To Kill A Mockingbird by the late Harper Lee is a very monumental book in classic American literature. It is filled with craft moves that support the goals that Lee makes the reader aware of throughout the story. To Kill A Mockingbird is about the struggles of dealing with a court case supporting a black man, Tom Robinson, through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. Scout lives with her father Atticus in a small home in Maycomb County, Alabama. She goes through many internal struggles throughout the story that she learns to deal with.
Author: Maddie Cross Tom Robinson was a Black defendant. He was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Which was not true, but since Tom was black they suddenly suspected he did it. Atticus Finch was an amazing lawyer that believed everyone has the right to give their side of the story. He had a lot of not very nice words to say because he was defending a black man.
Atticus Finch, a loving father once said “ It’s not okay to hate anybody.”(Lee 282) In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the protagonist Jean Louise Finch(Scout) is living with her brother Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) and her widowed father Atticus Finch in the town of Maycomb County, Alabama. The book takes place during the Great Depression. The story is told by Scout’s point of view.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has many influences on his daughter, resulting in a change of her understandings, personal traits, and more. The story is narrated by Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a young girl who lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father, Atticus Finch. Racial injustice and social inequality are themes that are explored in the book. Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white lady, is given legal representation by Atticus. The Finches encounter hostility and threats because of their friendship with Tom as the trial goes on, exposing the town's racial prejudices.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about a lawyer that has to try and save a man named Tom Robinson,because he has accused of something he didn 't do. To Kill a Mockingbird is an award winning book written by Harper Lee. Tom Robinson is a black man that was accused of raping a woman and a lawyer, named Atticus Finch, has to try and save him. Atticus is a kind and selfless man that likes to help people like Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson goes on trial. In this novel the townspeople, Atticus, and the children's views and outcomes of Tom Robinson’s trial are being presented. There is much racism and hatred of the blacks making the trial unfair for Tom to be seen as innocent through the jury’s eyes because he is a black man.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the term mockingbird symbolizes innocence in a person. In the novel it focuses on the fact that innocence, represented by the mockingbird, can be wrongfully harmed. There are two characters: Tom Robinson and Arthur “Boo” Radley that are supposed to represent the mockingbird. In the novel, Tom Robinson is the best example of a mockingbird because he is prosecuted for a crime he did not commit. Also, he was judged unfairly based on the color of his skin in his trial.
To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch are key characters behind the analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom has children, a wife, and a business. Tom is a hard working, African American man who was wrongly accused of raping a white woman. Atticus Finch, a white male lawyer, was given his case. Atticus is one of the only people in this time period and in the county of Maycomb that would take this case and prove his innocence.
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a book about racism and discrimination over people because the color of their skin. In this book, people like Tom Robinson, Scout Finch, and Helen Robinson are affected by racism. Tom Robinson is an African American man, he was accused of raping a nineteen year old girl named Mayella Ewell, a white girl. Mayella’s father, Bob Ewell, accused him of raping his daughter. Bob caught Mayella breaking a social taboo, or custom forbidding of a particular practice, by trying to seduce Tom Robison.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a story that is filled with an intense plot that keeps readers entertained. Harper Lee uses writing techniques to develop mystery, tension, and surprise throughout the story. In the novel, Tom Robinson, a Black man, is falsey accused of raping a white woman. Atticus decides to defend him in court and is faced with threats from the community. The novel follows the story of Atticus’ children, Jem and Scout, during the thrilling events.
Schilling Mitch Ms. Aukes English 11 30 October 2017 To Kill a Mockingbird “To Kill a MockingBird”by Harper Lee is a story of a racially separated community that centers its focus around the trial of Tom Robinson. Tom is accused of rape and endures the harships of being a black man in a court mostly full of racially prejudice driven people that want to see Tom go to prison despite the truth. Atticus endures many harships from the public as Toms defender in court, and is the moral compass throughout this book as he keeps the reader in touch with morality and justice. These character traits or portrayed through Atticus’s kids Scout and Jem.
Scout and Jem are the children of Atticus who is a lawyer of the town Maycomb. Dill comes every summer to come and visit his aunt. All three children always play and go on adventures together. Their first adventure is to visit Boo’s porch. Boo Radley is a tall scary man who got locked up in his basement for stabbing his father.
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a historical fiction novel told in the eyes of a young girl named Scout as her father, Atticus Finch , a lawyer in the 1950’s in Alabama, is burdened with the task of defending a black man, Tom Robinson, of harming a white girl, Mayella Ewell. “Caged Bird”
To Kill A Mockingbird is a story taken place in a racist and stereotypical society. To Kill A Mockingbird is filled with social injustices. The main social injustice is the case of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Tom Robinson is wrongfully accused, however his word is meaningless compared to a white woman. After being targeted by a lynch mob and going on trial, Tom Robinson is eventually shot down after attempting to run for his life.
The Courageous Atticus “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy” (Lee 103) Mockingbirds have symbolism, and in this book To Kill a Mockingbird, symbolism comes into the picture. This book has nothing to do with mockingbirds; It is symbolism. The book has a well-known quote, “It's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 103). They show mockingbirds to be innocent meaning its a sin to kill something that is innocent, during this time a man named Tom Robinson is wrongly accused of rape but during this time it is a white man versus a black man and people are biased, so even though the man is innocent he is still punished. Tom Robinson is the mockingbird in the book.
