Essays on To Kill a Mockingbird

Would growing up in a different time affect the way you grow up? In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird we get to see the bildungsroman of Scout’s older brother, Jem. We experience the event that transforms Jew from a child to a more adultlike...

In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee explores many social issues. When reading the novel through an archetypal perspective, archetypal images, symbols and characters are the predominant focus of the text, and more importantly, the meanings behind them. The archetypal lens puts...

Growing and changing allows people to take past mistakes and events and turn them into a lesson they can use to their advantage in the future. Throughout one’s childhood, they are constantly making mistakes and learning from them. During To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper...

The 1960 classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells a story of race, prejudice, conscience, and innocence. Growing up in a Southern United States town in the 1930s, six year old Scout Finch explores the threads of racial prejudice and discrimination...

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. ” – Scout I found this quote to be of particular interest as it is not only rather deep, philosophical commentary but moreover because it concerns something I...

When the word ‘courage’ rings in the air, most people think of Superman or a Disney character. They may think of notable and often times famous people. The word courage has been stereotyped to bring images of war and fame among the minds of the...

Courage is the action of someone presenting their opinion when taken into consideration of the possible hardships. It allows one to confront danger along with difficulty without any fear held upon. Moreover, courage is a simple word with a lot of different meanings to it,...