The imagery in chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird is used to create a vivid and detailed picture of the town town of Maycomb. However, this imagery also suggests that there could be something hidden about
“Cult” a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object. Cult leaders and members are driven to do ludicrous things, this is what Charles Manson did. The Charles Manson Trial was a case where Charles Manson, leader of the Manson Family murdered 7 people based on the book ‘helter Skelter’, surprisingly these actions weren't what brought him into court but it was for the belief that they had vandalized a portion of the Death Valley National Park. Mr. Kunstler the defendant for Manson tries to persuade not only the jury put the public that Charles Manson was innocent. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” she builds the story in the early 1930s in Alabama, when Atticus is assigned to defend a black
Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, is the appointed lawyer of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell. During the trial, Atticus expertly and deftly exposes the Ewells as lacking in morality and as liars. Atticus Finch uses the audience, occasion, tone and subject to create a meaningful purpose in his speech. The purpose is to address the white community (essentially the Ewells) to show the blatant racism within Maycomb.
Rhetorical Precis Writing Atticus Finch, a fictional character within Harper Lee’s 1930s set novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, (1960) argues that Tom Robinson is innocent, and rather the defenseless victim of a society ruled by prejudice. Consequently, through Atticus, Harper Lee supports this argument by applying the use of rhetorical appeals and literary devices. For instance, Lee establishes ethos through the utilization of an allusion to Thomas Jefferson, showing Atticus’s credibility and education: “‘Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal” (Lee 233).
Although the court deemed Tom Robinson guilty Atticus uses rhetoric very well to try and convince the all-white jury that Tom Robinson, a black man is innocent. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a small town in Alabama. He believes that every man should be treated equal and fair in a court of law. But the all-white jury does not agree with Atticus. In this time, the 1930’s many people believed that whites were superior to black.
Harper Lee examines human morality in the book, and uses several rhetorical devices to show the prejudice of a small southern town such as language, similes and
o Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is told in the perspective of a young girls named Scout who grew up under the intricate circumstances of the mid twentieth century in Maycomb County, Alabama. Throughout the novel, Scout and Jem discover that their father is going to represent a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping and beating a white woman. Suddenly, Scout and Jem have to tolerate a barrage of racial slurs and insults because of Atticus' role in the trial. Throughout the novel Lee uses various types of rhetorical devices, but the clear ones are symbolisms which illustrate Tom Robinson and his role in the racial prejudice in the era. An example would be when Atticus tells Scout it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, not understanding why, she asks Miss.
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, and Pulitzer Prize winner uses her book as a way to write about her own life growing up. Sometimes a sleepy town in Maycomb County has more to the story. Jem and Scout Finch learn this through Atticus’s acts of bravery and by losing their innocence through the Tom Robinson trial. Throughout the book Harper Lee uses many themes including courage, loss of innocence, and walking in someone else’s shoes.
The writing style adds to each scene as well as the overall plot. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses foreshadowing, word choice, and ellipses to create mystery, tension, and surprise throughout the story. Lee uses foreshadowing to create mystery, tension, and surprise throughout
To Kill a Mockingbird uses of language In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee’s use of language illustrates the kind of character that Atticus is, what he believes, the emotion he feels, and what kind of writer Harper Lee is. The use of figurative language, sarcasm, repetition of certain words to build emphasis, and word choice really determine the mood and power of Atticus’ speech. Atticus’ beliefs can be noticed in the speech.
Harper Lee uses Characterization to show the reader of her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, how different people and events impact children as they grow up and shape the kind of adults they will turn out to be. She shows how the people of Maycomb influenced Jem and how Scout’s view was changed by a single person. Lee also makes it evident that one event can change children’s entire perception of the
In Harper Lee’s historical fiction novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, two children live in a chaotic world of racial injustice and poverty. In this book, two siblings named Jem and Scout Finch grow and mature in a mysterious area of people battling and supporting racism. Throughout this book, Harper Lee uses symbolism to provide the view of racism. While doing this, she also uses selective choices of diction to shape the story. Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird with a purpose, to bring awareness to racial injustice through hidden symbols and diction.
According to the text, “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square" (Lee 6). Lee uses imagery to paint a picture in the reader's mind, not only to imagine it but also to connect the coming of age concept because Scout saw the town as old and gross at first but then her perspective changes at the end of the book. Such as, when she sees the happiness and importance of Maycomb. Another example of imagery in “To Kill A Mockingbird” is when Scout changes her mind about Maycomb and how special it is to her.
Option 2 Literary Analysis To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set during the 1930s in a small town in Southern Alabama called Maycomb. The story is told through the narrator, Scout, a young girl who lives with her father, a lawyer, and her older brother Jem. As a child, Scout is portrayed as a stubborn and obnoxious little girl who loves to read, play with her brother Jem, and fantasize about her mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. However, her life gets turned upside down when Scout’s father agrees to do something that is deemed unacceptable in the south; he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a white girl. Instantly, Atticus and his family go from being respected and beloved by their town, to being
For instance,“No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards”(paragraph 5). By saying “crashing down”, the jury can picture all of the events that occurred coming down on the chief witness due to her wrongdoings. Another instance where Atticus includes imagery in his description of the events is,“... Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left”(paragraph 6). This employment of imagery allows the jury to visualize a man beating Mayella, but the word “savagely” makes the whole occurrence seem even worse to the jury.
