To kill a mockingbird project
By Akhil Mulukutla, Hasan Jafri, and ItzelEstrada
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)
Character Foils
Tom Robinson & Boo Radley
Differences
One lives with his wife and children among friends
One lives in isolation with his brother
Similarities
Both are crippled (one is crippled in the arm and the other is crippled by “shyness”
Both are innocents with a bad reputation
Both are compared to mockingbirds
Both are being blamed for things they didn't do
Symbolism
Symbolism and motifs
-TIm Johnson is a symbol of Tom Robinson in a way that :
The dog got rabies just as Tom never chose to be black.
They both died for something they did not do.
They were both minding their own business
-Mockingbird
Miss Maudie states that the mockingbirds don’t harm us in any way so it makes it a sin to kill it.
In a way this refers to Tom Robinson as he doesn't harm anyone but still he is wrongly convicted.
-the Radley place
This is a symbol of a quote as know as
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
As Boo Radley lives in a old scary house, people see him as a scary and dark person as in hindsight he is a caring, generous person.
Tim Johnson
The Mockingbird
The Radley Place
Narrator
The narrator (Jean Louise finch) reacts to the flashback as if it happens the day before.
Every detail or emotion is expressed along with the presence of more mature language.
Mr. Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand. Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping.
Allusion
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.
Irony
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.