In a poem by Emily Dickenson she implies that there is nothing like reading a book to take your imagination to great places. She states, “There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away.” Such an idea that excites the imagination to take us places is expressed in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird there is a great use of symbolism to ignite the human imagination. …showed first 75 words of 405 total…

…showed last 75 words of 405 total…the children’s lives from the drunken dirt bag of the town, Bob Ewell. In conclusion, one can see that the use of literary devices can absolutely take your imagination away. This is seen from the symbolism of names, to the characterization of mysterious characters or the dramatic irony of the change of view of the reader. So, the imagination can travel to places you never thought could, just by reading words from a paper.