Its immediate popularity is evidenced by two events--winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and being adapted into a successful movie in 1962. At least part of its appeal is its commonly recognizable themes. To Kill a Mockingbird deals with prejudice, courage, and pride in the context of a brother and sister growing up in the Deep South. Lee wrote the novel in the Southern Gothic style; a style in which disturbing or even other-worldly events occur. A final reason for the appeal of To Kill a Mockingbird is its semi-autobiographical nature (Hamburgler
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Analysis I chose to write my paper on The Spirit Catches You and You Fall, written by Anne Fadiman, because I found the issues raised in this book very interesting, particularly the clash of cultures which led to Lia’s tragic circumstance. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall is Anne Fadiman’s first novel after starting her writing career at Harvard. She received several awards for this book including a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, and was also selected as a “Best Book of the Year” by several publications including People and Newsday. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall is a true story about a Hmong immigrant family from Laos living in Merced California. The
English 101 Essay #1 Humor as a Rhetorical Startagy Known for her award winning novel "Shell Shaker" a book with a collection of Native American Poems and short stories, Leanne Howe uses a couple of her poems from her book to address cultural, racial, historical, emotional and political problems surrounding Native American mascots and perceptions. Howe’s purpose is to reveal to readers how many people have come to view Native Americans and Native American mascots. She adopts a humerous tone in order to appeal to the emotions and experiences of her readers. Using humor as a rhetorical strategy has huge disadvantages, one of which is the point the author is trying to make getting lost in the humor of the publishing. In the comics from the book The World is a Text they use humor to let the audience or reader see a lighter side of sterotyping Native Americans.
Lakeview Centennial High School To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Throughout the book Jean “Scout” Finch made a very wide impact in this book. Not only was she one of the main characters in the beginning, but also her father was in the middle of the main conflict in the story. Scout was very different from every eight-year-old girl you would meet. She was highly intelligent; she could read almost anything you put in her hands.
It would be reasonable to name John Steinbeck the author with best effect in modeling views of a particular era in American history. His piece of the puzzle in our nations history is the years included by the Great Depression. Stenibecks most highly regarded novel, The Grapes of Wrath, has been so dispersed throughout American society since being published in 1939 that it has influenced the perception of the times of the Great Depression and the following westward movement. The novel was successful in its symbolism, which may have been the intention. However, it is somewhat inaccurate in small areas historically.
Ethan Hefley Mrs. Barr Comp II April 17, 2012 “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates how courage is required when facing something even when it seems impossible. The setting, characters, and symbolism play a huge role in the purpose of the novel. “To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Though every character Lee wrote into his novel was symbolic and important, the most significant characters are Atticus, Jem, and Scout Finch. Atticus, the narrator’s father, is a lawyer in Maycomb.
The following paper topics are designed to test your understanding of the novel as a whole and to analyze important themes and literary devices. Following each question is a sample outline to help get you started. Topic #1 The theme of the mockingbird is an important one in To Kill a Mockingbird. Write a paper on the mockingbird theme in Harper Lee’s only book. Be sure to tell what a mockingbird is and tell exactly why both Boo and Tom are mockingbirds.
She learns that once you get to know people, most of them are good and kind no matter what they look like on the outside. To Kill a Mockingbird is my all-time favorite novel. I first read this novel when I was twelve years old when it was given to me as a Christmas present. After reading it, it left such an impression on me. Now that I am an older and have reread this novel it strikes me as such a social and moral piece of work.
Sylvia Guérin-Marion Stéfanie Arnold EAE2D1-02 Monday, 26 November 2012 The Ugliness of Evil Stories can have much effect on how people see the world. Stories tell people’s memories and their experiences in a unique point of view. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, many important values are shown and enriched, racism is very flagrant and substantiates all its cruelty and injustice, and all of that, told in an innocent child’s perspective. The worldwide bestseller by Harper Lee is a great example of a story that has profound effect on people. Values are a way of thinking, a way of doing, and more importantly, a way of life.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a Sin To take the life of something or someone harmless is not only a sin, it’s a crime. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960, at the very height of a national civil rights crisis in the United States, as a political statement, so that she could share her experiences and perhaps help us to “walk in another man’s shoes“ before judging him. Nelle Harper Lee was born in 1926, a time of racial segregation and inequality. As a child she slowly began to notice the subtle separations between herself and the hired help. The fact that they had an existence much like hers, but totally their own was a puzzle to her.