Symbolism is indeed used extensively throughout Harper Lee's timeless classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," states Miss Maudie when explaining to Scout what her father meant by saying it is a sin to shoot a mockingbird. ... Without the many connections and imagery Harper Lee uses, the book would not come together and be as realistic and inspiring is it is. To Kill A Mockingbird was an influential novel at the time it was written. ...

• Word Count: 415
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Like this real life example, this theme can be shown in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Through out the novel, the author Harper Lee asserts this theme through an assortment of characters. ... Harper Lee asserts this theme through the character of Atticus. ... Harper Lee further illustrates this point through the character of Scout. ... During the course of To Kill A Mockingbird, the author uses an assortment of characters to reiterate the theme that true courage is standing up for what one believes even if it means risking something precious. ...

• Word Count: 1231
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... Monroeville and Harper Lee's farther who was a lawyer. Monroeville was also Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the socity as deeply as she does. ... The appearance of females is one particular view that Harper Lee projected to me as the reader. ... One of the many causes of prejudice Harper Lee illustrates in the book is that humans need a scapegoa...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... Monroeville and Harper Lee's farther who was a lawyer. Monroeville was also Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the socity as deeply as she does. ... The appearance of females is one particular view that Harper Lee projected to me as the reader. ... One of the many causes of prejudice Harper Lee illustrates in the book is that humans need a scapegoa...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Miss Maudie Atkinson In Harper Les's novel To Kill a Mockingbird Miss Maudie Atkinson is not only a neighbor and friend to the Finch's but also a respectful, passionate, and upright member of Maycomb. ... When Stephanie Crawford says, "She woke up in the middle of the night and found [Boo] looking in the window at her" (Lee 45). ... Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (90). ... At first glance Miss Maudie of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee seems to be just a sharp-tongued ne...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

* Discuss the novel as a representation of moral courage To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee that is set in 1930's Alabama where colour prejudice was predominant. ... He is invariably kind and considerate to others and is Harper Lee's ideal of a true gentleman and a true hero. ... Of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson is the person who is most like Atticus, and she has something of the same function. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is one of the main characters. ... He bears no grudges even against Bob Ewell, who spat at him and tried to kill Jem. ... Atticus passed his value to them as he told them to shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit"em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ...

• Word Count: 532
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School