# To Kill a Mockingbirds Theme **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701 "2006-04-06T22:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/1 "2006-04-06T22:56:48Z")
I have to find the theme of to kill a mocking bird and then find 4 paragraphs that relates or proves the theme and change it to my own words. Now I just need help with the theme. I think the theme is prejudice because the kids judged Boo Radley before they even met him. They thought he was evil but when they actually had contact with him they noticed the good things he did now they think that he is nice. They also thought he was evil because how he lived and never seen him. Anyone agrees, disagrees or could kind of help me to find the theme.:stare: ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/2 "2006-04-06T23:06:06Z")
Prejudice: [list] [_]Women Prejudice [_]Black Prejudice [\*]Ignorance Prejudice (Arthor Radly) [/list] Find a paragraph for each of those, and two for the second. I took the test on it today, and had to turn in my book with all the thematic quotes and crap notated. If you had asked a day earlier I would’ve given you more. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/3 "2006-04-06T23:13:06Z")
They key to passing high school English and not piss away hours reading a book you don’t like is to watch the movie and read the cliff notes on the internet - unless of course you actually like the book in which case read away. In my three years of high school we have had to read Swallowing Stones, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Lord of the Flies - I’ve passed each of those units with flying colours without ever reading more than three chapters of the book. Anyways, enough pearls of wisdom: [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/themes.html](http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/themes.html) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/4 "2006-04-06T23:14:57Z")
My friends did that but the teacher doesn’t want us to use sparknotes but whatever I will use it anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/5 "2006-04-06T23:31:29Z")
I just gave you the answer… why do you need Sparknotes? ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/6 "2006-04-06T23:34:46Z")
yea nokrev you did give me the answer. I will use it I just have to find the paragraphs. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/7 "2006-04-06T23:36:26Z")
They’re really easy to find… just think about where you would find something like that. Alternatively, you could use the maturation theme if you find that easier. ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/8 "2006-04-07T00:04:50Z")
I found this which was very helpful but I have to read my book to actually find them because I have to wright the original words and the reprhased one. > The most important theme of Mockingbird remains the notion of prejudice in all of its forms. Clearly, with the Tom Robinson case, Lee’s characters deal with racial prejudice head on. References to black men as “niggers” and “boys” persist throughout the book. Black people occupy the lowest class level of Maycomb society as Maycomb’s white population of every class waste no time reinforcing their rigid class rules. The fact that Atticus realizes that he has no chance to win his case defending Tom because Tom is black offers the most explicit indicator of deep-rooted racism. His closing argument in Chapter Twenty clearly outlines Atticus’s views on racism. However, Lee also shows us prejudice as it pertains to gender and social class. Although the entire town subscribes outwardly to traditional gender roles and class distinctions, Aunt Alexandra stands plays the greatest role in reinforcing these notions within the Finch family. Alexandra believes that because the Finch family comes from a long line of landowners who have been the county for generations they deserve greater respect than do other people and they must comport themselves according to their status. She refuses to associate with both black and white citizens alike because they do not fill the same social position. Atticus, on the other hand, urges his children to sympathize with others and to “walk in their skin” before they judge or criticize others. Scout suffers acutely from the stereotypes imposed upon her because of the rigid sexism and gender rules that govern southern life. Scout hates to wear dresses and the find the accusation that she “acts like a girl” highly offensive. Although the characters do not explicitly deal with gender issues, Lee does offer several characters, Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie in particular, who illustrate the broad spectrum of southern womanhood that lies beneath the simplistic “southern belle” stereotype. [source](http://www.novelguide.com/tokillamockingbird/themeanalysis.html) it refers to everything nokrev said. It has ignorance, blacks and women. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/9 "2006-04-07T01:06:17Z")
Yeah… of course you have to read it. That’s the whole point! ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/10 "2006-04-07T01:10:37Z")
I have read it and I am reading it again. I have the summary written and I have two paragraphs talking about black prejudice. I just really need one more paragraph but I can’t find any more quotes but I am still looking. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/11 "2006-04-07T01:11:15Z")
Get women and ignorance. Those ones are easy. [whisper]For that matter… the entire thing is easy.[/whisper] ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/12 "2006-04-07T01:12:07Z")
> [@nokrev](#): > > Yeah… of course you have to read it. That’s the whole point! I beg to differ ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/13 "2006-04-07T01:14:01Z")
well women are easy but ignorance I don’t get. But I really need one more paragraph because I actually have to wright 4 paragraphs. Summary Black Prejudice Black Prejudice currently written Women thats 4 so yea. ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/14 "2006-04-07T01:30:08Z")
What chapter should I read for women prejudice because I haven’t found anything? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/15 "2006-04-07T01:49:55Z")
Which one do you need help with? Women’s prejudice or Ignorance? ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbirds-theme/184701/16 "2006-04-07T01:55:34Z")
Yea I am already done I got all 4 paragraphs done. I’m closing the thread there is no use for it anymore. Thanks Nokrev that helped alot.