To Kill a MockingBird Chapters 9-11

For Chapters 9-11 on to kill a mockingbird I will be analyzing the character development and symbolism in the chapters.

There is a significant development/change in character especially in terms of change in attitude and point of view. As in chapter 9 when the house burns down, and scout gets covered in that blanket by boo Radley to keep her warm, it is revealed that he is a good character after all, or later where the man Tom Robinson gets accused of rape, and Atticus defends him and when Atticus shoots the rabid dog, also puts up a different view of Atticus then we originally had. In chapters 10-11 where the finch family visit finch’s landing and around town it develops the minor characters as racist, vile people, changing from the original good people. Scout herself also has some significant change in character, as she witnesses the other people of the town’s hatred against Atticus and his family for protecting a black man.

Symbolism is also heavily presented in the chapters, such as Atticus’ courage when he is asked to shoot that dog, symbolizes the town’s dependence on him to take care of those things and themselves [the hatred they present towards things]. Another would be when Scout commends Atticus’ masculine qualities, which symbolizes what she learns about courage. Finally the most important symbols presented in these chapters are Mrs. Dubose’s white camellias, because they also represent innocence as they’re white, considered to be a pure color, when Jem destroys them represents the same thing as killing a mockingbird. And when Mrs. Dubose gives Jem her posthumous gift of the white Camilla symbolizes the purity that Atticus wants in everyone, and the rejection of the gift by Jem symbolizes his inability to see purity.

 

AGAIN NOT MY IMAGE

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The picture above shows a white Camilla, I picked it because there is a bit involving it on chapter 11. This is a symbolic representation of chapter 11, and in the story itself it is also a symbolic representation [for more information refer to paragraph above.