To Kill A Mockingbird‚ gender‚ race‚ and class prejudice play a huge role in the way the citizens of Maycomb act. Gender prejudice plays a big role in this book because Aunt Alexandra is always telling Scout to wear a dress and be more like a girl. Just because she wears overalls and plays outside with the boys‚ Aunt Alexandra thinks that she acts more like a boy than a girl. Another gender prejudice is that women aren’t allowed to serve on the jury. When Jem asks Atticus why men and women like them
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try and behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are… I don’t want you to remember it. Forget it” (Lee 177). Atticus and Alexandra frequently fight about how the children should behave and he finally decides to tell them her thoughts but adds that he wants them to not do as she says and be who they truly are. This is riskful because it could make Aunt Alexandra angry at Atticus and it could make the children feel like outsiders when they are older. Thirdly‚ Atticus keeps Tom Robinson safe
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Ideal families are usually formed by values‚ morals‚ and love between each others. However‚ in some cases‚ different families may form badly through separation. The Finches‚ the Cunninghams‚ and the Ewells were examples of families that were used by Harper Lee‚ the author of the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ to demonstrate the values and costumes of families in Maycomb‚ Alabama. ‚To determine whether if a family is an ideal family or not‚ one must investigate what an ideal family‚ the Finches‚ is
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laughing matter. However‚ I grew up with a silver spoon compared to those living in the ghettos of South Africa like Mark Mathabane. In Kaffir Boy‚ Mark “formerly known as Johannes” details the struggles of growing up in Alexandra‚ South Africa‚ a poverty-stricken ghetto. In Alexandra‚ Mark experienced some traumatic events. In his adolescence‚ Mark witnessed childhood prostitution‚ drunk animal blood to stay alive‚ and marched in feces. The struggles Mark experienced however taught him life lessons
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The Female Voice in To Kill a Mockingbird: Narrative Strategies in Film and Novel Dean Shackelford 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 anything that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves‚ tea sets‚ and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born furthermore‚ I should
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Miss Maudie Atkinson Miss Maudie is part of the world where “fragrant ladies rocked slowly‚ fanned gently‚ and drank cool water” (24.53) Miss Maudie lives across the street from the Finch’s. She’s a very optimistic person and is utterly obsessed with her garden. “Miss Maudie hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted. She was a widow‚ a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s
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struggles of authentic characters such as Scout‚ Tom Robinson and the persecutors Aunt Alexandra and Ewell. Scouts character does not value the social expectations of women and their regimented ways. “You must behave like the little lady you are.” The soft alliteration of ‘little lady’ emphasises the demeaning effect it has on Scout and the feminine world she is resisting. The demanding statement made by Aunt Alexandra “…who fit into Maycomb like a hand into a glove‚” also shows Scouts initial rebellion
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Nicholas II. Czar Nicholas II‚ born in the month of May‚ 1868‚ was the eldest son of King Alexander III (Nicholas II). When his father died‚ Nicholas became the emperor of Russia (First World War). He married the princess Alexandra of Hess-Darmstadt (About). His wife Alexandra introduced him to Grigory Rasputin‚ who would soon become responsible for most of the events that led to the Czars execution (Nicholas II). The Russian people were strongly against the idea of invading countries such as Constantinople
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Mockingbirds’ Moral Courage Harper Lee once wrote that “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin‚ but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what”. Moral courage means doing the right thing. Anyone can have moral courage‚ no matter who you are. Many authors often use different literary elements to develop themes in their writings. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the literary terms mood and imagery to teach her audience about doing the right thing or
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The black and white people of Maycomb are divided by their accents. Each group speaks the English language differently due to one main reason-education. Majority of the white people received a decent‚ if not high-quality‚ education and are therefore more articulate and have a better command of the English language. There are no schools for black children to go to and so they are unable to learn and become smart. This is exactly what the white people wanted. They did not want the black people‚ who
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