Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has remained enormously popular since its publication in 1960. ... Lee makes use of several images and allegories throughout the novel to symbolize racial conflict. ... The central symbol of the novel, the mockingbird, further develops the theme of racial prejudice. ... Throughout the majority of the novel, Atticus retains his faith in the system, but he ultimately loses in his legal defense of Tom. ... Atticus is clearly the hero of the novel, and functions as a role model for his children. ...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the extract from her novel To Kill a Mocking-Bird, Harper Lee reveals the courage shown towards a mob of men set out to kill an innocent man. This particular extract ties in with the overall themes present in the novel, which are courage, innocence and growth, and prejudice through racism. ... She has included this passage in order to draw the readers" attention to the injustices that occurred in the Nineteen thirties and to further explore the themes of the novel. ... Including the Jail incident in her novel allowed Lee to further explore the central theme of the innocence of child me...

• Word Count: 1109
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a traditional prose fiction novel, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel, explore the conflict between personal and public values of their respective main characters and intolerant societies using similar techniques despite their different textual forms. ... A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a traditional prose fiction novel, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel, explore the conflict between personal and public values of their respective main characters and intolerant societies using similar techniques despite their different textual forms. ... A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the beginning of the novel To Kill A Mocking by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch were ignorant and prejudice towards Boo Radley. ... By the end of the novel Jem and Scout evolved into socially aware, and understanding children who became conscious of the prejudice and discrimination that encompassed the minorities at the time. ...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960, explores the values and attitudes of America in the 1930's through the portrayal of relationships. ... The representation of these relationships in the novel Mockingbird allows further analysis of the values and attitudes on this period. ...

• Word Count: 661
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout American history, the Southern region has been a place where prejudice against black people was a common occurrence. In the novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird ", prejudice is portrayed heavily during Tom Robinson's trial. As the trial comes to an end, Atticus gives a closing argument to conclu...

• Word Count: 953
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate