Symbolic Roles The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird portray stereotypes and classic roles. Scout is the epitome of an innocent child‚ and through her eyes we see events unfold that change her status and broaden her awareness of the world around her. Due to her innocence in the beginning of the novel‚ we have to view her as an unreliable narrator because her views on the situations in the novel are somewhat skewed by her inexperience with the evils in the world. Bob Ewell symbolizes the evils
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Innocence‚ or the loss of innocence‚ is a theme that permeates many great works of literature. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is no exception. The novel compares many of its characters to mockingbirds‚ a symbol of pure innocence. Two of the most prominent of the novel’s mockingbirds are Tom Robinson‚ a black man wrongly accused and convicted of rape‚ and Boo Radley‚ an outcast from society who spends his days like a hermit locked up in his house. Tom provides something beneficial to society
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Mockingbirds are a universal topic in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To kill a mockingbird is a sin because they don’t harm and they bring joy from their singing. There are many characters that symbolize being a mockingbird in the novel. These characters portray different roles and perspectives of mockingbirds that all blend together by the end. Subsequently‚ Tom Robinson is an apparent choice for this role because he is constantly subjected to oppression by white characters in the book. He
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The Strength of Theme Today‚ most everyone in the United States is free of racial discrimination‚ however this was not always the case. Ellen Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ reminds the reader of a time in the 1930’s when prejudice existed. This classic tells a story from the perspective of a six year-old girl‚ Jean “Scout” Louis Finch‚ who lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama. She is a rugged and headstrong girl‚ who is the daughter of a prominent lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and her deceased mother. This
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One of the main themes in To Kill a Mockingbird is discrimination. There are various forms of discrimination found throughout the novel: gender‚ financial and racial. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the southern United States‚ Maycomb County Alabama‚ in the 1930’s‚ a period of racial‚ gender and financial inequality. Those that were different were not treated the same. Gender discrimination occurs many times throughout the novel; women are not treated equal to men
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Courage “Courage is when you know you are licked before you begin‚ but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (P.149) Courage‚ the spirit and soul of virtue‚ is one of the most significant themes in To kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses many of the characters and circumstances in the book‚ as well as her own deed of writing this novel to demonstrate all facets of courage. There is a physical courage which is demonstrated by several characters. Atticus
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To Kill a Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee. It is the story of a black man’s struggle for justice. Through her protagonists Atticus Finch and his daughter Scout and other characters such as Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell‚ the author reveals her themes concerning the evils of racism and the need in humans for moral integrity. Furthermore‚ heroism is found in this novel‚ i.e. characters who show both physical and moral courage in the face of great adversity. Three characters in particular are Atticus
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To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ 1960) Setting: To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel that takes place in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Plot Summary: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times that surround herself‚ her brother Jem‚ and her father Atticus Finch in the town on Maycomb. Scout must learn to mature as acquaintances accuse her father‚ a lawyer‚ of being a "nigger-lover" for defending a black man in trial
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in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally‚ justice would be blind to race‚ gender or other differences yet‚ as shown in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ it isn’t and for the most part‚ justice is not served. Many innocent characters‚ or mockingbirds‚ are subject to the injustice of the prejudice folks of Maycomb County and‚ consequently‚ are destroyed. These mockingbirds include‚ but are not limited to‚ Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Mayella Ewell and Jem Finch. Very little Justice is served in To Kill a Mockingbird because
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