imagination. Jean is a six year old girl‚ living in Maycomb County of Alabama in the 1930’s. She lives with her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ her brother Jem Finch‚ and her cook Calpurnia. You are able to see that Jean is the narrator because everything is told through her perspective. She builds a “road map” through the story because she tells what’s going to happen. Since this story took place in the 1930’s‚ the story took place during the Great Depression. This meant that during this
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Reverend Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ wrote an open letter which became dubbed the Letter from Birmingham Jail on April 16‚ 1963. He had been arrested during a peaceful protest against segregation in Birmingham‚ Alabama. He wrote the letter in response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen a few days earlier‚ titled "A Call For Unity‚" which conceded that social injustices were taking place but expressed the belief that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee presents the issue of discrimination‚ a common occurrence in the 1930s. During this time period there were two events that carved society; the Great Depression and the introduction of Jim Crow Law. This resulted in gender and racial discrimination and extreme poverty. During this time period many people were under extreme pressure just to keep alive. Scout‚ daughter of Atticus Finch spends much of her time with her older brother Jem and is constantly
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GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRE-AP SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2013 9TH GRADE Mrs. Nelson: nelson@greenvilleisd.com; Cell- 903-269-0603 English I Pre-AP Summer Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) Available at Hastings‚ Barnes and Noble‚ or on Amazon.com [pic] [pic] Assignment: While you read To Kill a Mockingbird‚ note and annotate passages that you think are significant. Mark that book! 1. The goal is to note your thoughts about selected quotes as you read
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in history” says Stryker‚ the leader of the FSA movement.2 Evans produced images that revealed Americas’ despair in the depression‚ but also the hope for the future. In the photograph “Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer Family”‚ Evans portrays an American farming family during the Great Depression. (Walker Evans‚ Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer Family‚ 1941) Though many would view this photograph as a social documentary photograph‚ Walker Evans disagrees. In an interview with Leslie Katz‚ Walker discusses
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Innocence and Courage are diverse with the raucous realities of life in To Kill A Mockingbird. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in a town called Maycomb‚ Alabama during the the Great Depression. racism and the need to remain innocent‚ played a big role in the day to day lives of children growing up. The overall topic of the book is where lies and deceit destroy innocence in those who represent Mockingbirds. In the novel by Harper Lee‚ scout (Jean Louise Finch) is a tomboy who narrates the story
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Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to explore civil rights and racism in the 1930s. The book is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout Finch. The Finch children and their friends are on an adventure to find out more about Boo Radley. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is coming of age. Scout learns a lot from the people that star in her life. She learns how to respect people and courage. In Macomb‚ Alabama there is a girl named Scout. Scout
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To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young girl named Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their father Atticus. They all live in the small town of Maycomb Alabama during the Great Depression. Atticus is a lawyer who is known for his level-headed ways and philosophical tendencies. Throughout the story Scout and Jem learn many moral lessons from Atticus. Some of the moral lessons the children learn is that you don’t really understand someone until you put yourself in their shoes‚ never give up no matter the outcome
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Throughout the book‚ many conflicts happen and the setting plays a major part in the conflicts. During this time period‚ racial discrimination is coming into full swing and the character Atticus unfortunately gets in the middle of all of it. With everything revolving around Atticus‚ his character develops the theme of the book. Throughout the novel‚ Atticus reveals the theme of the book as “Always do the
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everything worth something was now worth nothing. Even the richest families became poor. Even though Maycomb‚ Alabama was not a real place it described the way other cities were like. Since Harper Lee grew up during the great depression and her To Kill a Mockingbird book takes place during that time‚ it is a fairly accurate representation of the United States more specifically the South in Alabama. Even though the time is sad the book is still humorous and you can assume that even though it was a bad
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