One of the pressures Scout experiences was the death of her mother, being raised without a female figure. Scout was very young when her mom died, and didn't remember much. Atticus is raising Scout and Jem alone. Most of the time Atticus does not put pressure on Scout to be more ladylike. Scout asked Jem once, what their mother was like. Scout wishes she had a mother to grow up to teach her ‘mom’ things that Atticus can not. Scout likes to wear more casual clothes, more like jumpsuits, or shorts and just a tee shirt, unlike all the other girls whose mothers like them in dresses. Since Scout never had her mom growing up, Atticus lets her be. Until Scout started school, she was required to wear a dress. She felt very uncomfortable and didn't like it at all. When she is around her aunt it causes more trouble, Aunt Alexandra feels like Scout is her responsibility even though her father Atticus has told Scout that her aunt doesn't understand little girls because she grew up with a boy. Having to be …show more content…
To Kill a Mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters such as Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, Scout... etc., can be identified as Mockingbirds. Innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. They don't know who is giving the evil to everyone but everyone thinks its Boo Radley from all the rumors they hear. The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book’s exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. First of all, a Mockingbird is a harmless bird.... and killing it is considered a sin. Atticus would always say “it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. 'Your father's right,' she said. Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a
U3EA2 The“Queen of the Tomboys” grew up during the Jim Crow era; seeing justice unsatisfied in the Scottsboro trial at the tender age of five. Her father is a lawyer who was given a case to defend two African Americans in court, but he was unsuccessful due to racial norms in their home of Monroeville, Alabama. Many years Years later she was known by her peers as an individualist at the University of Alabama. While staying there she started by studying law but; first studying law and then then switched ing majors to become the aspiring writer known as Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird (TKM). In Chapter 9 of said novel, Lee’s young character Scout confronts a classmate who had “announced in
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus the father of Jean Louise Finch, gave advice that helps Scout throughout the book. Scout applies it to her life but Atticus applies the advice to his life more than any other character. As Jem,Scout, and Dill were playing their new game Boo Radley, they get caught by Atticus.
The first reason for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson is Atticus believes in intergrity. When Atticus is grist introduced in the novel ' To Kill A Mockingbird' Atticus is described as someone with intergrity. " Atticus the twin lawyer, tries to do what's best for his clients even if they don't listen to him." Atticus tries to have the best interest of others at heart. Many people In the town of Maycomb don't agree with Atticus and him taking on the case.
There is an entire array of diverse and unique characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Some innocent, like Scout and Atticus, and some not so innocent, like Bob Ewel. Innocence plays a large role in this story, as characters are attacked or even just plain mean to someone who did nothing wrong. The symbol for innocence in this book is the mockingbird.
ower? I define power as the ability to do something, have the ability to influence others to do something. In a brief summary To Kill a Mockingbird author Lee Harper uses memorable characters to explore civil rights and racism in the segregated southern united states of the 1930’s. The story is told from through the eyes of Scout Finch, you learn about her father Atticus FInch who is an attorney who hopelessly strives to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of rape; and about Boo Radley a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed, because of her class and gender Mayella is powerless but, her race makes her powerful.
Atticus is a very fair man. He treats everyone the same. As his daughter Scout likes to dress in shirts and overalls with a short haircut, Atticus doesn't treat her like she needs to be the stereotype of what a girl is supposed to be like. She doesn’t wear dresses because she doesn't like them and Atticus respects that about her.
In the first few chapters Scout has just started school and refuses to wear dresses, is willing to stand up for herself and another student to a teacher, and tries her best to be included in Jem and Dill’s fun activities. She would rather wear pants than a dress for comfortability; also she does not want to be a lady yet. On her first day of school, she stands up for Walter Cunningham against Miss Caroline Fisher, explaining to her why he did not have money for his lunch. (page 22 to 23, Lee) During this time of her childhood she will speak her mind just like when she said, “ ‘But he’s gone and drowned his dinner in syrup,’ I protested.
"Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside” (Lee 227). In this quote, by Jem Finch, we see that Jem is growing up and starting to see things from other people's point of view.
There is no better feeling in the world than being able to feel free and proud. Living in the 21st century has its benefits; more people are open-minded and less people are subjects of discrimination. However, our world isn’t perfect, in fact, there are so numerous similarities in the USA from now and the 1960’s. There were groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and other extremists that are still around today. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses subplots and symbols to inform her readers about the prejudice and hatred that still lingers today.
Scout and Jem are very innocent and do not understand racism very well. Atticus has an unusual relationship with his kids. He cares very much for them and their moral upbringings, but he treats them like adults and is a very hands-off parent. Atticus has a black maid, Calpurnia who he considers family that helps take care of Scout and Jem. Despite the absence of their mother, Scout and Jem were raised to regard woman as equal, which is why Calpurnia is like a mother to them.
“Heroes are made in the hour of defeat.” This quote, by the late Mahatma Gandhi, who was an Indian activist, perfectly encapsulates the meaning of a hero. A hero is someone who stands up for what he or she believes in, and confronts the evils that the person may face, no matter how big or small those evils may be. This is exhibited in both Harper Lee's Atticus from To Kill a Mockingbird, and Markus Zusac's Hans Hubberman and Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief. Just like the quote eludes to, these characters stay resilient even when there seems to be no hope.
Scout was more of a tomboy than a girly girl. Aunt Alexandra didn’t like how she didn’t act like a proper lady, and would ask Scout to act more ladylike. As she grew up, she was able to understand things a lot better. She began acting more grown up in situations like Aunt Alexandra’s dinner party.
Explaining to Jem and Scout that the mockingbird only sings its heart out for us. This also goes into the court case that Atticus is working on. Tom Robinson is convicted of rape when it is proven that he did nothing and it was Bob Ewell that gave Mayella Ewell, his own daughter all the injuries. Tom Robinson was later sentenced guilty and only because of the racism in the town, which is completely unfair in society and the only one that really seems to recognize it is Atticus.
Because the mockingbird is a symbol of innocence it is symbolic of the characters of Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. Both are misunderstood and judged by the townspeople without really knowing them. Tom Robinson is killed violently due to being put in prison because
Her entire role in this book is making Scout feel wrong about the way she is as a person. For example, Lee wrote, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life.” (Lee 81).