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By: Jassitee Carter
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Harper Lee uses words such as devoured and eaten to create a threatening effect to the house fire. It gives the impression that the house is being attacked or eaten by a monster. This idea would be scary to the children because they are young, and are most likely afraid of things such as monsters.It adds depth and understanding to the situation so that as a reader, we create a mental image of the fire and it's strength. The imagery used adds another dimension to the writing, making it more interesting and more easily understood. Without this description and other examples of imagery Harper Lee uses, we may not get the same level of visual understanding.Throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee establishes the theme of innoncence and the loss of it as Scout and Jem grow up. In this chapter it is demonstrated when Scout realises that Miss Maudie has seen her perplexity after Scout does not understand what she means. It is also demonstrated at the end of the chapter with the quote 'Jem said he didn’t know what was the matter with her – that was just Miss Maudie'. If Jem was older he might have been able to understand Miss Maudie's attitude but as he was young, he didn't understand why Miss Maudie had walked off laughing. Jem was puzzled because Miss Maudie had just lost her house, but still managed to find something to laugh about. This also demonstrates how Miss Maudies character always has hope and never gives up in finding something positive.Racism is explored as a theme in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Racism mainly occurs towards the end of the book and surrounds the court case and Tom Robinson. However, in chapter 8, Harper Lee explores the theme of racism through the symbol of the snowman which Scout and Jem make. The snowman consists of brown mud to begin with and Scout says ‘Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman'. Jem replies with ‘He won’t be black long.' Scout does not realise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Harper Lee uses words such as devoured and eaten to create a threatening effect to the house fire. It gives the impression that the house is being attacked or eaten by a monster. This idea would be scary to the children because they are young, and are most likely afraid of things such as monsters.It adds depth and understanding to the situation so that as a reader, we create a mental image of the fire and it's strength. The imagery used adds another dimension to the writing, making it more interesting and more easily understood. Without this description and other examples of imagery Harper Lee uses, we may not get the same level of visual understanding.Throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee establishes the theme of innoncence and the loss of it as Scout and Jem grow up. In this chapter it is demonstrated when Scout realises that Miss Maudie has seen her perplexity after Scout does not understand what she means. It is also demonstrated at the end of the chapter with the quote 'Jem said he didn’t know what was the matter with her – that was just Miss Maudie'. If Jem was older he might have been able to understand Miss Maudie's attitude but as he was young, he didn't understand why Miss Maudie had walked off laughing. Jem was puzzled because Miss Maudie had just lost her house, but still managed to find something to laugh about. This also demonstrates how Miss Maudies character always has hope and never gives up in finding something positive.Racism is explored as a theme in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Racism mainly occurs towards the end of the book and surrounds the court case and Tom Robinson. However, in chapter 8, Harper Lee explores the theme of racism through the symbol of the snowman which Scout and Jem make. The snowman consists of brown mud to begin with and Scout says ‘Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman'. Jem replies with ‘He won’t be black long.' Scout does not realise