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    To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 6 Vocabulary Ensuing: Happening next. Prowess: Ability or a skill. Ramshackle: Badly built or rundown. Inviting: Attractive. Cot: Collapsible lightweight bed. Sentences 1. Jem said Mr. Avery misfigured ‚ Dill said he must drink a gallon a day‚ and the following contest to determine relative distances and respective ability only made me feel left out again‚ as I was untalented in this area. 2. The back of the Radley house was less attractive than the front:

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    actions can change the world. This can be seen in To Kill a Mockingbird. In this story‚ Scout Finch tells the story of when her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ takes on the task of defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ in a rape case. This proved to be a highly controversial ordeal that shakes up their old‚ little town of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Racial prejudice runs high in Maycomb during the Great Depression‚ the time in which this story takes place. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch has

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    with each other. People have prejudices towards approximately every type of person for some reason or another. Everybody is different‚ and some people take advantage of those differences to discriminate against others. Discrimination‚ in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is described as the “simple hell people give other people without even thinking” (Lee 269) and all throughout it‚ portrayal of age‚ social class‚ and race prejudgment. As the novel progresses‚ Jem and Scout grow and nurture just like

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    The extract under study is taken from the book “To kill a mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is her first novel and the Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The novel depicts the life of its young narrator Jean Louse “Scout” Finch in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a smart lawyer with high moral standards. Attitus decides to take up a case involving a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who has been accused in raping a very poor white girl named Mayella

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    former beliefs and activities as possible. However‚ there is a notable few that do not quite fit with the rest of the town‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch‚ Arthur “Boo” Radley and Charles “Dill” Baker Harris. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee skillfully shows how Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill were prejudice against Boo‚ when in fact; all these children are comparable to Boo even if they had not noticed so. Their personality differences from the rest of the town‚ the care

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    amazing and where we are in this era is incredible. As technology gets into the minds of children they seem to learn faster than before. It takes minutes for children to understand where adults never really grasp what they hold in their hands. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the knowledge of understanding in her story. Jean Louis Finch “Scout” matures by seeing and hearing events most kids her age do not with the trial of Tom Robinson’s trial revealing that firsthand experience brings knowledge

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    Epilogue for “To Kill a Mockingbird” It was cool and breezy November morning in Maycomb. The last of the leafs had just fallen off of the trees. The year was 1951. There was a large crowd around the old oak tree in the cemetery‚ looking down at the casket. The casket belonged to Atticus Finch. Atticus was the greatest father anyone could ask for. Jem was standing at the head of the casket with his expecting wife Lisa. He put his warm and soft hand on the casket and looked at the sky. He suddenly

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    Bonds: Compassion‚ Sympathy‚ Understanding‚ Tolerance In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem and Scout mature from innocence to knowledge as they develop a bond between themselves and those who are different from them. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb‚ an old southern town in the 1930’s‚ when racial tensions run high and prejudice is at its peak. People in Maycomb consider anyone with a different ethnicity‚ economic status‚ or even a different mindset‚ an outsider and ostracizes them. In the story

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    Atticus Finch is a famous Maycomb lawyer as well as the father of the protagonist of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Jean Louise. Atticus Finch is a well-known white Maycomb attorney as well as the father of the book’s protagonist‚ Scout‚ and her brother Jem. He is a wise and caring father. Atticus is nearly fifty. His children call him "Atticus" rather than "Dad". He was once known as "One-Shot Finch" because of his skill with rifles (shown when killing a rabid dog). Atticus demonstrates great character

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    In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates determination through Atticus Finch’s ability to do what is right at all costs because he wants to set good examples. First of all‚ Atticus defends those who aren’t able to speak for themselves or for those who aren’t understood. Evidence of this assertion from the book is‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”- (pg. 39) Atticus defended Miss Caroline

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