To Kill A Mockingbird Character Analysis

To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee uses unhypocritical, more experienced characters like Atticus to expose Jem and Scout to adult knowledge. Their adult influence is what brings about the empathetic growth and maturity of Jem and Scout.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is an exceedingly powerful novel. It includes many significant minor themes such as racism and hatred which leave the reader to have grown more attentive to the past once they complete the book. The book takes place in Maycomb County Alabama during the great depression. During this period there was a great deal of hate and prejudice towards people of color, in addition to a great regard to social class. The novels protagonists, Atticus Finch a well-respected lawyer and his children Jeremy “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch are a few of the towns occupants who respect others regardless of social class or race. For this reason, Atticus has no objections

How would the novel be different if it were narrated from a different character’s perspective? Jem? Atticus? Calpurnia? Boo? What benefit does a child narrator provide?

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience,” (Lee 120). This quote from To Kill a Mockingbird is a good representation of the book. The book is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, narrates the story of herself and her family facing the racial prejudices of the time. When her father Atticus, defends an innocent black man in a rape trial, Maycomb turns on Scout's family. Atticus, Scout, and her brother Jem stand up for what they believe in even if their neighbors disagree. By analyzing Harper Lee’s use of symbolism and tone, the reader can learn that courage isn’t physical strength, you gain morals as you grow, and prejudice kills innocence.

A child’s naivety is able to overcome prejudice ideas thus promoting change in society. Lee conveys emotive language when Scout is talking to her father Atticus after her fight with Francis, “You aren’t really a nigger-lover than, are you” Atticus then responds with “I certainly am” the use of high modality on Atticus’ behalf helps show that scout shouldn’t be afraid to stand up for what is

The sun still rose in the east and set in the west. Birds still flew and fish still swam. The citizens of Maycomb proceeded with their lives as normal, but Scout felt as though everything was different. Scout developed and matured enormously throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Prolonged summers, during The Great Depression, consisted of acting out characters, spying on the mysterious Arthur (Boo) Radley, and running around wild and free. These jaunty summers frequently overshadowed the realities of Scout’s world. As her life continued, experiences and encounters provided her the opportunity to step out of the picture frame and see the entire picture. Scout’s perspective is continually altered and progressed through challenging situations with Miss Caroline, experiences of goodness and solidarity in the black community with Calpurnia, and situations when her once fictional neighbor, Boo Radley, became a reality.

“The ability to do something that frightens one.” This quotation shows that to have courage isn’t always when you are being brave but when you finish something that you start. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” By Harper Lee,  Many characters show the trait of courage throughout the book. It also shows many important parts of the book through these quotes that are shown. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee Atticus shows the trait of courage a lot in the book.  The next two quotes are ones that show that Jen is a person in the novel that shows the trait of courage when he tried to find boo.  these quotes are ones that show that Dill has courage because he travelled by himself and because he he is a daredevil. In my three

Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression a young lady, Mayella Ewell blamed a black man, Tom Robinson of something incredibly despicable that turned Maycomb upside down. Mayella took advantage of the laws back then so that she could end the aggression her father gave her. Mayella is powerful due to the fact that she is white, her family is the poorest family out there, but because of her color she will always be preferred over African-Americans. In “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Harper Lee uses class, race, and gender to determine if Mayella has power after all.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”

"'Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'" (119) Reading the beginning of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, one would assume there is no connection with the title to the storyline. After delving deeper into the novel the connection becomes evident. The concept of the mockingbird is introduced when Scout is given a gun for Christmas, she is then told by her father that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Scout dismisses this fact until it becomes relevant again, when someone in her life is compared to mockingbird after a life altering experience.

While I was reading To Kill a Mockingbird I liked and disliked parts. One of the reasons i liked this book is because of its great description. An example of this, is the description of Maycomb County, “A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.” I like this example because I think it’s a perfect description of a town that was strongly affected by the Great Depression. I disliked this book because i thought it was unnecessarily spread out. For example chapter eight is just based around how they’ve never seen snow and how they want to make a snowman, this to me just made the novel longer that it had to be. To Kill a Mockingbird, also, in my opinion, took a long time to get interesting. An example of this is how in the four chapters one of the biggest events in the novel occur. One of my favorite parts of the novel is how the novel got its name, when Atticus is telling scout that you can’t kill a mockingbird because all they do is provide us with song and they do no harm.

Throughout the book, there are many racist jokes/comments and inferences about people that they do not even know. There are also many problems that occur in the book. People throughout the book criticize human beings by the color of their skin, and not how they are as a person. As Jem and Scout grow up, they begin to understand many complicated events that they did not know about when they were younger. The theme of understanding other people from their perspective plays a key role in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The book shows this topic by revealing who African Americans, Boo Radley, and Atticus are as people, not by what people say about them. These three elements of the story reveal that understanding what another person is feeling, and what that person is like by their point of view is important because the person can help other people.

Did you ever think you know someone but then realize you don’t even know them. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird By: Harper Lee (1960) many characters are being judged due to their appearance. This impacts them negatively, although in reality they might be a total different person, but because of how they are treated they seem to respond. When the book To Kill A Mockingbird came out in the 1960’s it was immediately successful, it even won the pulitzer prize. The book was based on Harper Lee’s youth life and experiences. In our world we keep on teaching and teaching people not to judge people by their appearance, but this world is filled with humans that make mistake and don’t listen. But we should not stop teaching this should actually encourage others stop gossiping or judging others, every book has it’s own story. In To Kill A Mockingbird, imagery portrays how Atticus, Boo Radley, and Mrs. Dubose are unfairly judged due to their appearance.

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” This quotation shows that to have courage isn’t always when you are be brave but when you finish something that you start. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” By Harper Lee,  Many characters show the trait of courage throughout the book. It also shows many important parts of the book through these quotes that are shown. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee Atticus shows the trait of courage a lot in the book.  The next two quotes are ones that show that Jen is a person in the novel that shows the trait of

Most people in society are striving themselves to have moral attitudes that contribute to the society. However, not everyone is raised in the same and that affects how they see the world. Harper Lee’s famous classic tale, “To Kill a Mockingbird” serves a perspective view of how people on different social status are treated in Maycomb. Maycomb is a religious town that most people followed God’s order and the Christian culture encourage people to have different views of the diverse culture of people outside of their world. The town has been facing much moral crisis and people in the community are unhappy with the situation that is occurring. As Scout matures, Miss Maudie and Atticus educate Scout about many life lessons that will eventually have an effect on how Scout develops the outlook for the community.