To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis
Literary Analysis
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it makes people strongly connect with the characters in the book and it helps people understand what the author was trying to tell or teach the readers in the book and it's purpose. In the book Harper Lee uses tone, imagery, and figure of speech to help us understand the theme of the book. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee skillfully shows the bad and good things about the society that is described in the book and it shows the injustice and racism that is happening in the small town of Maycomb.
In To kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses tone to help the reader feel what the character in the book is feeling. An example from the text is, “ Dill had started crying and couldn’t stop; quietly at first, then his sobs were heard by several people in the balcony.”(265) This shows tone by scout telling the reader the emotion that Dill was feeling during the trial of Tom Robinson. This is related to the theme of racism and injustice because this is when Dill realized the inequality and injustice of the trail and how …show more content…
An example from the book is, “ The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been in serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. The defendant is not guilty, but someone in this courtroom is.”(271) This shows figure of speech because Atticus is comparing the trial with medical evidence. This example shows the injustice and racism during Tom Robinson’s trial because Atticus is saying that no matter what the evidence is that Tom Robinson is not guilty, doesn’t matter because no matter what he says won’t make a difference because tom is colored, and it is a white man’s word against a colored man’s
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it makes people strongly connect with the characters in the book and it helps people understand what the author was trying to tell or teach the readers in the book and it's purpose. In the book Harper Lee uses tone, imagery, and figure of speech to help us understand the theme of the book. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee skillfully shows the bad and good things about the society that is described in the book and it shows the injustice and racism that is happening in the small town of Maycomb.
In To kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses tone to help the reader feel what the character in the book is feeling. An example from the text is, “ Dill had started crying and couldn’t stop; quietly at first, then his sobs were heard by several people in the balcony.”(265) This shows tone by scout telling the reader the emotion that Dill was feeling during the trial of Tom Robinson. This is related to the theme of racism and injustice because this is when Dill realized the inequality and injustice of the trail and how …show more content…
An example from the book is, “ The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been in serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. The defendant is not guilty, but someone in this courtroom is.”(271) This shows figure of speech because Atticus is comparing the trial with medical evidence. This example shows the injustice and racism during Tom Robinson’s trial because Atticus is saying that no matter what the evidence is that Tom Robinson is not guilty, doesn’t matter because no matter what he says won’t make a difference because tom is colored, and it is a white man’s word against a colored man’s