Growing up in Maycomb Growing up in Maycomb In the famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there are three main themes: Growing up in Maycomb, Racism, and Courage. In chapter one through ten, it talks about Jem and Scout spending every summer with Dill, it also talks about how Jem grew closer to Dill and started to leave Scout out of their activities. On page six of the novel , Growing up in Maycomb they believe that there was ”Nothing to fear but fear itself’. Maycomb was a town where you could sit on your porch with peace, and everyday door was open on Sunday Maycomb seemed to be hotter back then, people also moved slower then. Scout and Jem seemed to love growing up in Maycomb ( they had their down times) they seemed to have a decent life especially with a father like Atticus . Atticus was a straight forward man who did everything for his family. Atticus was a lawyer for the town ; for the most part loved him. He believes that everyone deserves and a fair chance , somehow he mad growing up in this small town easy for the kids. Calpurnia, the cook, also made growing up easy for the kids. Cal is a Negro woman that came to the house every day to cook and clean for the family .She plays a mother role in the novel. Jem and Scout’s …show more content…
mother died when Scout was two and Jem was six . Cal and Atticus had a bond that cannot be broken. The few kids in Maycomb had one thing in common: they all wanted to see Boo Radley. Boo believes to be a mentally ill man who stays chained up in the house. In chapters four through seven Jem tells Dill about they think Boo eats cats, squirrels etc. He also tells Dill that at midnight Boo sneaks around and peeps through windows. Miss Stephanie tells Dill that she caught Boo looking through her window one night. This just added on to the list of reasons to get Boo out of the house. In chapters four through six Jem, Scout,and Dill attempted many ways to get Boo out of the house, including: dropping a note through the shutters, peaking through the windows. Atticus tells them daily to leave Boo alone, that Boo would come out when he’s ready. RACISM Racism is a strong topic in Maycomb, blacks are not liked at this point in time ( it’s the 1930’s).
Tom Robison is a Negro male that gets hand caught in a cotton gin. Tom is being accused of raping a young female named Mayella.Tom Robison is a Negro male that gets hand caught in a cotton gin. Tom passed by Mayella’s house everyday, she seemed to always have something for Tom to do. He claims that he is just being nice to her because nobody else would. Mayella seems to be a lonely girl ,with no friends her age ,she stays to her self. In court Mayella is easily angerd by Atticus questions she even got mad when he referd to her as ma’am and Ms. The town knows whats goin on but refuse to believe it, simpily because of there hatred towards
Negros.
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, takes place in the 1930s in a small Alabama county called Maycomb. The novel is about the Finch family of three. Atticus, the father, Scout the older brother and Scout the younger sister, who acts like a tomboy. Scout may be a lady, but does not like to act like one, she likes to play and get dirty with her brother. Being young, both children learn lessons throughout the novel by many different residents, such as, Calpurnia, the maid, Miss Maudie, the neighbor, and their father, Atticus. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird various citizens in the town of Maycomb play an important role in the lives of Jem and Scout Finch
In Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" shows and teaches many lessons throughout the passage. Some characters that learn lessons in this passage are Scout, Jem, and Dill. Scout and Jems father Atticus, is taking a case that affects their lives in so many ways. They all learn new things throughout the story and it impacts their lives greatly. There are lots of things including the trial mostly that change the perspective of the world they live in. The kids are living in the Great Depression and it shows just how bad things really where. Scout, Jem, and Dill have experiences that force them to mature and gain new insight.
The key coming of age scene “ TO KILL A MOKING BIRD’’ is where Jem and the two others were up above in the jury watching their father ( Atticus ) try and win a case were an African American person is trying to be blamed guilty for doing something he did not do. This scene has the following literary elements, p.o.v , or point of view, coming of age and also characteristic and respect.
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). [1]Mockingbirds are the most innocent type of bird and cannot defend themselves. [3] Occasionally people tried to mess with Boo Radly, who was a mockingbird because he was in his house defenseless. [5] While Tom Robertson was being tried and in prison he was an undeniably mockingbird. [4] Hurting Jem, Bob Ewell was punishing an innocient kid, who was defenseless. [2] Despite being a man, Bob Ewell, who is showed to be a blue jay, blue jays are birds that no one likes. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.”(119)[6] Mockingbirds don’t hurt anyone. [1] Boo Radly and Tom Robertson are mockingbirds
The author George Elliot once said “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Appearance can be very misleading, and you shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. This philosophical idea has been included in many works of literature, including the timeless classic To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The novel takes place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Many citizens of Maycomb tend to make judgements based on outward appearances alone. In the novel, Lee uses minor characters such as Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and Tom Robinson to convey the book’s theme of prejudice.
The novel of To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the timeline and era of the 1930s which was synonymous for the renowned Great Depression. A tragedy in which social and economic change was urgently required yet old traditional beliefs and racial hierarchies including the Jim Crow laws were kept firm in position. These beliefs along with other aspects including behavior are clearly represented in the novel which leads the reader to infer that the time and setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is the 1930s. There are various methods and pieces of evidence that we draw upon that leads to the conclusion that the setting of the novel takes place in the
To Kill A Mockingbird Generations of family, living in the same community can leave an identity for themselves, making them live with it for generations to generations. The Finches, The Ewells and Dill's family are three families who are all criticized and sometimes applauded for their way of living. The Ewells are “ the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations.
Each and every person will go through a coming of age experience sometime in their life. Those experiences can come in different forms. But, each coming of age experience ends up shaping us to become a mature adult. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a coming of age story through Scout Finch, an aging girl’s point of view. Her brother, Jem Finch who experiences coming of age before Scout, realizes that being an adult was not what he hoped. Jem recognizes a different perspective of bravery from Mrs.Dubose, a vile, elderly woman’s perspective. In chapter 11, Harper Lee uses literary elements such as character, conflict, and setting to establish Jem’s new outlook on life.
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, protagonists Scout Finch and Jem Finch go through the process of growing up. The adventure takes place in a drowsy town known as Maycomb in Alabama, and is viewed through the eyes of Scout. Scout and Jem live a somewhat normal childhood, attending the local school. During the summer, they meet a boy from Mississippi named Charles Baker Harris, more commonly known as Dill. Scout, Jem, and Dill try to approach a mysterious figure known as “Boo Radley” and try to get him to come outside after a rumored past has intrigued them. Later, Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father and also a successful lawyer, is tasked with defending a black man called Tom Robinson. Faced with a biased jury, Atticus has to do his best to show that Tom is not guilty of rape. A primary theme that is displayed throughout the story is that every person, no matter how normal
Through one's lifetime, many events occur that have an effect on their innocence and how they develop through their coming of age moments. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, the author demonstrates the coming of age moments through the character's life as a child. Lee uses both charazation and conflict to establish the overall injustice of the justice system which influences to the coming of age moments.
The town of maycomb, a small rural town in Alabama, very similar to my own, becomes the center of the story when Jem and Scout have to face it with developing, maturing, eyes. In the story To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout go from seeing their town as a home for them with old history and new excitement, to seeing the truth behind the history, and the people in the town. In the story, Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus, takes on a court case, defending a colored man, and the townspeople are not happy with this. The drama with the case, the kids’ friend dill, and some other dramatic events in the town, leave Maycomb with new eyes. Without the key factors of the town, the story of the mockingbird, would have had a distinctly different outcome.
Life is full of lessons. The lessons you learn adjust and fit your character and who you are. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, the characters of Jem and Scout are young, and have to figure life as they go. Jem and Scout witness and live through life lessons. They learn these lessons from others around them. Some lessons come from their town itself, while others come from people. Their father, Atticus, teaches them a lot about life and the right and wrong. Jem and Scout learn what it means to have empathy, courage, persistence and personal integrity. Also, the Mockingbirds themselves adjust and appoint life lessons.
The book To Kill a Mockingbird has many different events happen in its quaint little town of Maycomb, and these events affect the town's citizens in their own way. However, the major significance of the events are that hey teach life lessons to young Scout, Dill and Jem. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses perspective, compassion, and equality to demonstrate the coming of age of three unique characters. Scout learns perspective after the Tom Robinson trial when she realizes that not everyone is as lucky or has the same opportunities as she. Jem learns compassion when he starts coming of age because he sees the outside world and wants to help those less fortunate than himself. Dill first came to Maycomb as an innocent little
they will ask people if it is theirs and if no one comes forth, they will keep them. Scout is
Personal growth is the key to somebody growing up and maturing. A person does not gain any personal growth without maturing or having some kind of personal event that triggers the maturing. Harper Lee writes about a family in a small southern town in the 1930's. The story To Kill A Mockingbird shows how the Finch family goes through their own form of personal growth. Many people in this novel experience personal growth.