“You never really know someone until you walk around in their skin”, say Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s How To Kill A Mocking Bird, but what does that really mean? In How To Kill A Mocking Bird many themes are discussed and touched upon through the story of Tom Robinson. One of which is how you need to learn how to see it from someone else’s view, how someone else may feel, and how to respect opinions and ways of others, even if they are considered morally incorrect. I will be discussing the use of the quote and how it reflects on most of the book, and how Scout Finch comes to realize the importance of this phrase. The first time that this is brought up to Scout is when she is upset about Walter Cunningham, and how he supposedly made
a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things. To Kill a MockingBird is written by Harper Lee. In To Kill a MockingBird Mayella Ewell shows the most cowardness. She is a coward because she Lies about what actually happened, She tries to guilt Atticus by crying on the podium and she avoids responsibility for what she caused. Mayella frames an innocent black man because she is afraid of her father.
wanted boys like him to be on the Jury but Atticus had to explain that Jem needed to understand the big picture. Every one of these quotes shows innocence, which shows you that Harper Lee wanted a big chunk of this book to be about innocence. Throughout the book, Scout and Jem prove that they have grown up. Harper Lee writes, “Well it’s hair.”
) During one of the last scenes of the book, Scout goes on Boo Radley’s porch to see things from his perspective. Scout describes all the things she can see in the neighborhood. This moment has a large significance because it shows Scout is growing up and can look at other people’s perspectives now. Throughout the whole book Scout only looked through her point of view, but now she understands the other side to things. 3.)
Scout could be considered a metaphorical “mockingbird” in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee because of her innocence and her joyful attitude that stays amidst all of the imperfect encounters she has in the book. For example, when Scout is talking with Dill they are discussing the childhood mystery of where babies come from when Dill suggests you order them from a man who rows them across an island and Scout opposes, “That’s a lie. Aunty said God drops ‘em down the chimney. At least that’s what I think she said.” This shows how creative and naive Scout’s mind is because she either believed Aunt Alexandra’s story or, because she had a tendency to “mishear” what people say, she could’ve made it up all on her own.
Boo would feel extremely saddened that kids more in danger now, rather than the 1930s, especially because of all the school shootings that are happening right now. He would also feel intensely about mental health, in addition to today’s technology. He could easily adapt to the future, but, he wouldn’t be proud that America is still similar about 90 years later. Everyone who’s read To Kill A Mockingbird knows that he would be saddened by kids being more in danger now especially because he starts to turn more into a father figure as the book goes on.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses protagonist to express the idea that having the courage to fight can make people hate you. The thesis means that Atticus is fighting for other that is something that others will not do at all. This also means that Atticus was fighting for someone who is a colored and people did not like what he was doing. Next is that Atticus was standing up for Tom Robinson from getting accused of what he didn’t do. He also let Calpurnia stay at his house because he needed her and Alexandra told him to fire Calpurnia.
In chapter three Scout is telling Atticus about her day at school and how Miss Caroline doesn’t understand the students and Atticus says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (pg. 39) Atticus is trying to get scout to see things from Miss Caroline’s perspective. Atticus is talking to Uncle Jack about Jem and Scout handling the case. “I hope and pray that I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease. Why otherwise reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand” (pg. 117)
Courage is a characteristic that not all people have. To be able to stand up for what one believes is right and be able to fight for it, can be hard to endeavor, because the society today is very judgemental. In the novel, “To Kill A Mocking Bird” the author Harper Lee, uses the main character Jean Louis Finch, who recalls the momentous events and influential people in her past years. To convey the theme that it takes true courage to stand up against others to defend what is right.
Lola Leonard Mrs.Erdmann English 9 4/21 “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee uses the quote: “Storms make trees grow deeper roots” This applies to a person because in life people make mistakes, but the good thing is everyone has time and room to grow. Lee references this all throughout her novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Jem and Scout, the kids in the story, grow and become more mature: Also, learning many life lessons along the way. Harper Lee uses a combination of imagery, tone, and, symbolism throughout her book: "To Kill A Mockingbird" to show the idea that being polite and respectful plays a big part in maturing
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” No quote has rung in the ears of American citizens quite like this one from the literary classic, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This revolutionary story is about the happenings in a small town in Alabama and how Atticus Finch and his family fight for what’s right in a system that’s stacked against them.
