introducing the Radley house to Dill. This shows how the town is scared of the Radley family although they don’t know much about them. This is important because without the Radley mystery half of the book wouldn’t have been written. It also shows many different types of rhetorical devices and figurative language. When Dill arrives in Macomb and Jem and Scout show him around town they stopped at the Radley house and describe it as a scary place‚ which does nothing but intrigue Dill to want to know more. Except
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quickly. And when Scout’s father‚ Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ gets assigned to a case that will no doubt will be discriminatory‚ people do not like what they hear. But‚ besides that‚ this book is full of surprises. The ruling of the case‚ the showing up of Dill‚ and the surprise appearance of Aunt Alexandra are the main surprises in this book. The ruling of the case is a very surprising part in this book. The case is that a girl named Mayella Ewell got raped by a black man named Tom Robinson. Not only does
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:blamelessness. Some children have been able to grasp on to their innocence; they are able to see what’s wrong and right besides the color of an accused victims skin. Harper Lee made three child characters‚ whom all betray the trait of innocence: Scout‚ Dill‚ and Jem. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is growing up is hard when children lose their innocence. Harper Lee created Scout‚ a young character. The story was from her point of view. Scout was designed to tell the story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird
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Scout Finch is the main character of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. The author of the novel is Harper Lee. This novel was written over the course of three years. Scout Finch is the one who is narrating the novel. She is also the daughter of Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer and a great father. Scout has a older brother named Jem. Scout and her family live in Maycomb County. Scout is a very unique character‚ she has many characteristics. Over the course of the novel‚ Scout Finch is a curious‚ intelligent
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In chapter 14‚ Dill explains to Jem and Scout that he felt the most accepted in Maycomb and his life in Meridian-although full of luxuries-was missing a supportive family. On page 190‚ Scout asks about the boat Dill said his father was going to build with him‚ to which Dill responds‚ “He just said we would. We never did‚” (Lee 190). This shows that Dill’s parents cared little about him‚ and so Dill took it into his own hands. Dill lost some of his innocence when he ran away
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Fifty Years have passed‚ and Maycomb‚ sadly‚ still had its usual disease. People still treated the blacks unfairly. It’s not as bad‚ but still not what Atticus hoped it would be. Maycomb is still a tired‚ old town with the same families. As for Jem‚ Dill‚ and myself‚ we were the change that Maycomb needed. I lived in Miss Maudie’s house. Sometimes I think the only reason she left me her house was because I told her I would take care of her flowers. Across the street was my childhood home which was
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Wharton‚ the author uses symbolism to represent many things such as death. Symbols such as Zeena’s red pickle dish‚ the cold season of winter‚ and the dead cucumber vine all represent important parts that make up this novel. Zeena’s red pickle dish is a dish Zeena treasures most. She received the pickle dish as a wedding present and only uses the dish on special occasions. Mattie uses the pickle dish the night her and Ethan are alone‚ while Zeena is out of town. The cat accidently breaks the dish
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occurred‚ which makes a big difference in my opinion. In the pickle burn case‚ the claimed injury happened while consuming the food in what could be considered a normal process when eating a hamburger which in my opinion represents a more serious threat. In the hot coffee case‚ the injury occurred while the customer was handling the product between her knees‚ a manner many could argue was unsafe. I believe if the person in the hot pickle case was burnt from simply eating the hamburger in a normal
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. So far the main characters are Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. Right now in the novel the children are trying to bring out the legendary Boo Radley. In this journal I will be predicting and characterizing the Ewells. As I am reading the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird I predict the children will not meet Boo Radley. One reason I think the kids will not meet Boo is he is locked up in his home away from the living world. First off‚ the kids never
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are three main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. But Scout is the main role. These kids grew up during the great depression the dust bowl and racism. In this story i’m going to explain how these themes come up in To Kill A Mockingbird they are Evils of racism‚ Female roles and Reunion. The point of this paragraph is going to be about how Scout‚Jem‚and Dill grow up listening everyone in the town and everyone they know talking about racism. Scout‚Jem‚and Dill hear racist stuff from Cal‚ Miss stephanie
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