A few days ago
Anonymous

To Kill A Mockingbird essay? How do the 1st 4/5 chapters introduce & explore the themes of the novel?

I normally don’t have much of a problem writing essays but I’m really stuck on this one. I know that the themes I should be including are racism, prejudice, education, superstition, etc, but I’m not too sure about what sort of thing I should be writing for how they are introduced and explored. Could someone just give me a few examples of this so that I can get a general idea of what type of thing I should be doing?

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A few days ago
help_me_moses

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If this is a 5-paragraph type essay, then this becomes a pretty easy essay to write if the teacher actually wants you to explore more than one theme.

Choose three of the themes you see an obvious presence (ie; racism, prejudice, and if it’s a choice, I’d add experience) find a few quotes that present those themes and write away.

If you go this route, try a thesis something like: Harper Lee helps the reader understand that even the negative aspects of prejudice and racism lead to a more experienced person who is more capable of having a positive impact on others.

Use your support paragraphs to present the first place where the theme is introduced (use actual quotes or paraphrasing) and then show that even though it’s early in the novel that it’s having an impact on characters/changing them (use more actual quotes/paraphrasing).

Good luck. I’m not a big fan of having teachers talking about the “exploration” of a theme so early in the text, but one has to do what one has to do.

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