To Kill a Mockingbird
What is the significance of Lee's use of light and dark in Chapter 15?
chapt. 15
chapt. 15
"Besides skin colour, Lee uses light and dark to reflect mood, tone and hope. Tom is in a dark cell. It is also dark outside. Atticus brings a solitary lamp, it represents a beacon of hope in a figuratively and literally dark time. The darkness is the ignorance of hate, and the small light is the wisdom of equality and what is right."