Elements of the Novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird :: To Kill a Mockingbird Essays

portions of the Novel (To Kill a Mocking Bird)ElementQuestionsEvidenceCharacter1. Name the various persons we encounter in TKAM. guidebook, Jem, Atticus, Arthur tinkers damn Radley, Calpurnia, Miss MaudieAtkinson, Mrs Dubose, Cunninghams, Ewells, gobbler Robinson2. How do we evaluate these characters?a. by their speechb. by their actions?We evaluate the characters by both their speech and their actions.What they say suggests how each i of them are thinking and the tonein which they say, illustrates their attitudes. Minor actions on their type also review their character s and attitudes.E.g. (speech) Atticus, You never re aloney clear a person untilyou consider things from his point of viewuntil you climb into his fur and walk around it. (chapter 3) This piece of evidence showsthat Atticus is understanding towards everyone as he would always tryto see things from the other point of view.(actions) When Mr Ewell approached him, blame him, and threatened tokill him, he just took o ut his handkerchief and wiped his depend. Heunderstood how Mr Ewell felt as he destroyed his last tag ofcredibility at that trial and felt that Mr Ewell, spitting on his faceand threatening him could save Mayella one extra beating. Heunderstood how they odor and did nothing to aggravate them.E.g.3. Do we have privileged access to all the characters most private patterns?No. We only have access to Scouts most private thoughts as she is thenarrator of the story. Her voice and pedestal offer a glimpse oflocal events and personalities by dint of the lens of childhood.Everything that happens is seen through her eyes. Everything thathappens must be known to her. But,, we can never see inner theheads of other characters in the story. Only if the story is told inthe third person, it would be different. We would probably know whyexactly Jem cried, why Atticus took Toms case and what fears anddoubts he may have had.E.g. Scout witnessed how aunty Alexandras reaction to the bad news ofTo m Robinsons death. She was genuinely upset but she still put on a brazenfront and looked as happy as she could to join the other ladies. Shethought that Aunt Alexandra was strong and wanted to be like her. Sowith her vanquish company manners, she served them, thinking that afterall, if Aunt Alexandra could be a maam at time like this, so could I.(access to Scouts thoughts)E.g. Jem was pertinacious and silent for a week after the incident which he odd his pants on the wire and he went back to take it. We are unable