Allusion In To Kill A Mockingbird

Throughout the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, various themes are displayed to the reader. These timeless themes often embody a lesson, intended to impact the reader. In this reading, Harper Lee uses the setting of a sleepy, Southern town to convey a message. Allusion and themes are her primary tools used to communicate this. At times, characters were used to portray themes directly, in lieu of themes being represented by events. Two of the most significant groups in the story, are those people of the town who blatantly stand by as Tom Robinson is falsely accused, and those on the side of Tom Robinson.

Before dissecting the various displays of theme, it is important to understand the purpose of Lee’s writings. Various factors have been attributed to the writing of To Kill a Mockingbird. The most important being a statement about the fair treatment of people, in regards to racial tensions of days past. An injustice is shown to make a point, about the unfair treatment of colored people. On another note, many claim that this is a loose autobiographical writing, based on Lee’s childhood. Growing up in the 30’s, in …show more content…
Most of the residents only living in the South, they are often afflicted the worst with prejudice of days past. While the Maycomb county residents may appear to be villains, they can also be looked at as victims of their upbringings. Throughout their lives, most of the townspeople had some form of prejudice ingrained into them. As the court case began to gain some form of notoriety in the town, they began to condemn Tom Robinson. Some of their anger may be founded, as Robinson was accused of rape.Yet as the court case proceeded, and evidence stating otherwise was presented, people of Maycomb county blatantly ignored the case made by Atticus. Clearly, the people of Maycomb county were blinded not by the guiltiness of a rapist, but the color of an innocent man’s