Literary Analysis Of To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates organic unity through the use of literary tools to create, maintain, and amplify the central theme. Lee constructs and develops the theme of social inequality by employing dialogue, irony, and an extended metaphor. Through dialogue, the townspeople show contempt for blacks, viewing them and anyone who treats them as equals as inferior. This is evident in the analysis of the conversations of Bob Ewell, Mrs. Dubose, and Francis Hancock where they refer to black people as uncivilized savages. Not only does Bob Ewell, contribute to the theme through his dialogue, but his full name of Robert E. Lee Ewell provokes irony that clarifies the racist undertones of the novel. Moreover, irony functions

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, says “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

Yet Perry’s childhood bliss was taken from him, somehow creating his current disposition, the true purpose is the falling of unity from inside the people of Holcomb, therefore; pinning every person against another. A dark curtain that falls over the children, parents, farmhands, hunting regulars, and police officials. A curtain that keeps them apart from one another because they are lost in the infinite blackness that surrounds them, an evil they let seep into their minds and imaginations.

    Throughout time authors have used symbolism to express a greater meaning in simple words because it allows readers to connect the real world to what they are reading in an abstract way, like philosophers using the dove to represent peace and fire to represent ferocity; in To Kill A Mockingbird  , Harper Lee uses symbolism to make a point about maturity in particular when Miss Maudie gives Jem cake, when scout tries to learn innocence and when scout tries to learn how to observe a situation from someone else's perspective.

The theme of prejudice in the novel can be best perceived through the symbolism of the mockingbird. When the Bluejay is first mentioned, the reader may not make the connection that the bird represents the bullies of the world. They act territorial, loud, and bothersome to communities, while the mockingbird suggests simplicity and goodness. Hence, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, several characters can be described as a mockingbird. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley can both be characterized in that manner.

In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, there are many different themes expressed in many different ways. For example, one of the of the most important themes throughout the story is courage. Courage shows up many times throughout the story in its six main forms, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual and moral courage. These forms of courage help create a better understanding of the characters as well as change the characters as time passes.

By firelight Cherokee natives once gathered to tell a story of a fierce battle between two wolves ; one benign, the other malevolent. The myth tells that this conflict goes on within each person, and the wolf that a person feeds, wins this clash. The people of Maycomb experience this internal conflict, demonstrating both acts of bravery and bitter intolerance. As Tom Robinson’s trial inches slowly towards its inevitable inequitable conclusion, Scout and her brother Jem are exposed to the complexity of their town and its residents. The Finch siblings are made to question the morals on which they’ve been raised, as Bob Ewell spits words of hatred, Ms.Maudie bakes her cakes and the spectral Arthur Radley (Boo) watches over his children in the dark isolation of his own home. Through her themes of Discrimination, Integrity, and Courage in her work To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee highlights the coexistence of both benevolence and malevolence within human beings.

Atticus is the most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird.In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee it is about this little family in Maycomb, Al during the Great Depression.Atticus as to take on a big case to defend a african american named Tom Robbins.But throughout the book Atticus teaches his 2 kids Jem and Scout important lessons.He has to talk about lessons that are well needed in life with a little help from Boo Radley and Mrs.Dubose.

Oswalt pg:1 pd:2 To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Ever heard the saying “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”? Have you ever read the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”? Well the writer Harper Lee does a fabulous job explaining this saying throughout the book and involving a “Mockingbird” around almost every corner. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee portrays motif and symbolism throughout the coming of age of Scout and Jem.

Throughout To Kill a MockingBird we see Jem grow in maturity as Scout’s brother. As we see the mental growth and physical growth from Jem, Harper Lee uses that to adds imagery, dramatic irony, and mood to To Kill a MockingBird.

A quote from Joseph Addison states that “True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.” “To Kill A Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee is taken place in Maycomb, Alabama during the early 30s. It focuses mainly on a father of two kids named Atticus who is defending a black man in a rape trial. There is numerous amount of prejudices and racism seen in the small town of Maycomb County. In the novel, Atticus communicate his life lesson with Scout and Jem(Atticus's children) that is fundamental for them to grow up adulthood. Harper Lee’s world famous novel

Harpers Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a literary classic that talks about racism as well as femininity in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The story told from the perspective of Jean Louise Finch, who also goes by Scout, although she is only eight years old. Throughout the book, Scout realizes that her beloved hometown of Maycomb is not that great as it seems. While realizing this, Scout has a change of mindset. She is constantly told to "act like a lady" but she does not want to become something she is not. Scout initially has a negative opinion on being a lady but the women in Maycomb are essentially what grows Scout's opinion. The roles of Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, and Aunt Alexandria are the key influences to changing Scout's mindset.

To Kill A Mockingbird remains one of the most produced and distributed political commentaries in America, despite its publishing over 50 years ago. The reason the book grosses such a high distribution rate can be attributed to its relevance even today

What: “To Kill a Mocking Bird” portrays a society that is supremely, staggeringly unfair. The story takes place in the U.S. South in the 1930s in a small town where racism is part of the very fabric of society. Faced with this situation, an equality minded person, is tempted to speak their mind, however keeping their head down until then. Some people in the novel do just that, but few decide to act on the side of justice and equality, even though they think it’s mostly hopeless. “To Kill a Mocking Bird” does not sugarcoat the results, however it does suggest that

The people who said that junior year would be my toughest year were not kidding. I was juggling advanced classes, starting a new job, and relationships. I was like a sad circus performer. But one the most challenging situations I faced junior year was the dreadful Literary Analysis paper that was assigned to me by my beloved English teacher, Ms.Barnes. We had to find a novel by an American author and analyze a theme or symbol used in his novel. The moment Ms.Barnes explained what we had to do I mentally gave up. But I knew it had to be done. I decided to analyze E.E Cumming's use of love and comic relief in his poems as an escape from reality. My biggest mistake was that I procrastinated this assignment. I would do the bare minimum every other