Different objects can show the personality of different people through symbolism. Symbolism represents a certain way a type of person acts in a particular state or condition. To Kill a Mocking Bird has many objects that signify symbolism for each character.
Jem for instance, has many items that represent his characteristics in his own way. One object that represents Jem in the story is a football. Jem talks about playing football, and discusses it with Atticus. For example, Jem states, "When I play football with Atticus, we always play touch football, never tackle"(Lee 6). This shows that Jem wants his father to play football because Jem doesn't think Atticus can do anything else. He also wants his dad to do something that he can relate to. For instance, "Jem stayed silent while he read one of his new football magazines"(Lee 57). This proves that Jem was in a state of growing and didn't want to interact with Scout. In addition, Jem wants to focus more on football, and not as much with Scout. Another example is when Scout states, "Jem went out for football, but was too small and became the team's water boy"(Lee 66). This proves that even though Jem couldn't play football, he was still interested enough to be involved with the school's team. It also shows that he does everything he can to be around the sport.
Symbolism doesn't appear only once in a story, it appears in many different forms. Another object in the book that represents Jem is a spelling bee medal, which he found in a knot of a tree. "We were walking home from school one day, when we passed the Radley place when we suddenly saw a medal in the tree"(Lee 66). This shows that Jem was brave and decided to take the medal he saw from the knot in the tree. This proves that Jem realized that someone was leaving these important objects in the tree for a reason. Another example is when Jem stated "Scout don't tell anybody that I showed you this jewel box with this medal I found today"(Lee 93).
Harper Lee uses a motif, mocking birds, in most of the main characters to explore the theme of prejudice. The Finches- Atticus, Jem and Scout- all symbolise mocking birds. ... I think Atticus symbolised a mocking bird because he never harmed anyone. ... Scout is also affected by prejudiceand also symbolises a mocking bird. ... He is also a mocking bird. ...
In this essay I will attempt to show you a number of ways that people can be prejudice against others in their community. There are some good examples of this through Tom Robinson in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird". ... "To Kill a Mocking Bird" isn't the only book that prejudice is evident in. ... As you can see there was different kinds of prejudice in the books "To Kill a Mocking Bird" and "The Crucible". ...
ToKill A Mockingbird Essay-the Music of Mocking Birds Miss Maudie explained to Scout why her father said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird this way. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do on...
Essay about To Kill A Mocking Bird To Kill A Mocking Bird is about prejudice, contaminating of children's innocence and conscience. These three subjects are continuously repeated in the novel, and they also continuously appear in our everyday life. To survive in this society, we wear masks to pr...
At first she only wrote short stories and a few essays, however none of them were ever printed. ... Then in 1957, Nelle Harper Lee submitted To Kill a Mocking Bird to an editor. ... So three years later in 1960, Nelle Harper Lee resubmitted To Kill a Mocking Bird. ... The story of To Kill a Mocking Bird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird has been translated into more than ten different languages and has had over five million copies of it sold. ...
ENGLISH ESSAY TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD " Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mocking Bird" The mockingbird represents innocence. ... The mocking bird motif is also carried out through Boo Radley. ... Scout and Jem----they face mocks and criticism for just bcoz their father is defending a black man. ...
Instead for this essay it is more of "beauty is in the eye of the creator". ... Beauty and grace come in all forms and Dillard sees this when she witnesses a Mocking bird taking a death defying fall towards the ground. ... When the bird did this he thought no one was watching he was not conscious of what was happening around him. ... No matter what the atmosphere or surrounding the bird still would have been graceful. ... In Dillard's essay you have to wonder who she is really questioning. ...
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(Phillips) A mocking bird is a symbol of innocence, and it seems that evil is always out to destroy innocence. Atticus told Jem, "I"d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you"ll go after birds. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird". ...