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plz need to answer this one question for school tomorrow using the book "to kill a mockingbird" by Harper Lee

The last several chapters in the novel contain many references to characters, events, and ideas. What are some of these references? and what was Lee's purpose in presenting these ideas again?

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Answer 1

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/t...

These are chapter analysis's of the last part of the book.  

As the book is coming to a close, the story reveals more characters and is building a tale of suspense.  

Mr. Link Deas is revealed as another member of the forces working for fairness in Maycomb by his defense of Helen against the menace of Mr. Ewell.

Chapter 29 describes Boo's hair as "feathery," Boo is immediately identified with the "mockingbird," especially with his slight appearance and fluttery hand movements. He has finally become a real person, completing the progression from monster to human; meanwhile, Mr. Ewell's evilness has turned him into a human monster, whose bristling facial stubble felt by Scout suggests an animal-like appearance.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitN...

Read on.

Answer 2

Read the book.

Answer 3

go kill a mockingbird and all will be explained...

Answer 4

Harper Lee wrote a letter to a newspaper editor, in responce to an article.

"Surely it is plain to the simplest intelligence that To Kill a Mockingbird spells out in words of seldom more than two syllables a code of honor and conduct, Christian in its ethic, that is the heritage of all Southerners."

As to the rest, here's a direct paste from the Wikipedia article on "To Kill a Mockingbird"  It speaks of the loss of innocence, which I think the last chapters of the novel represent.  Not just for the characters involved, but also for the town, and society as a whole in that era.

Of the paragraphs below, I recommend you pay particular attention to the last one, and write your own answer.

"Death of innocence

Lee used the mockingbird to symbolize innocence in the novel.

Songbirds and their associated symbolism appear throughout the novel. For example, the family's last name is Finch.[74] The titular mockingbird is a key motif of this theme, which first appears when Atticus, having given his children air-rifles for Christmas, allows their Uncle Jack to teach them to shoot. Atticus warns them that, although they can "shoot all the bluejays they want", they must remember that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird".[75] Confused, Scout approaches her neighbor Miss Maudie, who explains that mockingbirds never harm other living creatures. She points out that mockingbirds simply provide pleasure with their songs, saying, "They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us."[76] Writer Edwin Bruell summarized the symbolism when he wrote in 1964, "'To kill a mockingbird' is to kill that which is innocent and harmless—like Tom Robinson."[48] Scholars have noted that Lee often returns to the mockingbird theme when trying to make a moral point.[77][24][78]

Tom Robinson is the chief example among several innocents destroyed carelessly or deliberately throughout the novel. However, scholar Christopher Metress connects the mockingbird to Boo Radley: "Instead of wanting to exploit Boo for her own fun (as she does in the beginning of the novel by putting on gothic plays about his history), Scout comes to see him as a 'mockingbird' – that is, as someone with an inner goodness that must be cherished."[79] The last pages of the book illustrate this as Scout relates the moral of a story Atticus has been reading to her, and in allusions to both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson[22] states about a character who was misunderstood, "when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things ... Atticus, he was real nice," to which he responds, "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."[80]

The novel exposes the loss of innocence (and innocents) so frequently that reviewer R. A. Dave claims it is inevitable that all the characters have faced or will face defeat, giving it elements of a classical tragedy.[24] In exploring how each character deals with his or her own personal defeat, Lee builds a framework to judge whether the characters are heroes or fools. She guides the reader in such judgments, alternating between unabashed adoration and biting irony. For example, irony is employed by Lee as Scout witnesses the Missionary Society meeting, whose members mock Scout, gossip, and "reflect a smug, colonialist attitude toward other races" while giving the "appearance of gentility, piety, and morality".[65] Conversely, when Atticus loses Tom's case, he is last to leave the courtroom, except for his children and the black spectators in the colored balcony, who rise silently as he walks underneath them, to honor his efforts."