Appearance versus reality is a major theme in the novel ’To Kill a Mockingbird’. There are many incorrect perceptions in the town of Maycomb county which include Jem and Scout’s opinion of their father‚ Jem’s judgement of Mrs. Dubose‚ the town’s delusion of Boo Radley and the town’s outlook of the black community. In the introductory segment of the novel‚ Jem and Scout look at their father as an embarrassment and they think his age inhibits the development of their relationships. When Miss Caroline
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Although Maycomb is an entirely fictional town Harper Lee creates a realistic feel to it. She does this through a combination of writing and language techniques and through the many perspectives we are privy to throughout the first four chapters. The most commonly used are through the eyes of a six-year-old Scout and an older‚ reflecting Scout who uses a more mature view to comment on the events as seen through the innocent eyes of a young girl. Although a child narrator may be a more unconventional
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Prejudice is when a person judges other people without any evidence‚ and the victims of prejudice‚ usually are affected by such judgements and lose their self-confidence. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ prejudice is exhibited in different ways‚ and sometimes‚ even the people that makes a positive contribution‚ are pre-judged for different reasons. Tom is a hardworking gentleman who is pre-judged because of his race. In this book‚ Atticus is known for being an influential parent to Scout and
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1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb‚ its inhabitants‚ and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Reread chapter one and find a sentence or a paragraph which illustrates each of the following attitudes/ideas. Then discuss how the passage fits into the attitudes/ideas of the town. a. pride in ancestry and “tradition” b. pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different c. awareness of difference in social class 2. Calpurnia lectures Scout on manners when
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The Stereotyping of women is common in literature and it is not any different in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The ladies of Maycomb are excellent examples of stereotypical roles women play in a "man’s world. Scout’s observation of the ladies of Maycomb is ..."Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men‚ seemed unwilling to approve wholeheartedly of ...[men]." " ...There was something about...[men] that I instinctively liked...they weren’t---" "Hypocrites‚" page 234 The ladies of the missionary
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The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes a reality look at life in the South and 1930s. The trial in this book is affected by setting and changes the result of the trial‚ Atticus‚ and how people saw their views of life. Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Boo are each affected by a small town attitude‚ along with the trial and everyone’s reaction to the conviction. There are simple and complex ways that setting affects a story. Anything from results to rumors is changed by setting. The setting affects
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INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ social differences determine insiders and outsiders. The social status of someone in Maycomb County has very different points. Your families reputation is a main factor in determining your place in Maycomb. Due to the factor that the men and women try to marry other respectable families to keep themselves on the inside. Wealth is seen as another factor. Also‚ the people that characters associate with makes them perceived as insiders
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“Experience‚ which destroys innocence‚ also leads one back to it”‚ said James Arthur Baldwin‚ an American novelist‚ essayist‚ playwright‚ poet‚ and social critic. Likewise‚ in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee the innocent characters‚ Scout and Jem‚ become morally injured as they come in contact with the evil in the world. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a fictional town called Maycomb‚ Alabama and spans over three years of the Finch family‚ which includes Scout‚ her brother Jem
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Characterization is key to how authors build characters in literature. This is how authors can bring characters to life in a reader’s mind. These characters are then used by authors to show a theme in a story. In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ is using the character of Atticus to reveal a theme. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the world’s destruction of innocence. This is seen portrayed through Atticus through the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus can be seen
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The knot-hole is symbolic in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ because it represents how Boo Radley‚ Jem‚ and Scout communicated. Boo Radley would place things in the hole for the kids to find‚ and the children would be pleased to find them. Jem and Scout also wrote back to Boo and thanked him for everything he had left. “We appreciate the- no‚ we appreciate everything which you have put into the tree for us” (Lee 82). Although Jem and Scout didn’t know who was doing this they felt as if they had
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