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The theme of preserverance is clearly shown in Atticus Finch's actions throughout the book. Atticus was giving his final convincing speech as Tom Robinson’s defending attorney. He alluded to Thomas Jefferson by saying that the current courts had faults (Lee 209).

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"You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?" (Lee 97) - Mr. Gilmer

Another example of common prejudice is Mr. Gilmer, when Lee portrayed him feeling situational irony, "you felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?" for him, a black man feeling sorry for a white girl was crazy and contradictory, even though Mayella had much worse a life than Mr. Robinson.

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Scout was taught a very important lesson from Atticus, “You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it (Lee 30)”.

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The theme of bravery in the novel is demonstrated when Scout stops "a gang of wild anilmals" and makes them realize that "they are still human" (Lee 179).

"That proves something - that a  gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they are still human,” (Lee 179).

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In Maycomb County your family is a huge representation of your character. Some“ families names like “Haverfords, in Maycomb County a name synonymous with jackass” (Lee 5) but some likes the Finches name held a lot of respect.

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"There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into." (Lee 15) - Calpurnia

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Perserverance is a theme that can be pulled from To Kill a Mockingbird from even the very beginning of the book, with the calm before the storm not even present, the main characters sensing it

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Throughout the beginning of the book the Radley house is seen as a place to be feared. This is shown in Lee’s book when Dill says Jem is “too scared to even put [his] big toe in the front yard” making the Radley home seem scarier in a few short words (11)

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The theme of preserverance is clearly shown through the actions of Atticus Finch throughout the book. Atticus was giving his final convincing speech as Tom Robinson’s defending attorney. He alluded to Thomas Jefferson by saying that courts have faults. As he did so, he alluded to Thomas Jefferson's statement in the Declaration of Independance. “Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal” (Lee 209).

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“As for me, I knew nothing except what I gathered from Time magazine and reading everything I could lay hands on at home, but as I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something” (Lee 43-44).

-Scout Finch

This quote shows a slight hint of the theme of perseverance, as Scout wishes for a challenge for school, as they are still behind her knowledge of reading and writing, and she is not allowed to advance the class; she is rather discouraged in her ability to read and write by her teachers.

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In Harper Lee’s novel, while Atticus is defending his client Tom Robinson, Atticus is spealing over the case and making fact of Tom Robinson being innocent. Atticus appeals to the court, “but there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal... there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein” (Lee 223). Throughout this submission Atticus begins to piece the case together and conclude that it had been Mr. Ewell who had beaten Mayella, although the jury had still decided Tom Robinson to be guilty after Atticus had made many valid contributions to the case. This is an accurate example of an allusion in which Atticus summons to the jury a reference two of the most famous men in the current time frame.

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Miss Calpurnia is an african american servant for the finches. One day Atticus had to be at work on a Sunday. This led to Miss Calpurnia bringing Jem and Scout to the African american church. Before the services started Lula went up to Calpurnia and said “I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillin to a nigger church.” (Lee 158).

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The theme of inequality is used many times in the book. This is most strong when Miss Maudie says “T’s morbid, watching a poor devil on trial for his life. Look at all those folks, it’s like a Roman carnival” (Lee 173). Roman carnivals were events that happened in the Roman time period. One part of this event was watching pigs jump off a cliff. Although Tom doesn’t die until he is in prison, the people are waiting to see if he will get the death penalty during the trial.

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Scout talks about her struggle in school when she says, “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” In this statement, Scout is saying how reading has always been something she’s always had to do when she compares it to breathing. She also foreshadowed her problem of not being allowed to read. By including this phrase, Scout is saying that once it was taken away from her, she realized that she loved to read. This shows how her read of loss changes her.

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Throughout the book one of the overarching themes is hypocracy. Over the course of the book we see alot of prejudice toward African Americans in the south in the early 1900’s. The way we can see this as being hypocritical in a conversation between Ms. Gates and her class “Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudice” (Lee 329).

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In Maycomb County your family is a huge representation of your character. Some“ families names like “Haverfords, in Maycomb County a name synonymous with jackass” (Lee 5) but some likes the Finches name held a lot of respect

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When Miss Maudie says “Atticus, you are the devil from hell.” We know that Atticus really isn’t the devil, or from hell (to our knowledge). We also know that she is comparing Atticus to the devil, because she is trying to make a point. Miss Maudie says this when Atticus comes home for lunch, and finds that Scout has built herself a fort and is crouching behind it, while aiming a rifle at her while she’s tending to her flowers. When Atticus runs across the street to inform Miss Maudie that she is in “considerable peril,” or vulnerable, she replies by saying that he is “
the devil from hell.” (chapter 10)

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Teahers have the obligation to foster and encourage growth, but when scout is told to "..tell [her] father not to teach [her] any more" becuase of how much "damage" it has caused (lee 19). This is ironic becuase instead of the expected delight that should follow after a student effectively participating in class, scout is instead met with malic and anger.

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“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Lee 120)

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Calpurnia is quick to lecture Scout for calling out Walter Cunningham on how he eats

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“I wanted to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” (Lee 128 )- Atticus Finch

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Atticus was known throughout to kill a mocking bird for his inspirational life lessons such as “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his own skin and walk around in it (Lee

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Atticus fought for Tom Robinson in court. When trying to defend his case, Atticus mentions that “there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal,” alluding to the fact that the United States Declaration of Independence clearly states that all men are created equal (Lee 209).

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"One time Atticus said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them." (Lee

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“‘Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Prejudice,’ she enunciated carefully. ‘There are no better people in the world than the Jews and why Hitler doesn’t think so is a mystery to me.’” (Lee 249)

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During the house fire Scout had a blanket put around her without knowing who it was. Atticus then told her it was, “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you” (Lee 96).

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“ Mockingbird don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” (Lee 94). - Miss Maudie

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of  view. Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 33)- Atticus Finch

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"Did you know that Dr. Reynolds works the same way? He charges some folks a bushel of potatoes for delivery of a baby. Miss Scout, if you give me your attention I’ll tell you what entailment is. Jem’s definitions are very nearly accurate sometimes.” (Lee 23)

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Atticus and Calpurnia had previously taught Scout how to read, and Miss Caroline (Scout’s teacher) was angry, going as far as telling Scout “Now you tell your father not to teach you any more...I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage-“ (Lee 17).

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 33).

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The children aprehensively take the treasure from the tree because they are scared of Boo, this is ironic because Boo put them there. “… and found myself pointing at another piece of tinfoil…we looked at a small box patch worked with bits of tinfoil collected from chewing gum wrappers…Inside were two scrubbed and polished pennies...”(Lee 34)

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“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather

the streets turned to red slop,somehow it was hotter than,bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff

collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps,and by nightfall were like soft teacakes

with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.”(Lee 5)- Scout

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”As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it- whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”(Lee 295) -Atticus

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"I try to give ‘me reason , you see? It helps folks if they can latch into a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey-that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does." - Mr. Raymond

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“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough” (Lee 279).

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The theme of justice is seen through several uses of figurative language, but the strongest examples are demonstrated by conversations between Scout and Atticus. They are discussing the National Recovery Act (NRA), and Scout asks who "killed it," and Atticus alludes the supreme court when he replies " nine old men" (Lee 254).

"Firstly, people had removed from their store windows and automobiles the stickers that said NRA—WE DO OUR PART. I asked Atticus why, and he said it was because the National Recovery Act was dead. I asked who killed it: he said nine old men" (Lee 254).

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When Jem was upset about the hate he and his family were receiving, “[Scout] picked up a picture of Dixie Howell, showed it to Jem, and said, ‘This looks like you’” (Lee 106).

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“Lula stopped, but she said, ‘You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal” (Lee 48).

In a time period where people were being segregated, and white men treated black men as if they weren’t human beings, it is odd to see a white person being picked on for their skin color. Calpurnia had decided to take Jem and Scout to her church, where mostly black people congregated. This situation is a good example of Scout learning about perspective. Lula, a young black girl, tells Capurnia that “[she] ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun [there]”, which makes Scout reassess the situation (Lee 48).