Essay 10

Coming Around In A Circle:

Repeating Themes And Characters

A Paragraph by Inpyo Hong

8th Grade English

Pine Point School

January 31, 2011

             (TS) Some significant themes and characters repeatedly come out more than once again in To Kill A Mockingbird. (SD) First of all, loneliness is a blatant theme, which was echoed twice in the book. (CM) In the previous chapter of the book, Scout felt like she was an outcast because Jem refused to answer her question, “How do you know?,” by saying, “Oh go on and leave me alone,” because he was idle and also irritable over time. (CM) Likewise, Dill ran to the Finches because he felt forsaken from his parents; he thought his parents did not love him because they did not spend some time with Dill. (SD) Furthermore, Boo Radley is one of the extremely important characters who was broached numerous times (CM) For instance, Boo was mentioned mysteriously when Jem and Scout distressed him in the very previous chapters. (CM) Boo Radley comes out once again in Chapter 29 and he rescues Jem from Bob Ewell in a compromising situation. (SD) In addition, racism is a theme that is repetitious in this story. (CM) For example, Aunt Alexandra tells Atticus to get rid of Calpurnia from his house because Calpurnia’s skin color is black. (CM) Tom Robinson is arrested and goes to jail; he is discriminated by the judge and other white people because his skin color is black. (CS) Thus, there are diverse themes and significant characters that have repetition in the story, so they engross the readers.