... . Plot and Major Characters To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the small, rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s. The character of Atticus Finch, Scout's father, was based on Lee's own father, a liberal Alabama lawyer and statesman who frequently defended African Americans within the racially prejudiced Southern legal system. Scout and her brother Jem are raised by their father and by Calpurnia, an African ... racism and justice. Atticus has been held up by law professors and others as an ideal role model of sound moral character and strong ethical principles. As Steven Lube...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960, explores the values and attitudes of America in the 1930's through the portrayal of relationships. Mockingbird was written to portray the period of the Great Depression, the Emancipation Proclamation, Jim Crow Laws and the abolishment of slavery. This is reflected in the text through the representation of ... " highlights that the different morals, values and habits perceived between social classes did not allow relationships to form in fear of compromising reputations and behaviour. Aunt Alexandra's use of metaphor by comparing ...

• Word Count: 661
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . With this thought, it is easy to understand that in To Kill a Mockingbird the mockingbird is Tom Robinson, a harmless man who becomes a victim of racial prejudice. Like the mockingbird, Tom has never done any wrong to anyone. He was a harmless creature who tried to help anyone he could, even Mayella Ewell, a white girl who brings Tom to trial just by helping her chop up an old dresser. ... a person based on "gut instinct" alone. However, a system that allows the guilty to go free is a system that needs to be overhauled and reformed to make it more workable in our society. Similar cases ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate