To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

Harper Lee composed To Kill a Mockingbird, a top selling novel in 1961. This book is positioned in a very ingenious way from the perspective of Scout Finch. It contemplates the relationship between the Great Depression and the people of that time. Harper opens her book with careful description about the main characters, and how relevant they will be in the story ahead. This helps the reader understand the reasoning behind each event. Lee’s motive was to accent the significance of innocence that everyone possesses, and observe the reflected actions. Lee accomplishes this by incorporating characterization and tone in order to rationally evoke the personality and morals of each character, which results in helping the reader diagnose which characters obtain the trait of being

Lee applies characterization, resulting in identifying the negative effect of stereotypes and denial of the truth. Jem described him as a man that was “about six-and-a-half feet tall, ... he dined on raw squirrels, ... his hands were bloodstained... There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten...” [Lee 16] Jem only spoke of what was told to him, making Jem innocent but also influencing him to listen to what others say instead of figuring out himself. Due to people listening and accepting rumours, stereotypes are fabricated, causing people to deny the facts. In this story, Boo is described in a sickening way. This demonstrates how the facts are not being discovered, instead rumours are made and spread like epidemics. Subsequently, a story told by Miss Stephanie Crawford, was passed on to the children. The story consisted of the reasoning behind why everything dreadful in Maycomb was blamed on Boo Radley. Through the gossip of Miss Stephanie Crawford, “Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting up some items from