Have you ever wondered, do I have blind spots? Do others have blind spots? What is a blind spot? A blind spot is when a person doesn't realize that they are missing something on a topic and sometimes end up hurting others. Everyone has blind spots.
Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a novel that shows the theme of bias, social inequalities, and the struggle for justice. The first chapter of the book introduces the reader to the town of Maycomb, Alabama and the people that make up the social divisions. Through the use of imagery, point of view, and setting, the novel suggests that things may not be what they seem on the surface. This essay will analyze the use of imagery, point of view, and setting in chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird to explore the theme of hidden realities.
Scout explains, “…Jem and I watched out father take the gun… [T]ime had moved to a nauseating crawl.” This shows the relationship between her perception of her father to what she is now seeing of him, the sharpshooter that killed the dog in the street. This gun toting Atticus Finch is not a man she is familiar with. After this, Sheriff Tate boasts to Jem about how good of a shot Atticus is but Atticus retorts saying, “Hush, heck.
At one point in everybody's life they have actively chosen to follow the crowd and do what everyone else is doing regardless of its moral context. That is the meaning behind blindness to prejudice. People do things just because it’s normal amongst their community. In author Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, many people who live in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama are racist towards African Americans. Many townspeople owned slaves that lived on the south side of Maycomb.
Foreign Perception Sometimes we don’t take in effect the perception of others, and this causes views to be suppressed or distorted. In Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird, we find several examples of these suppressed and distorted views.
Many people live their lives looking through the same pair of lens, but those who desire a more interesting and pleasurable lifestyle view the world from fresh perspectives, such as through the eyes and ideas of other people. Seeing things from a different point of view helps individuals interpret problems and conflicting situations with a more diverse mindset and may resolve them quicker. Apart from everyday life, many pieces of literature highlight how the world is seen through the eyes of different minds. In writings such as To Kill a Mockingbird, many settings are implemented where the characters must put themselves in the shoes of others to truly understand the nature of the situation. Using multiple conflicts, Harper Lee conveys the message
Literature can be analyzed with many different critical lenses. While analyzing To Kill a Mockingbird, one may use a critical lens to recognize the different ideas throughout the novel. Harper Lee’s novel demonstrates her perspective on intolerance and discrimination within the early twentieth century. Firstly, intolerance of people who are different is very prevalent within the novel.
Even in a society that, overall, is diverse, people with similar ideas and experiences tend to congregate in small groups, where they are comfortable. It is much easier to remain in homogenous groups, among those who understand each other. When different groups combine, many different life experiences and points of view will be present and will potentially clash. Misunderstanding is bound to occur in some form when individuals of different backgrounds interact. When misunderstandings occur, people tend to respond with violence, fear, or stereotyping.
Johnny Reeves is nothing but an evil, racist and hateful man. He is extremely racist towards Jews and Negroes as he is part of the Ku Klux Klan which discriminates against those groups especially. Him and the Klan want to “get rid” of all of those groups and that is extremely evil and racist. He is also hateful towards the way women started to act in the 1920s, calling their dancing sinful and believing that men should have control. Another reason why he is very evil is because he is also a pedophile, having “interactions” with younger girls, this is not only disgusting but also completely wrong.
When viewing a situation from an outside perspective, it is simple to choose the best action but when people are put in a fearful position, the judgment and emotion become dispersed. Arthur Miller gives readers insight throughout the novel, The Crucible in the early 1900s where the characters in the story are put through the Salem Witch Trials. In the play, The Crucible, a village becomes involved in a witch hunt, where people are in continuous fear the whole time because of the accusations of witchcraft and the role of McCarthyism and hysteria. During The Crucible the characters show suspicious behavior, injustice, distrust, betrayal, fear of being accused, how people are easily influenced by others, and baseless accusations which are all
Introduction Events and relationships in a young person’s life can really mature them and make them grow internally. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses events and relationships to mature Jem. Because Harper Lee uses the fire on Mrs, Maudie's house, Mrs. Dubose, and the Tom Robinson trial Jem experience they mature and realize things about themselves and others. For a first example the fire on Miss Maudie house. A fire is a very dangerous thing that can inflict pain and damage to things in its path.
Perception defines the world around you. It affects every aspect of your being: your thoughts, actions, beliefs, etc… In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch begins to understand just how impactful perception can be as she witnesses the deterioration of the dignity of Tom Robinson, a black man who is being tried for the rape of a white girl. In this intriguing read, Harper Lee demonstrates the theme of inaccurate allegations very effectively. More specifically, when inaccurate allegations that are solely based on perceptions are presented, the consequences can be significant, for others may suffer at great lengths.
Characterization of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Jean Louise (Scout) Finch as the narrator. Scout is now an adult and reflects on three very crucial summers during her childhood days. When Scout is first described in the novel, she is prone to violence, labels people based on class, denigrates people, uses racist language, and is prejudice (Seidel 1). All of these things show that she is childish at the beginning of the novel.
In society, there are very few people who have the unwavering dedication to stand up for what they believe. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, a black man was convicted and accused of a crime he didn 't commit, raping a white women, which is not in anyway tolerable in society. In Harper Lee 's To Kill A Mockingbird, the author used point of view and symbolism to acknowledge how the the several social divisions which make up much of the adult world are shown to be both irrational and extremely destructive. To begin with, the short story To Kill A Mockingbird, used point of view to show how the many social divisions in the world are irrational and destructive. Scout; a first grade student at the time, was telling the story from her point of view and what had occurred from her childhood perspective.
Perspective and beliefs have a huge effect in the world and especially back in the 1930s. This is about the perspective on Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and how it affects his beliefs. He has three quotes that really explain how perspective and beliefs that affect their everyday lives. The first quote is, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
