Truth in To Kill a Mocking Bird
What is truth? I think, everyone has asked this question at least one in his life. It has been the main problem of many works of art. Well, "What is truth" can also be called the key problem of the novel "To kill a mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Here all the events in a small town in Alabama move around one problem, the problem of truth, which is revealed through such things as temptation & slander, humbleness & courageousness, court, sentence & death. In this novel we come across a dramatic trial of Tom Robinson, a Negro, who is accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell. His efficient smart lawyer Atticus Finch does his best to save the defendant's life, but all these attempts are in vain: Tom Robinson is found guilty.This plot is as old as the sea, but it doesn't prevent it from being an interesting & very deep one, helping to dwell upon very burning social & human problems. We know that the action takes place in a small quiet Southern town in the state of Alabama really rocked by this lawsuit. Although it's already the year of grace 1935, race discrimination hasn't slackened its power - Tom Robinson is sentenced to death, with everyone knowing the indictment is framed up, only because he is black & the supposed victim is w
We can see the childishness of the narrator thanks to special choice of words, such as "punched", "peeked at Jem", "exchanged horrified glances", "the voice was tiny" & so on. May - the time of spring, the time of renaissance, but at the same time the time of thunderstorms, dangerous, unreliable. Jean Louise is a little knowing open girl, who has the name of Jeanne D'Arc, the saint virgin, who saved France from the English invasion. At first we may think that it's the race discrimination according to the key words of the extract "black & white", but it's only on the surface. Here everything what seems to be right turns out to be wrong, & so it's the upper layer only. But who is Atticus Finch? He's the main character of the novel, very much liked by the author. These interesting simile & metaphor show that even a small boy realizes the injustice of the sentence, this small boy has more moral principles than the members of the jury & he is sure to continue the fight for the truth. People created the code, & the code made them forget about the necessity of being sound. It is always easier to live, to exist, when you know that there is someone worse than you are.
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Atticus Finch,
Tom Robinson,
God God,
Tom Robinson's,
Finch Whoever,
Judge Taylor,
Paraphrasing Atticus's,
Uncle Tom's,
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jean louise,
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moral principles,
parallel constructions,
race discrimination,
negroes lie,
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judge taylor,
jean louise lawyer's,
special choice words,
negroes lie negroes,
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