Diction In To Kill A Mockingbird

Correspondingly to figurative language, Lee also uses diction is to imply a message about racism and justice in Maycomb County. The "inflexible and time regarded code" of society was that, while, white individuals could utilize and even endeavor African-Americans, there could be no individual relationship between African-Americans and whites and no acknowledgment that African-Americans had the same responses and emotions as white individuals. Furthermore, there was an obnoxious assumption "that all Blacks lie, that all Blacks are essentially indecent creatures". “Despite the fact that Calpurnia is a female, Aunt Alexandra neglects her great work as a result of her race” (Lee p.129). The Court trial is described by Lee with strong diction in

With the use of Lee’s strong diction, she is trying to make us understand the factor of how the jury at the Tom Robinson trial was, with Dolphus Raymond saying, “Cry about the simple hell people give other people---without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people, too” (Lee p.269). Lee used diction in this quote “cry about the hell” as a repeated diction to catch the reader’s attention of the interaction Mr. Raymond as a level-headed person who is able to see beyond the color of a person’s skin. Mr. Raymond thinks if he pretends to be drunk he will learn “self-worth” dignity from the Maycomb citizens. In this quote, Lee wants to show us more ideas of dignity, “...I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember”; Lee expresses the idea that human dignity can be taken from you, even from the people closest to your heart, by using the word choice, such as “tyrannical” to show that in the right situation a single based opinion can change the outcome of the situation completely (Lee p.