Examples Of Figurative Language In To Kill A Mockingbird

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch utilizes italics, hypophora, and pathos in attempt to persuade the jury to return a not-guilty verdict. As depicted within the scene, Atticus cleverly emphasizes the word “all” to depict the stereotypes that many African American individuals faced at this time. He expounds upon the popular idea that “all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, and that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women” (273) as the citizens in the town believed that someone’s skin tone determined their character. Secondly, Mr. Finch uses hypophora to demonstrate his position and opinion within the court case. “What did she do? She tempted a Negro”

The story begins as Scout describes her family history and her town, Maycomb during the time of the Great Depression. Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society. She and her brother, Jem, meet Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the children share stories and fantasies about the mystery man who lives near by. The man’s name is Arthur, or Boo, Radley. The house

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, during chapters seventeen through twenty-one, one of the leading characters, Atticus, has to defend a black man in a court case against two white people. Before the jury is sent to make their decision, Atticus gives a closing argument speech. During his speech, Atticus uses three main types of persuasion called: ethos, pathos, and logos.

Prose appeals to ethos in this essay by appealing to the reader as a mother, educator, and student. By writing from the perspective of both a student and educator, Prose shows how both are affected by assigned literature. By discussing her own two sons, she appeals to readers who are mothers by expressing her concern about their education.

Do you know what it feels like to be powerless? A white nineteen year old woman named Mayella Ewell Falsely accuses a black man of raping her in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s, and is rendered powerless, due to being recessive in her social class, race, and gender. She does so in hopes of escaping her abusive father, and a chance to have a better life. Although Mayella is white, she has been shunned by African Americans and other white people. Mayella is a very young woman that does not own anything nice, nor clean, besides geranium flowers. During the 1930’s, men were the dominant sex, as a female, Mayella has to obey her father, Bob Ewell. As a result, Mayella was mistreated and abused.

According to Merriam Webster dictionary, mockingbirds are a bird that has a remarkable ability to “exact imitations of the notes of other birds”. In addition, they are known to have up to 200 songs in their “playlists’, which they will sing all through the day and evening, usually when there is a full moon. Based on this description, mockingbirds are innocent, beautiful birds that can bring a sense of calmness to people around them with their smooth melodies. Therefore, they are a creature that brings no harm to others, just joy. Like the mockingbird, today’s society consists of many innocent people around the world who are hardworking and treats others with respect no matter of their socio economic status; as well as, race and religion. On the other hand, there are some people in our world who judge others based on their evil beliefs they learned from others instead of listening to their conscience.

It's a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don't do anything to hurt people; they only help farmers out and sing beautiful songs. To Kill a Mockingbird is about a little girl named Scout who sees her town as a beautiful place where nothing unpleasant happens until accusations of rape occur. Then she realizes how racist and negative her town people can be. This occurs when her dad defends an innocent African American man. She realizes that Macomb has deplorable individuals living there, and this reality hit her hard. Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are metaphorically portrayed as mockingbirds.

“How would it feel to be convicted for a crime that wasn’t committed just because of skin color?” This is what exactly happens in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Tom Robinson was charged guilty for rape and assault of Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch went against Mr.Gilmer to defend Tom’s innocence. It was almost impossible to convince a white jury’s opinion towards Tom because of his color. Both Atticus and Mr.Gilmer both used Logos, Ethos and Pathos, rhetorical concepts in their arguments.Even though Mr.Gilmer had won the case, Atticus’s was more effective in terms of strengths and weaknesses shown.

Figurative language is what makes books interesting. It sets the tone and mood of the story, which gives a more enjoyable reading experience. Harper Lee uses figurative language throughout the entirety of her book. Although she uses a multitude of literary elements in her book, some of the more prominent ones are metaphor, imagery, personification, simile and symbolism. These elements allow the readers to not only feel apart of the story but to also understand it in a more efficient way.

In life you may hear people say that “all you need is a good lawyer”, but what makes someone a good lawyer? In the books to kill a mockingbird, and a lesson before dying there are two lawyers who are held responsible to defend a case. These men are atticus finch and JL, and Although both men are qualified lawyers, there are several differences between the way they argue their cases. Throughout the books we can see that Atticus does a better job of defending his case because he uses rhetorical devices and appeals correctly such as concession to the opposition, warrants, and pathos.

“Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffering on a Summer’s day. . .”p.6

This quote is significant because it shows the littlest things remind Aibleen of her son Treelore that had passed away in a tragic accident. It shows how connected Treelore

Research shows that children are more susceptible to commit crimes, fail in maintaining long lasting relationships and develop depression as well as other psychological disorders from the effects of bad parenting. In fact, many people grow up treating others the same way their parents have treated them with reference to their parents’ values, behaviours and attitudes. Harper Lee, an American author, expressed her childhood experiences in Alabama through writing the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel Harper Lee highlights the prevailing racist attitudes that existed in Alabama in the 1930s. Lee does this by having the parenting style of Atticus, and its impact on his children, stand in contrast to these prevailing racist attitudes. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee conveys that Atticus Finch is a great parent because he is not a hypocrite, he has a sense of fairness and he has good morals and values.

To Kill a Mockingbird shows misunderstanding in society because when a person does something that wasn’t meant to happen people will always misunderstand. Misunderstanding is shown from a child’s point of view, because a child will believe anything an older person says. For example a man could have done something, that wasn’t meant to be done, and the grown ups could be talking of how the incident was meant to be done on purpose, and children hear, and they will be having the idea of a man doing something on purpose. In the world there’s many people having trouble, because people are being killed, when the person is innocent. There has been some black people that have been shot, just for doing a move, and it was misunderstood.

The chapters 1 and 2 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story begins at the beginning of summer, with the introduction of Scout and Jem two kids trying to enjoy to dog-days of summer in the plain and simple town of Maycomb. Their summer stays this way until they meet a boy by the name of Dill; Dill, Scout, and Jim play together by reenacting scenes from famous movies like Dracula. But when Dill hears about the legend of the Radley’s and there abandon estate, he becomes entranced with the Radley’s and wants to find out what really happened to Boo Radley. His interest in the Radley’s goes to such an extent that he dares Jem to get Boo Radley to leave his house by going on his property. After the deed was done summer winds down to an end as Dill leaves for Meridian, bored with nothing to look forward in summer Scout realizes that school is going to start. Jem starts to distance himself from Scout saying “Jem was careful to explain that during the school hour I was not to bother him”. Scouts starts to realize that school is different as she is punished for speaking out of turn and trying to explain why Walter cannot accept money from Miss Caroline. She takes this as an insult against Walter and punishes her, as it turns out school is a lot different than home.