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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. MOTIFS/THEMES. RACISM SYMPATHY GROWING UP/MORAL EDUCATION MOCKINGBIRD AS A SYMBOL. STYLES. FLASHBACKS STRONG, VIVID VOCAB POWERFUL IMAGERY CREATES SETTING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE HUMOR HOOKS AT THE END OF CHAPTERS SETTING DRIVES THE STORY
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
MOTIFS/THEMES • RACISM • SYMPATHY • GROWING UP/MORAL EDUCATION • MOCKINGBIRD AS A SYMBOL
STYLES • FLASHBACKS • STRONG, VIVID VOCAB • POWERFUL IMAGERY CREATES SETTING • FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE • HUMOR • HOOKS AT THE END OF CHAPTERS • SETTING DRIVES THE STORY • SOUTHERN 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 theDEWEY 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.