs) Mr. Jobs advice is applicable to everyday life whether it be confronting a bully‚ asking out a crush or saving someone from a burning building. Similarly in Harper Lee’s influential time less novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are numerous characters that helped to establish the theme of courage. The three primary characters that did this they are Tom Robinson‚ Mrs. Dubose and finally Atticus Finch who is one
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Atticus Finch portrays self-control‚ bravery‚ and difference in Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus is a very amazing character in the book. He teaches his children life lessons in an unique way‚ compared to the rest of Maycomb. There is a lot to learn about him‚ ranging from understanding the shortcomings of people to courage. Atticus is one of the few characters in To Kill A Mockingbird that is even-handed about African Americans throughout the entire story. Atticus stands up for what
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Prejudice is when a person judges other people without any evidence‚ and the victims of prejudice‚ usually are affected by such judgements and lose their self-confidence. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ prejudice is exhibited in different ways‚ and sometimes‚ even the people that makes a positive contribution‚ are pre-judged for different reasons. Tom is a hardworking gentleman who is pre-judged because of his race. In this book‚ Atticus is known for being an influential parent to Scout and
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