Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story of the coming of age of two children who begin to realize the cruelty of people in the world. ... (Lee 61) Early in the novel Scout and Jem are very close. ... (Lee 117) Jem's age is what makes him so difficult to live with for Scout. ... It is argued that "Lee seems to suggest that children have a natural instinct for tolerance and understanding; only as they grow older do they learn to react to differences with fear and disdain."... Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a depiction of the wrongful conviction of an innocen...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... The Ewell father, Robert Lee, drinks and doesn't take proper care of his seven children. ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School