Theme Of Flowers In To Kill A Mockingbird

She is upset by the loss of the day even though her mother attempts to distract her with a garden of flowering violets, her father also attempts to comfort her. Finally, she returns to sleep after dinner. Her memory is a positive memory and the motif if the violets are used to link the past and present as it will help her get through her dark times. In the visual her memory is included, and he mother confronting her is one of the main images that she remembers from this. The image of her mother comforting her is a very important one, as it establishes the role and persona of a mother at the time and how women in that era were seen as to stay home look after children and the men went out and worked to support the

The flowers indicate that innocence is still in Jem and Scout because they believe Tom is being treated inhumanely and can see the wrongdoing of the townspeople. They are also staying strong in their mindset even after people chastise them for their views. White, is often associated with life after death or rebirth. Lee is showing that the spirit of Mrs. Dubose is still alive in these flowers and she is showing the children to advocate for what is right. The johnson grass and weed stand for the naive majority. Because the camellias grow ahead of them, it exposes that good is always coexisting with evil, it is just up to the townspeople to figure it out. Finally, Lee used the symbol of the camellias to uncover that innocence can be preserved when Jem threw the candy box in the fire, but left the camellia untouched. After Mrs. Dubose’s death, “Jem picked up the candy box and threw it into the fire. He picked up the camellia, and when I went to bed I saw him fingering the petals,” (112). The action of throwing the candy box into the fire is telling the readers that Jem is growing up and can see the effects of death or more mature topics. Normally, candy is for young children and since it is being burned that is displaying that Jem is over his youth. On the other hand, he keeps the camellia. Since he keeps the camellia that is implying to the readers that although he is going past his youth, Jem wants to

To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that a reader can turn again and again, gaining new insights and knowledge into life each time. Sometimes an author uses a motif- a frequently repeated incident or idea -to get a certain theme across to the reader. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses motifs to clarify her messages or insights about life. Three specific motifs that Lee uses throughout the whole story are the mockingbird, courage, and walking in someone else's shoes.

At this point the poet uses symbolism substituting a flower for his mother. This is an appropriate symbol as, like his mother, a flower is feminine, delicate and

Mrs. Dubose, Mrs. Maudie, and Calpurnia were compared to the flowers Camellia, Azalea, and the Calpurnia flower. Mrs Dubose was compared to the Camellia because they both had something that was deep in them. Mrs. Maudie was compared to the Azalea because they both bad things around them that was bad but continued to to grow and become better. Calpurnia was compared to the Calpurnia flower because they both were healing to something. They all really meant something very important in the novel that was more deeper than just something.

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us that is why it is a sin to kill a Mockingbird” -Harper Lee Mockingbirds are only here to sing their songs and to bring us joy. A Blue Jay is someone or something that preys on the week. Mockingbirds have to be shielded from the Blue Jays. Although Mockingbirds don't always need to be protected they do have to be protected from Blue Jays because they are gentle creatures whereas the Blue Jay is territorial and corrupt.

The chrysanthemums being fenced in from the rest of the ranch symbolizes her feelings of isolation. Elisa craves to live an exciting life like the tinker does but is told that such lifestyle women cannot live. A reader could analyze that Elisa’s chrysanthemums are a replacement for the children she lacks. In Skredsvig analysis she states, “Elisa's planting skills is the possibility that her gardening is a sublimation of her frustration over having no children and a projection of her "natural" role as mother” (Skredsvig). Elisa tends them with love and nurture as the flowers are her pride and joy. Additionally, they represent Elisa’s femininity and sexuality as a woman. For example, Elisa feels resentful of Henry because he does not appreciate her femininity image; however, after having an encounter with the tinker, her hopes are renewed and revived for a brighter future. As she gets ready for a night out with Henry, she admires herself in the mirror appreciating the beautifulness of her sexuality with confidence. After witnessing her flowers wrinkled on the road, Elisa is devastated to see her flowers diminish symbolizing

In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Atticus relates to the main quote by showing his children how they could never understand Mrs. Dubose until they experience her struggles. Atticus explains to Jem and Scout Mrs. Dubose’s situation. To Jem and Scout, Mrs. Dubose is a mean, old cranky lady who doesn’t respect anyone. To Atticus, Mrs. Dubose is a fighter. When Mrs. Dubose insulted Atticus, Jem finally snapped and cut her camellia bushes.

Near the end of the excerpt, when Dubose passed away, Jem received a box. Inside the box “was a white, waxy, perfect camellia” (148). However, Jem threw the gift on the ground while screaming “old hell-devil, old hell-devil” (148). It could be argued that he thought that Dubose was mocking him even after death. He had such a horrible image of her that he didn’t even consider that this gift was supposed to be a sign of forgiveness. It seemed that Atticus understood her true intentions and explained that it was “her way of telling (him) that everything’s all right now, …everything’s all right” (149). If the audience combines Atticus’s explanation and the scene where Jem destroyed the garden, it's clear that Mrs. Dubose had a positive motive. The garden was her prized possession, which explains why he had to pay her back by reading to her for an entire month. Dubose just wanted to give Jem something that was extremely significant to her. As mentioned before, the tone of the excerpt in the beginning was a way to show Dubose’s malicious side. But with this flower, Jem and the readers saw this new perspective of Dubose as a person. By only knowing her unpleasant demeanor, we wouldn't predict that Mrs. Dubose would show this sign of compassion. Therefore, this symbol of forgiveness depicts the life lesson that there's more to a person than what you are able to

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose was an elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lived near the Finches. She was a morphine addict as Atticus told Jem, "She took it as a pain-killer for years." Due to a chronic disease, she only had a couple months left. Despite being an addict for years, she decided to die remedied from her addiction. This shows courage because she could have died a painless death with the drug but, she decided to die "beholden to nothing". As Atticus tells Jem, "Jem, when you’re sick as she was, it’s all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn’t all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did.”

He only just started to understand when Mrs. Dubose gave him a wood box with a perfectly white camellia inside. “Jem opened the box. Inside, surrounded by wads of damp cotton, was a white, waxy, perfect camellia.” (148). He started to realize that Mrs. Dubose was only as cranky as she was because she was trying to do something very brave and courageous, that not very many people can or would even try to do.

The most obvious symbol in the play, Mama's plant represents both Mama's care and her dream for her family. In her first appearance onstage, she moves directly toward the plant to take care of it. She confesses that the plant never gets enough light or water, but she takes pride in how it anyway grows well/decorations/shows and waves under her care. Her care for her plant is just like her care for her children, absolute and total/without any limits or restrictions and (lasting forever) (even though there is the existence of) a less-than-perfect (surrounding conditions) for growth. The plant also shows (by using a physical object to represent an idea or emotion) her dream to own a house and, more specifically, to have a garden and a yard. With

Mayella Ewell’s flowers are “the poor man’s flower”, otherwise known as the red geranium. Mayella has geraniums possibly because she cannot afford expensive flowers. For example, “On one corner of the yard, though, bewildered Maycomb. Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson, had Miss Maudie deigned to permit a geranium on her premises. People said they were Mayella Ewell's.” Mayella has the geraniums because they represent hope. She has hope for a better life, not only for herself but for her siblings/children. “...six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson..” Mayella may care for the flowers, because they are one thing she can keep healthy and well. She may have the flowers, not only for their deep meanings, but for the fact that they are not a person. They can not talk or have feelings for something, but they still grow and

The second symbol is the snow-on-the-mountain camellia flowers. The camellia is just one of the many examples of how symbolism is displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird. The snow-on-the-mountain camellia is a symbol of beauty and escape of happiness in the midst of the ugliness and sadness of a situation. through out chapter 11 mrs.dubose insultes He and Scout. So one day Jem decided to take scouts batons and destroy Mrs.Dubose camellias "until the ground

The violet flower is a “bore profusion of purple blossoms, each of which had the lustre and richness of a gem,” but also it is the most poisonous of all the flowers and Rappaccini “…avoided their actual touch, or the direct inhaling of their odors…” for being fatal (Hawthorne). The violet plant also is associated with Beatrice because Beatrice is beautiful and poisonous as the flower. The violet color is a product of the mixture of the red and blue color, which can mean the combination of the good and of the evil in the story. As well as the violet color symbolizes the mixture of the good and evil, Rappaccini can symbolize the good and the evil because when he creates the poisonous flowers, his intention is not to harm his daughter but to make her beautiful and fearful. When Rappaccini says to his daughter: “…Does thou deem it misery to be endowed with marvelous gifts, against which no power nor strength could avail an enemy? …Would thou, then, have preferred the condition of a weak woman, exposed to all evil, and capable of none?,” (Hawthorne). Rappaccini expresses that he tries to protect his daughter, but he forgets to give her love ends up isolating her from the real world. Hawthorne uses this symbol of the