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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Character Identification “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.”--Atticus Directions: Describe the following characters. (e.g. characteristics/qualities‚ appearance‚ personality traits‚ values/ethical principles). Use evidence from the novel to support your claim. **This will help you complete your final project** Pages 1-50 Scout (Jean Louise) - Scout

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    Courageous Doesn’t Mean Fearless One of the themes of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is courage. Many people confuse courage with fearlessness. The difference between the two is that courageous people fear what lies ahead of them‚ but face it anyway‚ while fearless people do not worry about anything; they jump into danger blindly. Atticus Finch knows that courage is being afraid of problems ahead and powering through this fear. On page 149‚ Atticus explains this difference. He states‚ “[Courage

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    Do people today still go to court‚ convicted of crimes‚ when they did nothing wrong? This is an example of what killing a mockingbird is‚ a sin. People who did no wrong and yet still may be found guilty of a crime they never committed. In chapter 30 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee has Scout understand what it means to shoot a mockingbird. In chapter 30 Lee uses the literary elements character and conflict to help develop the theme that it is sin to kill a mockingbird which in comparison

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    “Shoot all the bluejays you want‚ if you can hit them‚ but remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This advice from Atticus Finch to his daughter‚ Scout‚ meant that one should not destroy innocence. The mockingbird does no harm and provides beautiful songs‚ so they should be protected. To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is in the perspective of a tomboyish girl nick named Scout. Her brother is Jem and they play with Dill Harris when he comes in the summer. One summer the three of

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    In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ I believe courage is a main point in the story. Courage is strength in the face of pain or grief. Sticking up for others‚ helping others that are in danger‚ and sticking up for yourself. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ has many examples of courage and they all show different meanings of what courage can do and how people show it during different events that happen. Having courage can cause something very succesful to happen without you knowing. Sticking up for

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    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the mockingbird has come to symbolize many people‚ especially Tom Robinson and Arthur (Boo) Radley. Although they are often blamed for the misfortunes of others‚ both Arthur and Tom only intend well for the community and have made efforts to contribute to the well-being of others. Although he is feared by many children and adults in the town he has done many good things for the finches. He continually gave gifts to the children through the hole in a tree‚ with

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    Bob Enyart said‚” It is not a justice system. It is just a system.” In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a coming of age novel about the adventures and experiences of a young girl‚ Lee plunges into trialing times of being black during the 1900s and the injustices of racial discrimination. Through the use of symbolism and court evidence Lee shows the inequality the court presents through discrimination. Through the use of symbolism Lee connects the innocence of a mockingbird to Tom Robinson to show

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    In Harper Lee’s "To Kill A Mockingbird‚" the author portrays killing a mockingbird as a sin and a moral. The author describes how the characters are introduced to evil and are convicts of evil. Scout and Jem are very clueless to all evil in the world. They do not understand because they have never seen evilness go on‚ they expect everyone to be good in society. Atticus‚ the father‚ is a guide for his children. He tells them right from wrong and he helps them know that evil does not win goodness

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    Gabriel Austell Ms. Chapman LA8-1 4 April 2016 The Changes of a Boy In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows life in the south and how children’s lives change as they mature. The book follows the lives of a father named Atticus‚ and his two children‚ Jem and Scout who live in a town called Maycomb. In the beginning‚ Scout and Jem meet Dill‚ and the three of them take interest in their sketchy neighbor‚ Boo Radley. As the book goes on‚ Jem‚ being a ten-year-old boy‚ goes through many

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    Fire Chapter Summary

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    In the chapter the Fire Dana is home recovering from her first encounter in another dimension‚ however‚ as she is recovering she begins to feel dizzy and sick again‚ then she appears in a room with a boy who is playing with fire. As Dana watches the boy she sees that the stick he is holding has ambers of fire‚ as do the curtains. Dana acts quickly by disposing of them‚ the boy then notices her she begins to question if it’s Rufus. As they get acquainted we discover the boy is Rufus however he is

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