To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee�s To Kill A Mockingbird portrays life through a young girl�s eyes as she grows up and begins to realize that everything is not just black and white. During a time where blacks were basically thought of as dirt, and little girls were expected to sit still and learn their domestic duties, it is evident that that the saying �it takes a village to raise a child� is being put to use. The basic theme of the novel is civil rights. What happens to Tom Robinson is unjust, and could only happen to a black man in the South during the 1930s. It could even be said that the predominantly white justice system killed Tom Robinson. By dwelling only on that one issue, is to miss the larger theme ...
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as they seem. If that�s true, maybe Maycomb isn�t so great, either.
This story was told from Scout�s point of view; which made for a very entertaining read. It did stretch naivety at times, though, when she related so many facts and background about everyone in the town. It�s unexpected for a six to eight-year old little girl to know so much about the many other people around her. The style of the novel was conversational and light, being that the narrator was a little girl. Apart from the conversational style, this novel exhibits symbolism; Jem and Scout symbolize innocence, Atticus symbolizes decency and goodness while protecting innocence, Tom Robinson is the symbol of oppression, the town is the symbol of traditional narrow-minded southerners, and Radley is the symbol of the misunderstood weirdo. The mockingbird is a major symbol in the novel because of Atticus� belief that it is a sin to kill this bird. He says, �Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you hit �em, but ...
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