In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses story telling themes through Scout's Loss Of Innocence and Coming of Age to make us sympathize with her, and realize ourselves the racism and bigotry of the fifties south, and that in the end we are all people and that it is inhuman to be racist.
The second part of the book centers around a court case in which a black man, Tom Robinson, is accused of raping a white girl. As the story goes on, Atticus Finch (Scout's Dad), easy proves that this man could not have raped her, with the real culprit being her own father. But the jury finds Tom guilty, simply because he is black. Scout watches the trial from the colored section and realizes it herself that he is innocent. By having Scout see the trial, Lee effectively changes Scout's view of the world, along with her brother's, Jem. Scout also understands her father more, being more proud of him.
Tom, after being convicted, runs away and is shot dead. Jem feels betrayed by the legal system (along with Atticus). Then, the girls father attacks Jem and Scout as they are heading home from halloween pageant. He is killed by the benevolent neighbor Boo Radley, who has been giving them small gifts throughout the novel. Scout realizes simply that she should be nice to people who are nice to her, she had been getting into fights at school.
Scout learns as we learn, and Harper Lee designed the book in this way. We see the injustice done to Tom Robinson and feel it with scout and Jem. Scout learns even deeper about injustice and realizes that fighting others is not the answer to her problems. This story is a Bildungsroman, a coming of age story, designed to effect the way we think about scenarios, and the meaning conveyed is to show us that people can realize bad things about the world, but it is in our changing attitudes that it may be saved.
The second part of the book centers around a court case in which a black man, Tom Robinson, is accused of raping a white girl. As the story goes on, Atticus Finch (Scout's Dad), easy proves that this man could not have raped her, with the real culprit being her own father. But the jury finds Tom guilty, simply because he is black. Scout watches the trial from the colored section and realizes it herself that he is innocent. By having Scout see the trial, Lee effectively changes Scout's view of the world, along with her brother's, Jem. Scout also understands her father more, being more proud of him.
Tom, after being convicted, runs away and is shot dead. Jem feels betrayed by the legal system (along with Atticus). Then, the girls father attacks Jem and Scout as they are heading home from halloween pageant. He is killed by the benevolent neighbor Boo Radley, who has been giving them small gifts throughout the novel. Scout realizes simply that she should be nice to people who are nice to her, she had been getting into fights at school.
Scout learns as we learn, and Harper Lee designed the book in this way. We see the injustice done to Tom Robinson and feel it with scout and Jem. Scout learns even deeper about injustice and realizes that fighting others is not the answer to her problems. This story is a Bildungsroman, a coming of age story, designed to effect the way we think about scenarios, and the meaning conveyed is to show us that people can realize bad things about the world, but it is in our changing attitudes that it may be saved.
You have really good ideas in this essay, especially about how To Kill a Mockingbird is a bildungsroman and the reader learn through Scout and Jem. Your organization is good as well, however I think that your essay would be even better if you added to your introduction paragraph and used it to create some topic sentences. Your introduction would be really good if you began with a broader statement, introduced the novel in the second, and then concluded with your thesis. This would really point out what you are trying to say and give the reader an outline of your essay. The topic sentences would make your essay flow more as well. Overall, I think you have really good ideas that could be showcased even more with a touch of organization!
ReplyDeleteHi Chris,
ReplyDeleteOnce again, i feel like the details that you used were spot on! They explain your thesis very well, which is definitely good, seeing as it is a consistent habit. Similar to your last ones, the last conclusion could benefit from being more concise, but it's always easier to shorten something down than to lengthen it, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Something small that bugged me a bit was the constant use of "and" in the first paragraph. Maybe some commas instead?
Keep up the good work!