To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee and it tells us the stories of Jeremy, Jean Louise, and Atticus Finch, whose lives were affected with Tom Robinson’s trial. The setting takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama. Atticus, a lawyer, was appointed by the county judge to defend Tom Robinson, a black man, who was accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. As the story unfolds, Tom Robinson gets acquitted of his crime and it draws more controversy outside the community into this issue. Jean Louise, the narrator, tells the events that happened before, during and after trial such as the neighborhood criticizing the Finch family for defending a black man, calling them with racial slurs. In the story, there is a parent-child conflict and it is between Atticus and Jean Louise Finch. Atticus expects Jean Louise to act like a lady and Jean Louise finds it hard because she always hangs out with her brother Jeremy. She learns more things from her brother than at school. Examples of what she learned are making caricatures of their neighbors, trespassing into other people’s properties, and climbing onto poles. Jean Louise also gets in trouble more than her brother by fighting with her classmates who made insults about her or her family. Atticus advised her to keep her temper and …show more content…
She couldn’t understand why Atticus is trying to defend Tom when the people of Maycomb County don’t want him or any white lawyer helping a black man win the trial. Atticus tells her that it is his duty to provide counsel for Tom and he is willing to take the criticisms drawn from both his colleagues and neighbors. Atticus warned Jean Louise not to fight with anyone who insults her that her dad is a “black-lover”, as it will more ruin the family reputation and Atticus himself. Jean Louise couldn’t do much but to endure the pain of being insulted for his father’s
To Kill a Mockingbird novel is a warm and humorous piece of writing though it deals with critical issues such as racial inequality and rape. The novel was published in 1960 by Harper Lee and it gained immediate popularity and success becoming a modern literature in American. The plot of the novel and characters are based on Harper’s perception of her neighbors and her immediate family. Also, it is based on her observation of events that took place near her home area in 1936 at the age of ten years. To Kill a Mockingbird symbolizes killing harmless and innocent people. Tom Robinson is an example of an innocent man falsely accused of raping a White girl known as Mayella Ewell (Lee 169). Another example is Boo who is misunderstood by the society
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel written by Harper Lee. The novel is set in the depths of the Great Depression. A lawyer named Atticus Finch is called to defend a black man named Tom Robinson. The story is told from one of Atticus’s children, the mature Scout’s point of view. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, the Finch Family faces many struggles and difficulties.
In addition to being a lawyer, Atticus enjoys being a father to Jem and Scout. When Jem and Scout found out that their father would be defending a black person, they knew immediately that there would be much controversy, humiliation from the people of Maycomb and great difficulty keeping Tom alive for the trial. It was not long when Atticus had to leave the house very late to go to jail, where Tom was kept because many white people wanted to kill him. Worrying about their father, Jem and Scout sneak out of the house to find him. A self-appointed lynch mob has gathered on the jail to take justice into their own hands. Scout decides to talk to Walter Cunningham, one of the members of the mob. She talks about how her father Atticus thought that "entailments are bad "(154 ) " and that his boy Walter is a real nice boy and tell him I said hey"(154). Upon hearing this, the mob realized that Atticus cannot be all bad if he has such a nice daughter as Scout. Atticus, with some unexpected help from his children, faces down the mob and cause them to break up the potential lynching of the man behind bars. Having gone to a black church earlier, the children found out that Tom is actually a kind person, church-going and a good husband and father to his children.
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a range of both major and minor characters which are portrayed with varying personalities. These character's interactions help to explain the issues that this text is concerned with. In the novel, the protagonist, Atticus Finch, is a defence lawyer who is appointed to represent a black man, Tom Robinson, who is charged with raping a white woman. The novel is set during the 1930s in America, which was when segregation of blacks and whites was well manifested into the society of those days. A black person had no right to defend himself if accused of a crime by white men. The author depicted several minor characters which helped to build up and expose the personality of the text's protagonist, Atticus Finch.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of the struggle of a white family facing discrimination for defending a black man. Scout and Jem are two young children living in Maycomb, believing that everyone is like their father, Atticus, who embodies justice and equality. Atticus takes on the case of defending Tom Robinson, a man who is being charged with raping a white woman. Before the trial, the Finches are forced to withstand torment from the townspeople. Their beliefs are shaken when a black man is given a rigged trial and he is innocent.
Even when he knows he will lose, he still continues to practice what he believes is right. When assigned to a case in which he would have to defend Tom Robinson, Atticus accepted the case saying “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”. Given Tom Robinson’s background of being an African American, being convicted of rape, and the fact that he lived the South, there would be no chance for him to not be guilty. However, Atticus still puts effort into the case even though it is futile. He feels that if he did not try to win, he would go against his own morals which would give him no right in lecturing his own children. By taking on the case and staying loyal to his ethics, Atticus would teach his children to stay true to their words. Unlike many lawyers who get a similar case, Atticus goes above and beyond for his client. After Atticus and his family drove away the lynching mob from Tom, Atticus assures him saying, ”get some sleep, Tom. They won’t bother you anymore”. Atticus goes as far as to protect his client from getting killed which sets a good example for his kids. Through surpassing his obligation to Tom, he teaches his children to put in their best effort towards everything. Atticus also takes any form of payment available for his services. When Mr.Cunningham told Atticus that he didn't know if he could ever pay him back for work
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by a beloved author, Harper Lee. Despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality, this novel is renowned for its moral in the value of friendship and family. Lee writes about a young girl, Jean Louise Finch, who is also acknowledged as Scout. Scout grows up in the small fictional town of Maycomb County in the 1930s. She lives with her older brother Jem, their housekeeper Calpurnia, and her widowed father who is an attorney that is faithful to racial equality and later on defends Tom Robinson, a black man charged with raping a white woman. Scout has a basic faith in her community that they are good people but then throughout the novel especially during Tom Robinson's case her faith is tried-and-trued by the hatred and prejudice that looms in the hearts of the people in her community and her perception of the world is changed forever.
The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, written by renowned author Harper Lee, was published on July 11, 1960. Her novel received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and has become a modern-day American classic novel. The book’s setting is in Alabama and occurs when widespread racism and discrimination are high in the South. The name of the book arises from the common belief and saying that, ’It is a sin to kill a mockingbird’. To Kill A Mockingbird is narrated by Scout Finch, about her father, Atticus Finch, a well-known lawyer who fights to prove the innocence of a black man (Tom Robinson), who is unjustly accused of rape, and about Boo Radley, her mysterious neighbor who saves both her and her brother Jem from being killed.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a modern day tale of justice, prejudice and morality. The main character of To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch’s character represents reason, morality, and justice in this tale. The story, told from Scout Finch’s point of view, is set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. The story tells of Atticus Finch’s woes, worries, and challenges faced in defending Tom Robinson, a black man, accused of raping a white woman. In the heat of the moment Atticus retains a cool and reasonable head, and he never backs down. These are admirable traits that most people strive to be known for. These very noble traits, are shared between Misha Collins and Atticus Finch; which may cause Misha Collins to be dubbed
In To Kill A Mockingbird Lee tells the story of a Mr. Tom Robinson who is an African American who is being charged with rape against a white women. Atticus is the lawyer who must defend Robinson in court. In the Scottsboro case a central figure was a heroic judge who overturned a guilty verdict against the young men. The judge went against the public in trying to protect the rights of the African American men. In reading the novel you learn that Atticus arouses anger in the small community when he tries to defend Robinson.
In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, the author, wrote about the journey of a little girl, named Scout, as she grows up. Scout’s father Atticus serves as a grand part of her aging because he teaches her many life lessons. The most significant of all the lessons and a pivotal moment in the novel occurs when Atticus tells Scout that “you never really a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them,”, which contributes to one of Scout’s intellectual changes and the theme, understanding requires time (Lee 372).
Atticus 's sister does not apear in till later on in the novel when Atticus is working long nights on the case. Very little is known about the Finch 's Aunt. She still helps the plot flow by aiding Atticus in a time of need; she also informs Jem and Scout where they can from and the hard work it took their ancestors to reach the point where they are at.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a remarkable novel following the childhood of Jem and Scout, the son and daughter of Atticus Finch. Living in a small and drama filled town of Maycomb County they encounter a great deal of people who do not stand by their word. Hypocrisy occurs throughout this novel first by a man named Dolphus Raymond, then by two women Mrs. Merriweather and Miss Gates.
In the book to kill a Mocking Bird the story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb County’s setting was different depending on the weather. During the rainy weather grass was growing on the sidewalks, and the streets turned to red slope. During the hot days there were flies under the shade. The setting is important because the time of the book was when the Southern states where still racist, and they were living a poor life style. Another way the setting is important to the time of the book because winter comes to early, and it snows, so the neighbors want there flowers protected and the kids want to make a snowman so it works out for everyone.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a dramatic story about human behavior- cruelty, love, compassion, and hatred. The sweet family of 3 lives in the Southern town of Maycomb County. Atticus, the father, Scout Finch, and Scout’s brother, Jem. The Finch family lives in the time period of the Great Depression. Atticus still has his job as a lawyer and that’s when he realizes one of the greater themes of the story- The Existence of Social Inequality.