Harper Lee uses satire in to kill a mockingbird, particularly on page 236 and 237 with the white community, as well as Dill and Jem. An example being the differences in how people reacted to the conviction of Tom Robinson. Rather than the black community be shocked, knowing full well his innocence, they are acceptant, because their hopes were never raised in the first place. They knew from the start that because of sociaty’s prejudice against black people, that there was almost no chance of him not being innocent.
The opposition being how the white community, although listening to all in the court and the valuble points Atticus had to say, found Tom Robinson guilty none-the-less. Whether they felt Tom Robinson was innocent or not, in order to keep up their reputation and nature of segregation, it was what they had to do- the ‘right’ thing to do.
Another perspective being Dill and Jem’s. Their outrage and confusion of how such a thing can occur, when the fact were handed out and the truth was more or less certain to all. This enthesises their innocence which in turn is another example of Harper Lee relating to mockingbirds.
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Examples of satire include when aunt Alexandra and her friends speak of the black people in maycomb, of how christianity was once used in order to stop a maid from crying and to continue her work. This is satire because the friend of Alexandras is infact not very religous and assumes the black maid is.
May 5, 2015 at 8:51 pm
Hello Thomas
You have chosen to talk about how Harper Lee satirises the white members of the jury, exposing how their prejudices ruled their conscience.
You also talk about Jem and Dill’s reactions and show understanding of how Harper Lee depict them as mockingirds.
Targets:
1. I am unsure of what you mean by “enthesises”
2. You need to include some quotations o back up the points you make.
Ms A