Essay building blocks - To Kill A Mockingbird - Themes - Racism & Prejudice
Themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. To determine the theme, you have to explain what it teaches about...
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Themes in
To Kill a
Mockingbird
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To determine the theme, you have to explain what it teaches about racism.
OK… racism is bad. We knew that already.
GO DEEPER.
To Kill a Mockingbird is about racism.
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Getting To Depth= WHAT ELSE?
Where does racism appear? How does racism affect people? How does racism affect a
community? How does racism against black
people affect white people? Are there different types of racism? What is the human cost of racism?
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Consider Tom Robinson/ Tom Robinson’s death What Calpurnia says about two
languages. First Purchase Church Dolphus Raymond and his “mixed”
kids Ms. Merriweather’s comments at the
tea party How Bob Ewell perceives the events Mayella’s “attraction” to Tom How Miss Gates is hypocritical
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Come up with a thematic statement
about the theme about
racism
in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Coming of Age/ Loss of
InnocenceScout and Jem grow up in this novel. We see each of them mature through their behaviors, actions, and the things they say. They lose their innocence. What do we learn about growing up from this novel? What happens as we grow up and get older, as demonstrated in this novel?
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Courage/Integrity
What are some events that are meant to teach us about courage or integrity?
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Stepping into someone else’s
skin
Write a thematic statement about this topic.
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InnocenceThe mockingbird comes up several times in the novel. It does nothing to hurt anyone or anything, but they make music to enjoy. It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. It is a symbol of innocence. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are also innocent. What is the author trying to make us think about innocence from the events of this novel?
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The Gothic Motif
Harper Lee includes many Gothic elements in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Why? What does it do to the story? How does it affect it? What was her purpose in including these
elements? Where do we see the ribbon of the gothic throughout
this novel?
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Forebodings Of Evil
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Imprisonment, including barriers,
walls, and veils
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Ghosts, vampires, witches and ghost houses
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Home as a dangerous prison
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Forbidding secrets
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The prison of stereotypes
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Insanity
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Taboos (such as interracial
relationships)
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The influence of the past and degeneracy
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Violence, especially that which has to do with the attempt
to break boundaries
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Eccentricity
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The lure of terror