In the novel To kill a Mockingbird there are a few main themes that run throughout it. The themes are; coming of age, racism and feminism. Each of theses has a special imporance in this book and I’m writing about all three in this essay.
In the book there are many examples of the theme coming of age. In the book Scout does a lot of growing up from the beginning to the end. In the beginning she was immature and mischievious. She was always playing around with Jem and Dill trying to sneek a look at Boo Radley. She doesn’t take the time or effort to find out who the real Boo is she just goes along with the myth that he is crazy. After Boo saves Scout and Jem’s lives from Bob Ewell Scout then realizes that the myths
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For example Scout is a tom-boy and she doesn’t wear dresses like other girls, but on the first day of school she has to wear a dress because that is what girls were supposed to wear. People in that time had no respect for blacks in that time. If you didn’t act that way, society would look at you differently. People ordered them around like when Mayella said to Tom,”I said come here niger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me. Since Tom is black he doesn’t get as fair of a trial as he should. People thought right away that he was guilty just by the color of his skin. These are just a few I listed to make the meanings of them more clear. It was said “There has been a request that this courtroom be cleared of all spectators, or at least of women and children.
I think that the most dominant theme in the story was racism. 174)
The themes coming of age, racism and feminism were shown in the book by the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird. Another way the book shows feminism is that women are not given as many rights as men.
Approximate Word count =
504
Approximate Pages =
2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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