In Chapter 15 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s compassionate actions eliminate the tension of the lynching mob. She asks to Mr. Cunningham,” Hey, Mr. Cunningham, how’s your entailment gettin’ along?”, which shocks and brings him into an uncomfortable environment (Lee). Scout manages to alleviate the tension of the situation when she began to interrogate Mr. Cunningham about the entailment, which leads him to call off the attempted lynching of Tom Robinson. Scout’s compassion to stop the lynching was clear in the chapter, when she asked Mr. Cunningham about his son, it did not phase him, to when she mentioned how bad entailments are.
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee follows the childhood of Scout Finch. Scout grew up living in Maycomb, Alabama along with her brother Jem and her father Atticus. In the midst of her childhood Atticus was called upon to represent Tom Robinson, a black man living in Maycomb who was accused of raping a girl named Mayella Ewell. During this time Scout and her family had many hardships due to the towns criticism while doing the right thing and helping an innocent man. In the novel, Harper Lees’ use of tone helped to develop the central idea, which is the importance of having a moral compass.
In “To kill A Mockingbird”, a man named Boo Radley hides in his house for years upon years because of an incident involving him stabbing his father with scissors in the leg. This leads him to being locked away in his home. All the kids and adults in the neighborhood knows about this and spread the word to the people who don’t know. This leads to a massive rumor saying that Boo Radley is dangerous and nobody should go near their house. Towards the beginning of the book though a tree with a big hole is found in front of the radley’s house on the sidewalk.
At the beginning of Chapter 22, Jem comes home saddened by the result of the case. Jem kept on repeating “It ain’t right” (284). In the next morning, Atticus attempts to comfort Jem about the case by mentioning that an appeal is possible. As Atticus comes into the kitchen, he is astonished to see a grand breakfast including meats and vegetables, which are provided by people who are grateful for his help during the case. When the children go into the porch area after breakfast, Miss Stephanie, being the typical gossiper that she is, interrogates Jem and Scout about their adventure in the colored balcony at the court but is stopped by Miss Maudi.
1. The narrator is Scout Finch. In the book, she is almost six years old, which was suggested in the quote, “When I was almost six...” It is proposed that Scout must be significantly older when she tells the story because she wrote, “When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them...” and, “We were far too old...”
The story begins during summer in Maycomb, Alabama. The children of Atticus Finch (a lawyer) Scout, Jem, and their friend Dill become interested in Boo Radley, a recluse. The children begin to act out plays and try to talk to Boo. On Dill’s last night in Maycomb, the children sneak into Boo’s yard, but Nathan Radley fires a gun when he hears an intruder. The children scatter, but Jem loses his pants.
Day 7: character Jem has gotten older and with age comes wisdom. At the age he is at though comes rebellion and defiance like tonight he decided to sneak out. Scout is becoming more of a lady while still wanting to play with her brother and do what he does. Atticus is becoming more and more old he has more wrinkles,Atticus is more stressed. Aunt Alexandria the most prim and proper of all the finch’s is just like everyone else in the town big on gossip and tea in the afternoon.
Remember that special bird that always seems to be belting its cheerful tunes? Has anyone ever told you to appreciate the bird’s special knack for singing? Or rather, to do no harm to the frail animal since, after all, “It's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee, pg.119). Harper Lee took this aphorism and turned it on its head: she gave this phrase a new meaning by creating the critically acclaimed novel, To Kill A Mockingbird starring the brother sister duo, Scout and Jem, both of whom constantly finding themselves in the most unlikely but simultaneously relatable predicaments. The audience follows the pair through their highs and lows in a key coming of age story.
Katniss Everdeen, the main character of the novel is seen to be very talented in hunting using a bow and arrow. As a result, such a hunting experience can adequately prepare her for the Games. A significant element being described is that the other contestants are unaware of the skills manifested by competitors in the Games. What is mostly evident in this case is that everyone tends to demonstrate their own skills. Such skills emerge as unique in the specific setting of the Games.
How To KIll a Mockingbird was a tsunami, changing the course of nature. The book was published in the 1960’s which was an incredibly brave thing to do considering that the topics that were covered in the book was sensitive back then, like equality and prejudice. Not only that Harper Lee, the author of the book, wrote against what the majority of society thought. This was incredibly present in chapters ten and eleven where Jem, the brother of Scout, who was the narrator, ripped apart Mrs. Dubose's flowers for harassing their father. Harper Lee used the literary elements of characters, setting and conflict to contribute to the theme of sometimes community is wrong.
In the passage Jem and Scout walk home during the dark hours,giving Bob Ewell an opportunity to stage an attack. As Bob Ewell attacks them Boo Radley rushes in to rescue Jem and Scout. After this Scout now understands what Atticus meant it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. The killing of a mockingbird is much like killing the innocent. It is beyond a crime and worse than the most heinous atrocities.
“People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for” (Lee). This quote shows that people just hear what they want to hear. They will make things up and change the story to fit their expectations. During the time period of the book colored folks were not treated the same as the white people. They had separate churches and separate schools.
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
Essay 1 Date Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” is a novel in which Harper Lee, the author, presents forth various themes among them the unheard theme of social molarity. Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. Harper has dramatically displayed use of bildungsroman throughout the story; this helped to give the story a unique touch of a child’s view to bring out a different type of humor and wit. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society.
Chapter 03: Summary and Analysis The novel is divided into two parts where the first part has eleven chapters and the second half has 20 chapters. Introduction to the Story The story started with a childhood incident of Jem, the brother of Scout. The scout narrates that the elbow of the Jem badly got hurt when he was 13th and it was a frightening incident for him.
