Literary Analysis On To Kill A Mocking Bird
Lexi Richardson
Literary Analysis
To Kill a Mocking Bird
"Never judge a book by its cover." This book in reality might be a good book, but one would not know because it is judged upon what its appearance is. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mocking Bird” has a wide variety of themes and messages in this 288 page novel. The author introduces themes like loneliness, prejudice and shows a lot of character growth. To Kill a Mockingbird is sleepy town where everyone knows one another. It is from a child’s eye perspective telling us about the interesting journeys she went through. She learns a lot of important messages from prejudice, racism, loneliness and appearance vs. reality. Many characters in this novel are looked upon as drunks, impolite, or no life outside of their work but under what everyone sees is …show more content…
When really the reality is he is a sober man, pretending to be drunk. People of Maycomb County do not like the way he lives because he lives among Negroes and he is married to one. Dolphus pretends to be drunk because he feels it gives the people a reason for his behavior. He thinks that by doing this people can say his lifestyle is this way because he is under the influence of whiskey. Dolphus explains this to Scout and Dill. “Wh-oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it’s very simple. Some folks don't-like the way I live. Now I could say to hell with 'em, I don't care if they don't like it. I do say I don't care if they don't like it, right enough-but I don't say to hell with 'em, see? (Lee 200)” Dill and Scout were still jumbled about this theory, so Dolphus tried to explain it some more. “I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey- that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does. (Lee
Literary Analysis
To Kill a Mocking Bird
"Never judge a book by its cover." This book in reality might be a good book, but one would not know because it is judged upon what its appearance is. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mocking Bird” has a wide variety of themes and messages in this 288 page novel. The author introduces themes like loneliness, prejudice and shows a lot of character growth. To Kill a Mockingbird is sleepy town where everyone knows one another. It is from a child’s eye perspective telling us about the interesting journeys she went through. She learns a lot of important messages from prejudice, racism, loneliness and appearance vs. reality. Many characters in this novel are looked upon as drunks, impolite, or no life outside of their work but under what everyone sees is …show more content…
When really the reality is he is a sober man, pretending to be drunk. People of Maycomb County do not like the way he lives because he lives among Negroes and he is married to one. Dolphus pretends to be drunk because he feels it gives the people a reason for his behavior. He thinks that by doing this people can say his lifestyle is this way because he is under the influence of whiskey. Dolphus explains this to Scout and Dill. “Wh-oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it’s very simple. Some folks don't-like the way I live. Now I could say to hell with 'em, I don't care if they don't like it. I do say I don't care if they don't like it, right enough-but I don't say to hell with 'em, see? (Lee 200)” Dill and Scout were still jumbled about this theory, so Dolphus tried to explain it some more. “I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey- that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does. (Lee