With the occasional conviction of a coloured every now and again. With the Great Depression eating the economy. The struggle to maintain a home and to feed the family increases. Characters from the book‚ Walter Cunningham Sr.‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Atticus Finch try to live with what they have. Bob Ewell tries to frame an innocent to obtain and sustain a job. It backfires on him and he gets hostile. He gets to the point where he injures a thirteen year-old boy. These parents would do the most to help their
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believe in even in the face of adversity. Atticus Finch‚ from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is one such person. Harper Lee helps readers follow the journey of Atticus as he attempts to end the ignorance with which the citizens of Maycomb grew with. In this small town where nothing happens and everything stays the same‚ a single event causes the citizens to stir and‚ in a way‚ “wake up”. As citizens are exposed to these new situations‚ Atticus forces them to reconsider their personal morals
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the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods‚ the kind like the Ewells down at the dump‚ and the Negroes.” (Lee‚ 302). The difference between these groups of people is based on their social class‚ their wealth‚ as well as their connection to the Finch family (as per Aunt Alexandra). This four tier system begins with the Finches and the townspeople at the top. These are the upper to middle class working people of Maycomb that contribute the most to the town. The second tier below that is the Cunninghams
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portrayed throughout the course of this novel. This theme is so important to the plot of this novel that the author decided to entitle the book after this very metaphor. Mockingbirds are birds that do not do anything wrong and they just give us music. Atticus is the main character in the novel that really stressed why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Mockingbirds are just a simple metaphor for the characters in this book who are killed‚ such as Mr. Raymond and Tom Robinson. One of many mockingbirds in
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Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird depicts the childhood and coming of age of a young girl named Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch. The main focus of this novel is the trial of an African-American man named Tom Robinson‚ who was accused of raping a white woman‚ and Scout’s father‚ Atticus‚ who has been assigned to defend him. Written during the Civil Rights Movement‚ Lee’s purpose is to highlight the racial prejudice that had permeated throughout the Southern culture. She achieves this in the
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Harper Lee’s highly acclaimed novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚set in the 1930s‚ follows Scout Finch as she grows up and experiences all sides of life in her small town; it is a perfect example of a true coming of age story. From the innocence of creating games with her brother and a childhood friend about strange neighbors to the raw truth of a rape trial‚ it is easy to say that Scout has lived through events that require varying levels of maturity and has emerged a different person. There is a clear
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The film To Kill A Mockingbird holds many different criteria for which it can be judged. Some of the most striking aspects of the film concern the point of view of the narrator‚ and the symbolism as well. Our first-person narrator is Scout Finch‚ who is five when the story begins and eight when it ends. From the first chapter‚ though‚ it’s clear that Scout is remembering and narrating these events much later – after all‚ the second paragraph of the novel begins‚ "When enough years had gone
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specifically‚ the characters Scout and Jem Finch‚ children of Atticus‚ have different perspectives on these societal norms as they mature. It is obvious throughout the novel how Jem has changed when he understands situations Scout cannot‚ develops a sense of the how the world truly works and sees things in a more adult way; Scout changes in a sense that
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innocent black man. Atticus said to Scout‚ “Simply because we were licked one hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win”(Chapter 9). Atticus is saying you have to judge yourself before you judge someone else. His own self respect is bound to his good morals. If he knew he did something wrong‚ even if justified‚ he would lose all moral authority over the people of Maycomb. Moral standards are the backbone to success. Having morals is everything to Atticus Finch. He believes to
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strategically interwoven in the novel and make the novel more interesting as well as emphasising the themes and symbolism contained in the novel. One of the plot lines involves Jem and Scout’s adventures with Boo Radley‚ while the other is about Atticus Finch and his fight for Tom Robinson. The narrative structure employed by Harper Lee is both interesting and effective and contributes greatly to the impact of the novel on the reader. On first thought the two plots are apparently quite different‚ and
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