"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing there hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird"(Miss Maudie, pg.90). Har...

To Kill A Mockingbird CE In 'To Kill a Mockinbird' by Harper Lee, I believe that the title of the novel was very significant. It is significant due to the fact that the word 'Mockingbird' was symbolic for the innocence, security and happiness in the novel. The Mockingbird is a symbol for ...

To Kill a Mockingbird Themes The author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, believes that adults sometimes underestimate the depth of intelligence in children. Through this novel, Harper Lee presents situations where a child's intelligence is overlooked. She also writes about times whe...

The sea, farmed land, an imagined other world - often the setting of a prose work, takes on the importance beyond that of simply providing the characters with a background against which to act out their lives. In any prose work which you have studied show the importance of the writer's use of s...

Although Atticus describes Mrs. Dubose as "the bravest person I ever knew", it is Atticus himself who is the real hero of the novel. Atticus is unlike most heroes, he is a humble, intelligent man who teaches his children that moral courage is far greater than being brave with a gun in your hand. Thr...