Coltyn Breeden
Dolan
Honors English
12 December 2022
To Kill a Mockingbird Analysis Essay
"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for." Harper Lee In To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee provides a powerful example of growing up, prejudice, and courage between Scout, Jem, and others. Set early in the 1930s the novel explains a young girl's coming of age story and learning a history of consequences leading towards racism and prejudice. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the themes of growing up, prejudice, and courage are shown throughout many characters, their actions, and their morals.
In the narrative To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem start to see and realize the difficulties and faults of the world and the individual's around them. First in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, It states “The second grade was as bad as the first, only worse- they still flashed cards at you and wouldn't let you read or write.” (Lee 77) As you get older and grow up, the routine of
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We see this through a variety of assumptions that are made about others either based on race or derogatory subjects. In the books It states,“You mean all you drink in that sack's Coca-Cola? Just plain Coca-Cola?" (267). This shows how Mr. Raymond doesn't care what people think, he just doesn't want his name going around so he gives them something else to talk about instead of his wealth class decisions. This also shows how he gives the kids an idea of his personal life and the way he views different aspects. The novel continues with "I'll tell you why, she said. Because- he - is - trash, that's why you can't play with him" (301). She believes that since he's a lower class than them that Scout shouldn't be allowed to hangout with him. She's prejudiced against his wealth leading to her believing that he shouldn’t be socialized