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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism
2024. urn:nbn:hr:142:895216
Kapelac, Mirta
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Kapelac, M. (2024). Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

Kapelac, Mirta. "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

Kapelac, Mirta. "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

Kapelac, M. (2024). 'Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 28 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

Kapelac M. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2024 December 28] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

M. Kapelac, "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:895216

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TitleHarper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a Turning Point in Understanding Racism
Title (croatian)Roman Ubiti pticu rugalicu autorice Harper Lee kao prekretnica u shvaćanju rasizma
AuthorMirta Kapelac
MentorJadranka Zlomislić (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2024-09-11, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to observe racism in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird through the perspectives of Jem and Scout Finch, their father Atticus and Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of a crime he did not commit. The impact of racism is evident in the characters’ emotional and moral growth as well as their new perception of the world. By analyzing specific events that each of the mentioned characters experienced, we will follow the changes the characters undergo. The paper focuses on Jem and Scout’s character development from young and naive to mature as they encounter various people, some of whom are more understanding, such as Dolphus Raymond, and some of whom are not, such as a member of Calpurnia’s church, Lula, their elderly neighbor Mrs. Dubose and Scout’s classmate Cecil Jacobs. Furthermore, the paper highlights Atticus’s struggles as he faces community disapproval for taking Tom Robinson’s case while simultaneously trying to explain racism to his children and teach them the importance of empathy and compassion. And lastly, it becomes evident that because of his race, Tom Robinson suffered prejudice and injustice from the community. Despite being published over sixty years ago, To Kill a Mockingbird remains relevant even today, not just in America but worldwide because the subject of racism, inequality and discrimination is still widespread globally.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:895216
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Croatian Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) hrvatskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) hrvatskoga jezika i književnosti)
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