To whom this letter may concern‚ I believe that the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee should be nominated for the ‘Premier’s Book of the Year Award’. The novel has helped me shape an understanding of myself‚ others‚ and the world around me. Through various themes‚ that Lee has portrayed throughout the novel I have gained a greater knowledge about the various themes and techniques‚ such as: The loss of innocence‚ Racism‚ and the symbol of the Mockingbird. As I will explain in detail below
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. And this day‚ I would like to share to the reader‚ on what are the themes that surrounds in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ which was made by the popular writer Nelle Harper Lee. So let’s get started and put all your attention in my essay. The first start of the theme is the Coexistence of Good and Evil‚ The most important theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the book’s exploration of
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Danielle Morton Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ takes place during a racially intense time in history. Harper Lee’s novel was intended to bring a harsh sense of reality to the real world‚ and was meant to demonstrate how it really was during this time in history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighborhood meanderings and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand
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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
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The coming of age of Jem‚ Jeremy Finch‚ is shown in many ways through out the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He changes socially. He changes mentally. His feelings change emotionally. He also changes to become more of an adult figure. Another way he changes is that he changes physically. Jem changes through out the book socially by the way he starts having better feelings toward other people. There are many times when Jem start feeling bad for other people in the story‚ like when
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most successful books in history. The author of this book (Harper Lee) Used very effective methods of writing to accomplish this. Firstly is her use of foreshadowing which is a way to capture the audiences attention and keep them in suspense. Secondly Harper Lee uses and interesting choice of narration to influence the readers interpritation of the novel. Lastly‚ the author uses symbolism which is how she successfully got the readers
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and powerful themes in literature are developed in death scenes. The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is set in the 1930s town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ a town with a lot of prejudice and racism. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows various themes‚ such as courage and racism‚ through death scenes. Mrs. Lafayette Dubose was one of the characters Lee uses to demonstrate the theme of courage. Mrs. Dubose was a very sick elderly person
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Tom Robinson‚ the Guilt Free Man “What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson‚ a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” (Lee 203) In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Tom Robinson‚ an innocent and nice black man was accused a raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer‚ and he has it all under control and is able to prove his point that Tom Robinson
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In to Kill a Mocking Bird Tom Robinson is accused of a crime he did not commit. Appointed to defend Tom in court Atticus is uses all of his abilities and tries to convince the court to vote Tom innocent. Attempting to convince that Tom is innocent not raping Mayella he uses ethical‚ logical‚ and emotional appeal to protect him in Atticus’s closing argument. As Atticus is defending Tom he uses ethical appeal to bring out their reasoning of right and wrong. When defending Tom he listens to what
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Arrticus from “How to Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee is a good man that loves his children and is pretty much flawless‚ but his biggest flaw is being a racist. His children think he chose Tom Robinson’s case but the truth is that “Arrticus “hoped to get through life without a case of this kind‚ but [judge] John Taylor pointed at [him] and said‚ ‘You’re It.’””(117 Lee). He knows the outcome will be a loss‚ but he continues to try because he values equality and justice in the legal system. After
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