To Kill A Mockingbird Essays

There are various issues and themes presented in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “The Rabbits” by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan. These themes are being smoothly conveyed through the use of different language techniques including complex metaphors, similes, hyperboles, imagery, personification and symbolism. …

In the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee strongly criticizes prejudice of any kind, positioning readers to view prejudice through her invited reading, as well as a number of characters and discourses presented in the novel. Harper Lee positions readers to understand “To Kill a Mockingbird”, as a story …

What is a “nigger”? “Used as a disparaging term for a Black person” in the modern world, calling a black man, a nigger would be offensive and would be racist. What is racism? “Racism is a form of discrimination based on race, especially the belief that one race is superior …

Prejudice today seems as something people say by accident: without knowing what the dangers of the words leaving their mouth would cause. Playing ball at a local park a kid yells to his teammate who just struck out, “stop playing like a girl” making it seem as though it is …

Harper Lee, author of the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” exploits various textual features which are used to make characters like Aunt Alexandra marginalized. Throughout the novel she is illustrated as a foil to Atticus’s attitudes and beliefs; additionally she symbolizes high-class society during the Great Depression. These techniques position …

Imagine a place that is engulfed in racism; a place where prejudice leads to death. Maycomb County the place where a little innocent girl, Scout, encounters many conflicts with several different people that leads to her maturity. The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee takes place in a …

Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in the novel who is held in high regard in the community of Maycomb. Atticus, as the father of Scout and Jem, is the role model and pillar of support for them as they develop through life. Harper Lee has deliberately created …

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 …

To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay “… every lawyer gets at least one case in their lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess.”(76) People are confronted with new challenges every day, some harder than others. The way each individual approaches these challenges, differs from one person to …

In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee’s general view of human nature is negative. She points out the fact that all people have bad qualities. One instance in “To Kill a Mockingbird” in which Harper Lee shows the bad in people is when Bob Ewell is at Tom Robinson’s trial. …