To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that teaches the audience many life lessons.

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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee is a novel that teaches the audience many life lessons. Throughout the story, the narrator, Scout Finch is able to teach the audience about racism, prejudice and social class. These three themes all impact the reader and are able to teach them life lessons which may make them better people. Harper Lee has been able to do this through several important language techniques. The themes shown will particularly stem from Chapter 23 which is the result of a lot of the author’s thoughts on society.      

Reading ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ makes you a better person in many different ways primarily because it makes you realise that the colour of your skin does not matter- it is who you are on the inside that counts.

Harper Lee used a variety of literary techniques to make the novel interesting. Harper Lee used symbolism, humour, suspense, juxtaposition, dialect, flashback and irony in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’.

This novel is related to Harper Lee’s own life as she lived in Monroeville, Alabama, a town very much like the imaginary town of Maycomb. The trial of Tom Robinson is very similar to other trials that occurred during Lee’s childhood, for example the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as the defendants were both falsely accused by white girls of rape. In both trials the defendants were African-American and were both set during The Great Depression in Alabama. The significance of the context for this story is important because it tells you what ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was based on and the time it was written in.                                                                              

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There are two linked stories in this novel. One is about Jean Louise Finch – Scout, her brother Jem, their friend Dill and their fascination with a neighbourhood outcast named Arthur Radley – Boo. The other story is about Tom Robinson, an African American who was falsely accused of rape by a poor white girl named Mayella Ewell. Jem and Scout’s father is appointed to defend Tom in court.

Social class is a main theme in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. There are many different social classes in this story. What separates people into these social classes is the colour ...

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