Literature Analysis #2

"To Kill A Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee

1. This book takes place during the 1930's during the Great Depression. It is about three children who are fascinated with a house of a man who they believe is leaving them gifts. It is also about how a man named Atticus defends a man named Tom Robinson who is falsely accused of a crime. The story plays out and as you can guess they lose the trial even they had circumstantial evidence over the accusers. In the end Tom is shot while trying to escape prison and someone attacks Jem and Scout while on there way home one night. Jem's arm is broken and some mysterious man comes out and saves the children's lives.  They believe it was Boo the mysterious man who gave them gifts.
2. I definitely feel like the theme of this book to not judge a person just by what you have heard. Like with Boo I'm sure people told Scout and Dill stories about him and made him out to be scary or something. But in the end you could tell that he was nothing like that. And with Tom he was judged just by the color of his skin and was accused of something that he had absolutely nothing to do with just because he was black.
3. Harper Lee has a very relaxed toe and an example of that is when he is talking about the kids. She is very serious also especially when it comes to the trial and I like that she was because that is a serious thing to talk about. And she shows a lot of sympathy when they lose the case because just like anyone else who is in that situation who is being falsely accused of something I would be sad too.
4. Harper Lee is very informative because when she is talking about the trial we can really learn more about the type of life that was lived back during the Great Depression. It is ridiculous how bad it was for African Americans back then. They shouldn't have been put through all of that discrimination just because they had a different skin color than us.

1. When she describes Boo and his house and when she describes the children. Those are two examples of direct characterization that Harper Lee uses. When you read the conversations in the trial and when you read the conversations between the children are also two examples of indirect characterization because you can find out more information just about them through the conversations.
2. Yes is diction and syntax change when talking to the children and it is different when the story is talking about Tom's case. When he focuses on the case you can tell that he is very serious and when he is talking about the kids you can tell that it's not as serious, it's just as if some kids are talking amongst themselves.
3. Definitely dynamic because in the beginning of the story for example Scout is very terrified of Boo and in the end after he saves their lives they aren't scared of him at all. They really changed as a person throughout the story.
4. After reading the story I felt like I could connect with all of the characters. With Tom I felt as if I could actually feel his pain and worry about the case and what the out come of it could be. With Atticus I could feel the stress that he was going through with the case and all. I could only imagine what it was like at that time having to defend an African American person during the Great Depression.