What Is The Point Of View Of To Kill A Mockingbird

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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is in 1st person perspective, because Scout is telling the story. It starts off Scout at a young age of six and as the story progresses she matures as a young lady to the age of 8. It is told in present tense from Scouts perspective. The protagonist is Scout, Jem, and Atticus. The case of Tom Robinson, the Radley’s, and Mr. Ewell are the antagonists. Scout and Jem have to overcome the obstacles of the Radley’s and Mr.Ewells, while Atticus has to overcome the obstacles of the Tom Robinson’s case with threats for defending a black man.
For perspective it has no alterations the story always remains with scout telling the story. For this novel being in first person it limits on all the extra thoughts …show more content…

He did nothing wrong, but he was black and crippled so they sought an opportunity to shoot him when he was jumping the fence. “Seventeen bullet holes in him” (Lee 315) they shouldn’t have shot him so many times for him with two bad arms they could’ve easily caught him. Atticus was another mockingbird, for the reason that he defended a black man, which was uncommon for a white man to do such a thing. Atticus had the greatest intentions for helping someone and this makes him symbolic to a mockingbird. Boo Radley in the later years was respectable and can be considered to be a mockingbird. He would give scout things such as carvings, gum, pocket watch, and a blanket when the neighbor’s house burnt down. Boo Radley was one the most symbolic of a mockingbird because he never wanted harm; he protected anyone that was near Bob Ewell when he tried to kill the young kids Jem and Scout. They tried to say it was Boo who killed Mr. Ewell, but “it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.”
This novel has a lot of symbolism to a mockingbird with Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Boo is representing the cover of the book for “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The title lets us know that it is a sin “To Kill a Mockingbird” and even though Boo killed Mr. Ewell he gets away with it because it’ll be a sin to kill …show more content…

Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 39). This gives us the prospective of another person. Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. “Your father does not know how to teach.” The teacher is basically saying that Scouts father is stupid and doesn’t know anything. “As Dill explained, I found myself wondering what life would be if Jem were different, even from what he was now; what I would do if Atticus did not feel the necessity of my presence, help and advice. Why, he couldn’t get along a day without me. Even Calpurnia couldn’t get along unless I was there. They needed me.” This is a memorable quote because it shows that they depend on who you are. “First of all,” he said, “If you can learn a simple trick, scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view---“Sir?” “---until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”(Lee 39). This memorable quote shows that you don’t judge a person right away unless you know the specific reason why they are doing it to completely understand them. “Tom’s dead.”(Lee 315) “They shot him”(Lee 315) this memorable quote was very sad they shot Tom for jumping a fence during exercise “seventeen bullet holes in him”(Lee 315) this was unfair they didn’t have to shoot him so many times this was the whole case thrown away.

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