How does Harper Lee use humour in To Kill A Mockingbird?
The author Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, which may be the model for the fictional town of Maycomb where the story is set. She published the book in 1960 and has not written any more novels. She uses irony as one of her main types of humour. A sort of humour or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech, means irony. It is a Witty language used to convey insults. In the book there are 3 main characters, they are Scout, Jem and Atticus. Scout is a young girl with an older brother named Jem. They both have a father, Atticus, who is a lawyer and works in the courthouse.
At the start of the book the humour starts with Jem and the Radley place. Jem and his friends see the Radley house as a scary house because no one ever goes in or comes out. Dill decides to bet with Jem that if he can touch the house then he will swap a book with him. I think that there is humour here. It's just a house and it seems to be a bit amusing that Jem would touch the house just to get a book. "I won't say you ran out on a dare an' I'll swap you The Grey Ghost if you just go up and touch the house". This is a childish doing, which makes it amusing. In chapter nine of the book it is Christmas and Aunt Alexandra and Jack her husband come round to the Finch's house. Scout starts to swear in this chapter and there is humour in it. It is a childish thing that makes the atmosphere funny. "But at supper that evening when asked him to pass the damn ham, please, Uncle Jack pointed at me. 'See me afterwards' he said".
The author Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, which may be the model for the fictional town of Maycomb where the story is set. She published the book in 1960 and has not written any more novels. She uses irony as one of her main types of humour. A sort of humour or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech, means irony. It is a Witty language used to convey insults. In the book there are 3 main characters, they are Scout, Jem and Atticus. Scout is a young girl with an older brother named Jem. They both have a father, Atticus, who is a lawyer and works in the courthouse.
At the start of the book the humour starts with Jem and the Radley place. Jem and his friends see the Radley house as a scary house because no one ever goes in or comes out. Dill decides to bet with Jem that if he can touch the house then he will swap a book with him. I think that there is humour here. It's just a house and it seems to be a bit amusing that Jem would touch the house just to get a book. "I won't say you ran out on a dare an' I'll swap you The Grey Ghost if you just go up and touch the house". This is a childish doing, which makes it amusing. In chapter nine of the book it is Christmas and Aunt Alexandra and Jack her husband come round to the Finch's house. Scout starts to swear in this chapter and there is humour in it. It is a childish thing that makes the atmosphere funny. "But at supper that evening when asked him to pass the damn ham, please, Uncle Jack pointed at me. 'See me afterwards' he said".