To Kill A Mocking Bird
Themes are important in the development of novels. One such novel which uses themes to develop a particular character is, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee. The character of Atticus Finch is developed in two key scenes in the novel. They raise the reader’s opinion of him from being an old lawyer with nothing but a desk-job, to a brave and courageous father who is very well respected in his hometown of Maycomb. The novel is set in the fictional county of Maycomb, Alabama on around the 1930’s. During the decade that followed, there was a great shortage of jobs and a lot of poverty in the south, therefore many blacks moved to the north for work. Jean-Louise Finch, or “Scout” as she is known throughout the story, narrates the novel. She is the youngest of a family of three: her brother – Jeremy and her father, a lawyer – Atticus Finch. They also have a maid, Calpurnia, or “Cal,” who came every day as Jem and Scout’s mother had died when they were younger. The main plot of the novel deals with a court case, of which Atticus is representing Tom Robinson; a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell; a white girl from a poor family. As prejudice rages strongly in the 1930’s, both racial and class-consc
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Approximate Word count = 1978
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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