To Kill A Mockingbird Childhood Quotes Analysis

To kill a mockingbird - How does Harper Lee present childhood in

Part I of the novel.

How does Harper Lee present childhood in Part I of the novel?

This essay is about how does the author Harper Lee present childhood in part I of the episodic novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". This novel has involved childhood by including what a normal child would do in their childhood.

Harper Lee has used many methods to illustrates childhood in part I of the novel. For example, firstly she has involved the role of adults.

"Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo'com'ny, and don't you let me catch you remakin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty!" This quote shows the Calpurnia teaches Scout

"The world's endin',

Atticus! Please do something -!" This quote exemplifies Scout is innocence and being childish. As children do not have as much knowledge as an adult would have, therefore children would think that the world is ending when there is a fire or some other serious event occurs. Thirdly, the write always convey childhood as her retrospect to remind the reader that she is not a child any more but an adult. This can be shown by the way when she wrote as a narrator and the way she wrote as a child in the conversation. At the beginning of chapter 11 she reminds the reader that she's older now by saying, "When we were small…." We can interpret that the write wants the reader to understand that she is trying to present childhood. Whereas when there is a conversation, which involves a child, the language she would use is informal, slang and using words that sound as it spelt. "You gonna give me a chance to tell you? I don't mean to sass you, I'm just tryin' to tell you." This portrays Scout is being told off by Uncle

Jack. Harper Lee is trying to use informal and slang language to