Truth In Harper Lee's The Mirror
What is an artist but a person who perceives a truth and decides to translate that truth into something more. Harper Lee looked out at the racial prejudice of society and turned it into an award winning novel on youth and ignorance within a southern society. Yet, she enriched it with richly defined characters and sense of place that evokes powerful, often overwhelming emotional responses. Andrei Tarkovsky, arguably the most influential foreign director, unleashed upon the world a piece that celebrates the lives of everyday people and the emotional resonance of memories. Written through the Modernist concept of the stream of consciousness, The Mirror is an unconventional narrative that often will take place in the past, fast-forward to the future,
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When looking at a piece of art, or reading a novel, or watching a film, emotions start conforming into a ball that threatens to overwhelm the body. In The Mirror there is a scene where a woman and her son watch as the family barn goes up in flames, a surreal and serene experience that is beautifully filmed and an incredible to cinematic experience. Though, it is not just because the image looks appealing that it will stick into the mind of viewers, but because of the emotional resonance that the thought of the scene incites. Midway through To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has failed in his goal to acquit Tom Robinson, an event that has left him paralyzed from his failure to help a man he knows is innocent. As he departs from the courtroom, the black folk of the town stand as he walks out as a sign of respect to Atticus for helping out when no one else would. The scene is impactful because it illustrates the truth of Southern thirties society, a racially unjust time when the difference between what's wrong and what's right was blurred. Lee preys on the human consciousness by portraying a brutal, honest, and raw depiction of Racism that was both controversial at the time of release, but also necessary in getting across the past misdeeds of
When looking at a piece of art, or reading a novel, or watching a film, emotions start conforming into a ball that threatens to overwhelm the body. In The Mirror there is a scene where a woman and her son watch as the family barn goes up in flames, a surreal and serene experience that is beautifully filmed and an incredible to cinematic experience. Though, it is not just because the image looks appealing that it will stick into the mind of viewers, but because of the emotional resonance that the thought of the scene incites. Midway through To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has failed in his goal to acquit Tom Robinson, an event that has left him paralyzed from his failure to help a man he knows is innocent. As he departs from the courtroom, the black folk of the town stand as he walks out as a sign of respect to Atticus for helping out when no one else would. The scene is impactful because it illustrates the truth of Southern thirties society, a racially unjust time when the difference between what's wrong and what's right was blurred. Lee preys on the human consciousness by portraying a brutal, honest, and raw depiction of Racism that was both controversial at the time of release, but also necessary in getting across the past misdeeds of