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How Does Lee Use Conflict In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee creates an accurate depiction of the South, and their culture in the 1930s. Lee uses characterization,conflict,and diction in order to convey the idea that maturation is a process in which you will have to sacrifice pieces of your childhood and innocence to achieve. Lee masterfully creates a novel that exposes the problems that occurred in those times; even now those problems still exist in other forms. Conflict is one of the literary devices that Lee manipulates, and through the usage of conflict she portrays maturation as a process that changes your views on others as you learn more about them. One of the instances that Lee used conflict is when she wrote,”I don’t care one speck. It ain’t …show more content…

“I had a feeling that I shouldn’t be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn’t care who knew it, but he was fascinating”(268). Consequently this is another time that Lee used conflict. …show more content…

By using characterization, we can see the development, growth and struggles that the kids go through.”How could they do it, how could they? I don’t know, but they did it… seems that only children weep.”(285). In this instance, we could see that Jem is confused as to why the Jury decided on the decision that they had made. He knew that it was wrong and his innocence at that instance has been shattered; he’s started realizing that the world is not as fair as he has previously thought. During Jem’s realization, Atticus says,”seems that only children weep”, this was Atticus recognizing that only children see the wrong that has been done, because they are innocent. Another time Lee used characterization as a literary device is when she wrote,”If you had been on that jury, son, and eleven other boys like you, Tom would be a free man.”(295). This shows us that Atticus recognizes that Jem is able to make the right decision about Tom Robinson’s trial., because of his innocence. Even though at that point in time, Jem’s innocence towards the justice system was shattered, Atticus still deemed him capable of making the correct decision, especially right after that trial as Jem has grown up and realized how twisted it

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