Essays on Harper Lee

In 2017, the 7th most challenged book in the American Library Association was Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (1960). In the book a white lawyer, Atticus Finch, defends a black man, Tom Robinson, after he has been accused of rape. In addition to rape,…

We live in a world that racism was and still is really common. Everywhere you go you will see some kind of racism, no matter where you are. But, the thing is that many people judge someone just by the way they look, just because…

Harper Lee depicts the concept of Marxism throughout the novel ‘to kill a mockingbird’. She focuses on the representation of class conflict and the reinforcement of class distinction between the bourgeoisie and proletariat. Atticus is subjected to defend a black man charged with the rape…

To Kill A Mockingbird is a memory box preserving the sentiment of a kinder and courage America, through a named Atticus. The novel by Harper Lee was published in 1960, and is told through the eyes of a 6-year-old, Scout Finch. The book is told…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, uses her unique characters to create a story based on racism and segregation. The book takes place in a small, southern town known as Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The story is being told through…

Go Set a Watchman In the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird- Go Set a Watchman- we are reintroduced to Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout. Many years have passed in the protagonist’s life; she is now in her mid-twenties, and has come home…

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, first published in 1960, depicts the characters’ personalities in the small town Maycomb County, Alabama, and how they developed due to the major events. The moment Atticus Finch was assigned the Tom Robinson’s case,…

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This quote was said by Atticus Finch, who was a lawyer and the father of Jean Louise Finch. It is known that mockingbirds would not harm anything, so why kill it? In this book a black man…

Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main characters Atticus, Jem, and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch show there was always good and evil in people. The characters displayed that the good in people always overlapped the bad. Evil comes in all…

The presence and effects of stereotypes in To Kill a Mockingbird are very apparent throughout the book. Whether it be characters setting and breaking them, imposing them on others, or using them to justify their actions, the way they are shown varies throughout the book….