Term Paper on To Kill A Mocking Bird

 

 

Place and Atmosphere
To Kill a Mocking Bird is Harper Lee’s award winning novel, and is narrated by Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch who tells the story of her life from age six till nine. She lives with her father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb and her older brother Jem. She’s is boy estrous and has a very optimistic view of life. It is set in small town Maycomb and Lee describes the town in detail and very intricately; not a very happening town.

Central Themes
The central plot of the novel is the trail of a black man Tom Robinson who is unjustly charged and shows how Scout’s father defends his case consistently. Through events and incidents Lee elaborates the truths of life and the novel is based mainly on the fact that things are not always what they seem to be in life and first impressions that are made rapidly without thinking are mostly very wrong. Another of the main themes of the novel is racism and prejudice and the town of Maycomb if quite abundant with it due to its mixed community, here both white and black live together ethnic towards each other and have an antagonistic attitude towards each other. In the novel people who are different from others, in minority are leading difficult lives with numerous hardships to face.

Another theme, which is quite dominant in the novel, is that of injustice and prejudice portrayed aptly through the reference of mocking birds. Arthur (Boo) Radley is initially shown as a recluse, but as the novel unfolds gradually the negative traits he is associated with fade away and unravel his true personality as kind, caring, and brave, and one finds out he is the real hero of the novel. But the character’s true persona is revealed in the end.
 

Diversity and Analysis
One of extraordinary things about this novel that makes it quite different is that usually novelists use a few techniques to add more color to the novel, Lee on the other hand has made used of numerous techniques such as irony, foreshadowing, flashback, dialect and we find elements of humor, and suspense throughout the novel making it a very interesting to read.

 

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