To Kill a Mockingbird 2
The novel To Kill A Mockingbird can be more easily appreciated and understood by closely analyzing the characters, setting, double plots, and theme. To Kill A Mockingbird teaches multiple moral lessons, and presents an overall picture of the prejudice, lifestyle, and attitude of an average southern town. There are several crucial carachters in To Kill A Mockingbird and it would take forever and a day to do each one justice. However the most (not only) important carachters are Atticus Finch, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, Jeremy "Jem" Finch, Arthur "Boo" Radley, Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and some other less important carachters. Atticus Finch is the head of the Finch household. He is an aging man who isn't very dominating in size. According to Atticus' sister Alexandria, "Atticus is the most pure and good-hearted person one may ever see." Atticus is totally against prejudice towards anybody. Throughout the story he stresses to his children the importance of tolerance. For example, when the kids learn of Atticus' choosing to defend a Negro in court, he explains to them that all people are equal and nobody should be treated unfairly because of color. Atticus is the most important protagonist(and carachter). In the
Many important "minor" carachters play a not-so-minor role in To Kill A Mockingbird. Some of these include the other half of the Finch household (Jeremy "Jem" Finch,Calpurnia) Jean Louise "Scout" Finch is the narrator and another major carachter in To Kill A Mockingbird. She ranges in age from six to eight from beginning to end. Though she is only a little girl she is fairly big and strong for her age and is basically a tomboy. Mentally, Scout is an extremely bright girl. She understands things that even some adults cannot comprehend. Scout understands the need to keep Boo Radley's heroics a secret, as well as many similar things. Scout and the other children all recognize the horrible prejudice and hatred that most of the adults are either a big part of or oblivious to. Scout is a protaganist because she is one of the small amount of people who show genuine concern for the persecuted. Scout was chosen to be the narrator to show the innocence still in society that every child possesses. The title of the book means nothing before reading. The title is just an ordinary thing that cannot be understood. During reading, pieces fall together and form a clearer picture, and after reading it's a beautiful picture. The mockingbird was seen in three steps. First in Chapter ten when Atticus says never to shoot a mockingbird because it causes no harm. At that point neither Jem or Scout unuderstand what Atticus means. In Chap 25 Scout finds a roly-poly and wants to kill it. Jem says she can't "..because they don't bother you." At this point, Jem understands the mockingbird. At the third stage, Scout learns as well what Atticus had been saying all along. Scout walks Boo Radley home and stops to look at the street from his doorstep. It was there on his steps where Scout saw the years through Boo's eyes and learned to "...climb into another person's skin and walk around in it." Calpurnia is the black maid of the Finches who ends up teaching the children morals and values such as the mockingbird story. Jem Finch is Scout's brother and many times a partner in crime. Jem is a few years older than Scout and many times has to explain things to Scout. Jem, like Scout, begins embarrassed of his father but realizes how wonderful he is. Arthur "Boo" Radley is an extremely important protagonist although it is not disclosed until the end of the story. Boo is a mentally ill man with a history of psychological problems. Boo is tall, extremely pale due to being inside a house for over thirty years, with gray, gloomy eyes. Boo seems to like the Finch children, and tries to communicate with them. Boo Radley was chosen to be the representative of the result of prejudice again
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Approximate Word count = 1824
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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