MOCKINGBIRD Harper Lee’s 1960 novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ deeply penetrates the concept of walking in somebody else’s shoes. This southern societal drama explores the main message Lee is portraying throughout the novel; that of which being to empathise with somebody in a differing circumstance as yourself. This text revolves around a 1930’s southern American society which openly embraces prejudice towards the minority of powerless in the community‚ in this case being racism. Lee shares her intended
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understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (30). The book To Kill A Mokingbird by Harper Lee has a powerful theme of loving your neighbours as yourself no matter who they are. People are often judged by their social class‚ gender or even race‚ and Harper Lee tells us how the world is unjust. But the story also shows that there are loving ways to approach people and situations. Just like with Calpurnia and the Finch’s
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In the classic novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ many themes are expressed through the maturation of the characters. The main protagonist‚ Jean-Louise “Scout”‚ plays a vital role in expressing the importance of understanding others. This main theme is expressed by Scout as she grows up in a time when racism and prejudice was at its worst. At first‚ Scout is introduced as an outgoing child who was naïve and short-tempered with people who crossed her. The first time we see her short-temper
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee brings up the topic of equality with court systems in her novel. Atticus Finch‚ father of the main character states that “our courts are great levelers‚ and in our courts all men are created equal” (274) Atticus is right by saying this. In Lee’s story scout defends her father’s thought by adding more evidence. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of life in the 1930’s from Scout Finch’s point of view. In any story there are problems and situations that nee to
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Triumph Through Adversity In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the damaging effect of hatred between the African-Americans and caucasians contributes to the severe racial discrimination in the Southern States. Lee illustrates this widespread racism by establishing the book’s setting in Maycomb County‚ a small Alabama town economically struggling during the Great Depression. The plot centers around a court case in which Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman
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November 14‚ 2012 People’s Believes in Maycomb In the novel by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she gives a detailed insight into human nature and its consequences. She focuses on a specific time period‚ the 1930’s. In the novel‚ she makes me feel the cruel reality of that time period. However‚ it also gave me a bright perspective of how they kept their spirits alive. Through Harper Lee’s novel‚ she showed us the power of human will to survive in such a segregated time period. As I was reading
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is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards African-Americans" in the 1930’s to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee’s attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice‚ but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text. Lee has invited the reader to interpret
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mind or spirit enabling one to meet danger or opposition with fearlessness." According to Atticus Finch‚ one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee‚ "Courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin‚ but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (Lee‚ 124) No matter how one defines it‚ Harper Lee clearly portrays the theme of courage in her novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. It is one of the most predominant themes and is shown in many of the characters because
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Family plays an important part in forming some ones identity. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Color Of Water by James McBride both Scout and James‚ respectively‚ show examples of how family shapes a person’s identity. Scout forms her identity through her father’s lenient rules and the morals he instilled in her. James forms his own identity through the lack of knowledge of his mothers’ background and his family being different. Family morals and values contribute to a person’s
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Symbols refer to ideas beyond the words‚ and are used to develop themes by making the reader interpret an idea for him/herself. To Kill A Mockingbird written by harper Lee in 1960 is a prime example of how symbolism can be effectively used to develop a theme. Lee uses many symbols throughout the novel to present thematic ideas to the reader. For example‚ the symbol of The Mockingbird is used to symbolize moral injustice. This symbol is essential to understanding the message of the book and is even
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