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Characterization
Indirect- "You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women—black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men."(lee,273)
Symbolism
Narrator
Ku Klux Klan
"Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time"(ch. 15 pg 147)
Save him from his fate
Biblical Allusion
“Let this cup pass from you” (pg 88 chapter 9)-the ignorance of the community might lead Atticus to having a bad reputation.
Mr. Jingle
Literary Allusion
”Mayella sounded like a Mr. Jingle, like in a book i had been reading.”(ch 18 pg 182)Mr. Jingle expressed himself in very short sentence fragments.
No more reading
“Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.”
Ironic because most teachers would be proud.
Atticus's Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
“I have a feeling if you tell Miss Caroline we read every night she'll get mad and get after me, and i wouldn't want her after me.”Atticus is clearly not afraid of Miss Caroline.
What's Rape?
“what's rape?”(ch. 14)
Author creates so much more suspense because of Scouts innocence.
Thematic Topic
Citations
Smykowski, Adam. "Symbolism and Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird." Readings on "To Kill a Mockingbird". Ed. Terry O'Neill. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2000. 52-56. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 194. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Web. 3 June 2015.
Esselman, Mary D. "To Kill a Mockingbird." Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. Ed. Kirk H. Beetz and Suzanne Niemeyer. Vol. 3. Washington D.C: Beacham Publishing, Inc., 1990. 1367-1374. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Jelena Krstovic. Vol. 169. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center. Web. 3 June 2015.