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To Kill A Mockingbird 3 - Online Term Paper

To Kill A Mockingbird 3

Irony is the opposite of what is and what seems to be. Harper Lee uses irony in
her novel To Kill A Mockingbird on several occasions to illustrate the difference
between appearance versus reality. An example of this is the cementing of the tree.
Jem and Scout received many gifts from the oak tree like: chewing gum, a ball of
twine, soap carvings of Jem and Scout, a spelling medal, Indian-heads, and a pocket

watch. Jem and Scout write the gift-giver a thank you note intending to put it in the tree

hole the very next day. When they arrive at the tree they noticed that the hole had been

cemented. Jem and Scout asked Mr. Radley why he filled the hole with cement and

his ...

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Radley had lied just to keep Boo from having any friends

from the outside world. Harper Lee uses irony when Aunt Alexandra hosts the missionary

circle.

The ladies that attended Aunt Alexandra’s missionary circle acted as hypocrites.

She says, “...I made a pledge in my heart. I said to myself, when I go home I’m going to

give a course on the Mrunas and bring J. Grimes Everett’s message to Maycomb...” (pg.

233-234). The are speaking with compassion of neglected Blacks somewhere in Africa

while treating the Negroes that live in and around Maycomb with very little respect. Later

in the conversation Mrs. Merriweather tells Scout, “Out there in J. Grimes Everett’s land

there’s nothing but sin and squalor” (pg. 234). Harper Lee was showing us the difference

between appearance and reality at the missionary circle. The ladies feel sorry for the

Blacks in Africa but not the ones in Maycomb. ...

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Added: 11/23/2005 06:13:17 PM
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