In the story, To Kill A Mockingbird, there is a town called Maycomb, that experiences racial prejudice, I know this because of what some of the characters say or experience.…
Harper Lee uses ___figurative language_____________________ (imagery, figurative language, simile, metaphor, etc) to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property.…
In order to compare and contrast Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, it is necessary to consider the elements of characterization. “The Chosen” is about two very similar but in many ways different according to their religion. Danny Saunders is a very Chassidic fifteen year old boy who learns Talmud every day, four pages to be exact, and loves to play baseball. In fact that’s how he and Reuven met, every day Danny wears a black caftan and hat, never shaves, and speaks with a Yiddish accent. Reuven Malter is a very intelligent young adult who speaks with a New York accent and is a very experienced baseball player, he wears shell-rimmed glasses, tzitzit, and keeps his facial hair trimmed.…
Through archetypal, symbolic, and mythical analysis the question raises of why title To Kill a Mockingbird? The Mockingbird is a symbol for segregation. Mockingbirds harasses other birds that enter their territories, to kill one symbolically is breaking down the barriers of segregation between blacks and whites. Racal segregation has been a theme in literature for a long time and many of those stories happen just like this one. The stories always are whites against and oppressing blacks because of color. Unlike most racial stories, this one says in the title that racial segregation needs to end and it’s not…
Everyone in their life will be challenged with a situation that requires them to make a decision. The book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is said to be an American classic that everyone should read. The book takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s during the Great Depression, a catastrophic event in US history when the stock market crashed causing many to lose their jobs and homes. This plays a major role in the book as it affects the way of how white people viewed the African Americans, as less. Atticus, the main paternal figure of the book and the lawyer defending a falsely accused African American of rape, Jem, son of Atticus, and Mrs.Dubose, an elderly woman who criticizes…
Race relations have evolved over the course of the 20 and 21 century. It seen through the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. It is also shown through famous trials such as the Scottsboro trials, the Emmett Till murder trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, and the Nuremberg trials. Although it is found a lot between African Americans, race relations have evolved between other races as well.…
As most people have read the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, many have wondered, what contributes most to the story’s themes? Well, throughout the novel, there are three main literary elements that come into play. In the passage “‘It ain’t right, Atticus…”’(pg.284) to “I looked up, and his face was vehement”(pg.296), Harper Lee uses the literary element character, setting, and tone to develop the theme that recognizing perspectives contributes to coming of age. As many other themes in the novel, the theme will show a change in how Jem starts to view the world, and the major roles included in it, such as racism. But his perspective comes mostly from the kind of character he is.…
People are often misunderstood. Those that are, are usually overlooked and shunned because people don’t know their real story and judge them off of what they know. Most of the time when people judge others off of only what they know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb, Boo Radley.…
Steve Jobs once said, “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” By this, he means: don't let the voices and beliefs of others overrule yours, but instead follow your own intuition. This is exactly what Atticus teaches his children in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the novel, Atticus shows his children that even though everyone may be against your belief or stand on something, continue to think for yourself even though others may disagree.…
I went to observe the preschoolers with Dr. Whitcomb and another student and also got to observe her teaching the children in class. Dr. Whitcomb used activities that involved movement, instrument exploration and call and response to foster basic music competence. Activities like Shake Your Egg were chosen to expose the children to music and get them to do things along with the song. I taught Jack Be Nimble so that the children could get exposure to a meter other than common time. Walk and Stop and Gallop were also a few of the other lessons that were taught to teach things like walking to a steady beat or improvising different movements to songs.…
Racism, the belief that some races are better than other races, it destroys society and it lowers one's freedom of speech, it was present in To Kill a Mockingbird from start to end. Most of the white community had a biased opinion about black people and their community,you see that when Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to the black church because their father Atticus was away, but when they tell him about that their visit aunt Alexandra was not happy about it that there is segregation. Tom Robinson (a young innocent black man) falsely accused of raping a white girl Mayella Ewell, after him arriving at Macomb County there were some people from town that wanted to kill him before trial and later dies after the trial. Africans-American also served as slaves during that time, were given not much respect and if the white folks did not like them they would have been falsely charged and sent to jail or killed. Overall racism was active at all times in the novel and it got worse as the book proceeds and it shows how hard life was as a black person back then.…
“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” (Rosa Parks) This quote is a very accurate representation of what life for people is like today. Yes, you heard that right. Today's society is not truly equal like it is portrayed to be. There are several authors that have written about what their life has been like, such as, How to Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian are all good examples of stories that portray how the world today is different, but still similar in many ways.…
Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming of age story in which a young girl, her older brother, and their friend are exposed to the harsh realities of the 1930s. The various events that occurred over two years helped shape their moral perspectives into the ones of mature adults. With the help from their father, family cook and caretaker, and intelligent but stubborn neighbor, they come to realize that not everything is as good as it seems. The novel is titled To Kill A Mockingbird because the story teaches the valuable lesson that to mistreat someone or something that has done nothing wrong is a sin. The mockingbird is a symbol that represents innocence and true goodness that should always be protected. To kill a mockingbird is to destroy…
Harper Lee uses many literary elements and techniques that make her novel appealing to a reader. Foreshadowing, use of setting, many themes (or motifs), and well-developed characters are prevalent in this novel.…
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates that revealing secrets can cause uproar in a community, or even just at home. For example, when the community finds out that Tom Robinson supposedly raped Mayella Ewell, it becomes the talk of the town for a long time. Also, Bob Ewell’s secret mistreatment of his daughter causes controversy around the town. At home, when Atticus shoots the dog, he becomes a hero in the eyes of his children. Finally, the secret suffering of Ms. Dubose leads to the maturation of Scout and Jem.…