Harper Lee and its movie version feature the same basic story‚ but both adaptations contain similarities and differences. Some similarities and differences between the movie and the book include the deleted church scene‚ the movie’s exclusion of Aunt Alexandra— who played an important role in the novel — and the trial and conviction of Tom Robinson being emphasized in both versions. Firstly‚ the movie removes the church scene in which Scout and Jem go with Calpurnia to her church where they meet Reverend
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book takes place in the 1930s. Atticus has a case on a white girl being raped by a black man. Atticus is a father of two young children‚ Jem and Scout. Atticus has a sister who to Jem and Scout is Aunt Alexandra‚ she has come to live with them to show Scout how to be a proper lady. Aunt Alexandra is racist and has strong hatred feelings towards African Americans. Atticus on the other hand‚ is not racist and can see both sides
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Answer key for To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 22-31 Chapter 22 1. Although Atticus did not want his children in court‚ he defends Jem’s right to know what has happened. Explain‚ in your own words‚ Atticus’s reasons for this. (Look at the speech beginning‚ “This is their home‚ sister.” Atticus feels that the adults have made the world the way that it is and the children have to learn to live in that world. They can’t hide from it and need to be exposed to it as early as possible. 2
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Imagine that you are a black man that was caught at the scene of a crime that you did not perpetrate‚ but you are to blame completely based on the color of your skin. Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Since Tom is black and Mayella white‚ he is automatically convicted of that crime and sentenced to death. The authorities would take the word of Mayella over Tom any day. Scout and Jem are the children of Atticus Finch‚ the lawyer who is trying to
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ESSAY: Explain the significance of the title‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. The title To Kill a Mockingbird is very significant to the novel as it portrays many forms of mockingbirds throughout it. As the novel progresses‚ it becomes clear that Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are the true Mockingbirds of the story. They both are innocent from the accusations claimed upon them. When choosing the title of the novel‚ Harper Lee had to make sure it stood out but also was relevant to the story
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Civil Rights Act 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits the legal discrimination of any one person for any reason another person may come up with. The whole Civil Rights Act was based on one document entry that summarizes the entire Civil Rights Act of 1964 in one sentence: "To enforce the constitutional right to vote‚ to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations‚ to authorize the Attorney General
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Atticus mentions this quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and in it.” so that scout could she could talk to others and get to know them better so that she can get to know what that person went through.A good example of that would go with the quote above would be“ but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part.”. The example of that quote explains the part
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hence making certain stereotypes and limits for women. Scout‚ growing up without a mother figure in her life was unaware of these stereotypes. She was her brother’s shadow‚ doing the things he did and dressing the way he did. However when Aunt Alexandra arrives Scout is thrown into a world of femininity‚ in that event having to change her ways. Scout illustrates her feelings towards the situation by stating‚ “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me‚ and for the second
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true courage again when she stands up for herself in wearing overalls. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress‚ she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants.” (108). Scout is a strong believer of wearing overalls. She never acts according to the standard of “a girl”. Her aunt‚ Alexandra Finch Hancock‚ does not approve of this and also tells of her disapproval of
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to age in the apartheid in South Africa in his award winning autobiography‚ Kaffir Boy. Mark grew up in poverty and the cruelty that was ever present in the streets of South African ghettos‚ especially the most desperate and poor of them all in Alexandra‚ where gangs would fight and recruit and where police raids were like a normal every day routine. Mark faced life in a different light than most people do in this day and age. Mark is a very rounded and dynamic character who fluctuates throughout
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