Worth A Thousand Words In To Kill A Mockingbird

In our society of new and shiny things, we still have old ideals embedded within us. One of those being that a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s a complex theory that most people just accept as being true. What about books though? When reading a novel, there are thousands of words. Do those give the readers millions of pictures then? Authors rarely state exactly what they want people to come away from their story with. The use of words is an important part of any book, but often what is left unsaid is meant to make more of an impact. So, what’s missing gives people important messages. That concept, more or less, has an inverted relationship with the original verse “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Selecting the invisible kind of

In English class, we had multiple opportunities to discuss different components of To Kill A Mockingbird which allowed us to share opinions and let them be changed by others. One of those topics was mockingbirds throughout the book. The use of this important symbol can be seen through the characters of the Finch family, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley.
Atticus, from the viewpoint of his innocent daughter, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, is a role model. Finches, as birds, are vulnerable in the wild much like the family in the book. Their open ideas about race, forgiveness, and heritage make them subject to dislike. Still, Atticus tries to instill within his children the values he has, and not those the town harbors. When talking about the air-riffles Jem and Scout received for

It is not until his noble acts of kindness are noticed through a misguided perspective that Tom starts to stand out. After that turning point in the book, the accusation of rape, Tom is a mockingbird that has been shot. His good character and willingness to be friendly towards Mayella Ewell earn him a cruel and unfair fate. During the time period this book took place in, the 1930s in the southern United States, it was fully acceptable to believe any white person’s word, even if they were uncredible, before a black person’s. “Racism can be defined as discrimination or prejudice against people of another race or ethnicity” (Racism Timeline 1) and that ideal definitely comes into play during this novel. Atticus brings up countless points during the trial that prove Tom’s innocence and the unbelievability of the story fabricated by the Ewell’s. Although the jury takes longer than usual to come up with a decision for a case such as this one, he is ultimately said to be guilty. “The emergence of the Jim Crow laws enforced segregation and marginalized the African-American community to a life of misery, poverty and persecution” (Bearak 1). When Lee wrote this book those laws were a part of the lifestyle, especially in the south. Tom’s trial and his death in the novel are a result of the