TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

MOTIFS/THEMES

RACISMSYMPATHYGROWING UP/MORAL EDUCATIONMOCKINGBIRD AS A SYMBOL

STYLESFLASHBACKSSTRONG, VIVID VOCABPOWERFUL IMAGERY CREATES SETTINGFIGURATIVE LANGUAGEHUMORHOOKS AT THE END OF CHAPTERSSETTING DRIVES THE STORYSOUTHERN DIALECT MIGHT BE HARD TO READ BUT IT SUPPORTS THE IMAGERY

ALLUSIONS"Maycomb County had recently been told that it had NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF” (p. 06).-From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address. (March 4, 1933)

" 'It's the DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM” (p. 24).Dewey Decimal System: A system for organizing books in libraries devised by Melville Dewey. Contrary to what Jem tells Scout, this Dewey has nothing to do with John Dewey, a theorist of progressive education.

" 'Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and THE CRASH hit them hardest’” (p. 27).The Stock Market Crash of 1929, a cause of the Great Depression.

"...a MAN WHO SAT ON A FLAGPOLE for no discernible reason (p. 42).“Flagpole sitting was a fad in the 1930s.

"He declared EGYPTIANS WALKED THAT WAY...(p. 79).“Jem bases his knowledge on ancient pictures of Egyptian art.