Francine Prose's criticism of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is vague and lacks the necessary elements to prove her point. ... This makes me question her reliability on the topic. Prose believes that "To Kill a Mockingbird" does not have much to offer in the way of deeper moral understanding of other human beings. "To Kill a Mockingbird" shows the lack of understanding we hold for each other as humans and our quickness to judge people based on others opinions. ... In reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" students are able to see how little progress we made from the 1960s to present day. ...

• Word Count: 485
• Approx Pages: 2

The following two pieces of literature, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, share the common theme of change and transition. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character Scout Finch, is rocked by the events the precede and follow a case her father is working on that is based off of racial prejudice. ... But when things start to go awry for them because of her "nigger loving" father, they start to grow apart as the deal with their issues differently and begin asking questions they never thought to. ... All in all, the novels ...

• Word Count: 988
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," contains many examples of prejudice and discrimination towards women, children, people of dark skin, and family backgrounds. ... "'You goddamn whore, I'll kill ya.'" ... Throughout the novel, Scout tries to answer that question "what makes people fine folks?" ...

• Word Count: 778
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Atticus inner conflicts are expertly written in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. ... When his children ask him difficult questions he doesn't try and sugarcoat his answers he is truthful. ... He even explains his reasoning on answering children's question to his brother, Jack. ...

• Word Count: 435
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This struggle against prejudice is a primary element in both Snow Falling on Cedars, and other great novels of cultural influence, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. ... She is more than willing to believe, without hard evidence, that a Japanese man killed her son. ... How a simple accident of a freighter swamping a boat, leads to an opportunity to persecute a member of a racial minority leads us to question our own impartiality, and whether out pursuits for the truth are clouded by personal subjectivity. ...

• Word Count: 1123
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate