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    current events in the story. Stories like‚ To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee use flashback narration to show different perspectives between innocence and of age. Primary to the book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout begins telling the story of how Jeremy Finch (Jem) broke his arm and indicates that throughout the years they had sometimes discussed the events leading up to his incident and from this it indicates that Scout is retelling the story many years later as an adult. Even though the story is being

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    and not losing composure can bring good things to their plate. Throughout the book‚ three certain characters show how being the underdog in situations can lead to a huge success: Jeremy Finch‚ Arthur Radley‚ and Atticus Finch. Jeremy Finch is the role model to many adults and to the one and only Jean “Scout” Finch. This young character shows how being smaller than everyone else can lead to the best role models with the biggest hearts. One of the many people Jem has taught to become a better person

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    date in which To Kill a Mockingbird is somewhere in the early to middle 1930s. This is in the midst of the Great Depression and is nearly 70 years since the abolishment of slavery. PLOT Atticus Finch‚ along with the help of the Black maid Calpurnia‚ takes care of Scout and Jem‚ Finch’s two children. Atticus is representing Tom Robinson‚ a young Black man that has been accused of raping a young white woman‚ in court. Over the story‚ Scout and Jem gain attention from the small town because their

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    girls her age‚ with pink dresses and tea parties‚ she’s a tomboy. To Kill A Mockingbird is based on a true story‚ The Scottsboro Case. Tom Robinson was a black man accused of raping a teenaged white girl. Atticus Finch‚ the defending lawyer‚ has two kids named Scout and Jem. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ is a very smart girl for her age‚ passing most of her grade in everything. Scouts character in To Kill A Mockingbird is outgoing‚ smart‚ and hot-tempered. First off‚ Scout is very smart for her age. In

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    An important scene found in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird is a scene concerning Mr. Tate recoiling upon the outcaste‚ Boo Radley‚ and unraveling a new perception of friendship. Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck)‚ his daughter Jean-Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout (played by Mary Badham)‚ and Boo Radley (played by Robert Duvall) all play an important role in the scene. As scout relates what had happened‚ she notices a man in the corner of the bedroom behind the door. She identifies the mysterious

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    land. Atticus Finch is highly respected throughout the community mainly due to his law career. There are many different kinds of family life in "To Kill A Mockingbird". There are white families who are higher and lower class and then black families. I think that Harper Lee exaggerates the family hierarchy‚ i.e. the lower class families are shown as being very poor while the higher-class families are shown to be almost ideal. This makes it clearer to us how different the families are. The Finch family

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    something that nobody ever had dreamed of before in that time which was to mix the white and the black students together. He also acted as the peacemaker in the school as well as in his residential area. This is similar to the main character of Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer who dreams to see the peace

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    residents is honestly more than any child needs in their simple life “Come on Scout” he whispered “Don’t pay any attention to her just hold your head high and act like a gentleman” (Lee 101). With the people of Maycomb threatening to hurt Atticus and others showing up the Finch home‚ it’s brave of Jem and Scout to be able to hold back their frustration as much as they

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    The Inequality in Maycomb‚ Alabama In the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ the character Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ is from a mature perspective looking back at her childhood. This novel is considered touching by many‚ and the novel takes place in the summer of nineteen thirty-three. Readers meet the characters Scout Finch and her brother Jem who lived in a fictional town in Alabama called Maycomb. During this time in the south‚ there was a lot of segregation between whites

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    Their father‚ Atticus Finch plays an important part in the story by defending an African-American named‚ Tom Robinson‚ who allegedly raped a white girl named Mayelle Ewell. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ she uses the character‚ Atticus Finch‚ to define true courage as a decision of doing what is right rather than following the crowd out of fear. Atticus does not give up without worrying about the consequences and knowing that he will most likely be hated by a lot of people. In the summer‚ Atticus is summoned

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