Critical Analysis of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

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Critical Analysis of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

I will present a critical analysis on the film 'To kill a Mockingbird'

which is based on the award winning novel by Harper Lee.

To kill a Mockingbird is a film where a courageous, warm hearted and

distinguished lawyer takes a case on board to defend a black mans

human rights. His compassionate defence against the civil liberties of

an exceedingly marginalised black man, Tom Robinson and their human

rights and individual liberties in general, cost's him friendships and

the town's respect. On the other hand, he earns the love and

admiration of his two children; they in particular need that awe as

they have lost a mother. Even though the case had such a foregone

conclusion, Academy award winning actor Gregory Peck stepped forward

to defend Tom Robinson because of his passion towards the human rights

and marginalising of coloured citizens.

The film was set in a deprived southern town during the great

depression, where so many innocent, underprivileged coloured men were

wrongly accused and lynched to sinister deaths.

There were many things that would have influenced Harper Lee to write

the book 'To kill a mockingbird', however; there are a couple of

essential factors that I think would have influenced him greatly.

Firstly, the book was written during the period of the great

depression, where paranoia swept the land and marginalisation was a

common site. Many people like Harper lee would have mourned at the

frequent sites of discrimination of the poor, religion, blacks and

even the rich. However, the constant marginalisation of blacks would

have driven some people crazy. T...

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...oesn't get along with some of the

characters in the film and loves to show her immense movements by

fighting, which she does in several cases.

I think the film was excellent. It was played by realistic characters

and had a very sad, but truthful plot, which went together perfectly.

It was a naturalistic plot with naturalistic acting styles and the

actors played their parts with clarity. They made the whole film more

believable and I enjoyed it. It also sent out lots of messages to the

audience. For instance, we shouldn't repress and marginalise people

because of appearances. We shouldn't judge anybody or anything by

appearances; it's what inside what really counts. In conclusion, I

think the acting styles went along with the naturalistic performance

excellently and they deserve credit for it, I applaud their efforts.

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