Personification In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jeremy Atticus Finch, a.k.a. Jem, and Jean Louise Finch, a.k.a. Scout, undergo many life changing events throughout the book. These events are displayed through the utilization of personification, idioms, and symbolism. The tone shifts from being lighthearted in the first half of the book to a more serious tone in the last half of the book. In the beginning the readers are just getting to know the characters and what their part is in the story. The second half of the book twists into a more serious tone as rape and racism are becoming more commonly discussed. Ms. Lee utilizes personification as a way of displaying Jem’s and Finch’s life altering moments, such as Tom Robinson’s guilty verdict. Personification