the Great Depression‚ six-year-old Scout Finch lives with her older brother Jem‚ and her father Atticus who is a lawyer. One year a boy named Dill spends the summer with his aunt. The three children become friends and soon become obsessed with a nearby house. The next year‚ Atticus is appointed by the court to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ the daughter of a poor‚ notoriously vicious white man named Bob Ewell. Atticus presents a powerful defense of Tom and
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topic of the book is where lies and deceit destroy innocence in those who represent Mockingbirds. In the novel by Harper Lee‚ scout (Jean Louise Finch) is a tomboy who narrates the story through trying to solve problems with her fists than with her head‚ which is portrayed in the book through coming of age and it relationships with Miss Maudie’s cakes‚ Atticus gun‚ and the knot hole in the tree. Miss Maudie cakes‚ represents friendship
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Today a trial took place at the small court in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. A nineteen-and-a-half year old white woman named Mayella Ewell and her father filed a rape charge against a maimed black man.The courtroom was packed to the brim with white and black viewers. The judge‚ Mr. Taylor‚ was draped lazily across his chair‚ looking very well asleep‚ as the prosecutor drilled first Mr. Tate‚ the local sheriff‚ then Mr. Ewell‚ and finally Mayella. According to the witnesses‚ the girl asked for Tom Robinson’s
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To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird is novel written by Harper Lee that took place in the 1930s in Maycomb‚ Alabama. During this time period‚ racism was a massive issue‚ especially in the South of the United States. Atticus is a middle-aged‚ caucasian lawyer and a father of two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ during the 1930s. The society that his family lives in believes in the harsh laws and social codes in the treatment of the black citizens that the surrounding communities have developed. Atticus’s
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completely lucid. Anyone under those kinds of conditions would most likely develop psychotic tendencies. This also demonstrates people’s basic need for people. In addition‚ I also believe that Boo became a recluse of his own volition. After his parents died‚ Boo could have left his home‚ as he did on few occasions. However‚ after the years he spent harbored in his home‚ I believe that he began to be almost afraid of other people after seeing the way society was outside. Innocent people were convicted
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Harper Lee’s novel‚ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ explores many aspects of change through the understanding of individuals and the effects of racial discrimination. The protagonist of the novel is a young girl named Scout who is the daughter of Atticus Finch‚ a model for justice. The book is written from her perspective to express the innocence of a child and how strong morals can expose them to a cruel world. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ conveys meaningful lessons through the eyes of Scout that she begins
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Author Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is written about two siblings‚ Jean Louise and Jeremy Finch. They live with their father Atticus‚ a respected lawyer. Living in a town called Macomb County‚ this family has endured many hardships. Despite the odds‚ they manage to maintain a very healthy relationship. In today’s society people people do not usually care about others‚ it is one for all instead of all for one. Lee writes about how having compassion can help create and strengthen bonds
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of courage such as completing a dare to the monumental examples of courage from Atticus defending Tom Robinson‚ all forms of courage were displayed. Atticus Finch shows continuous and unwavering courage whilst defending Tom Robinson’s rape charge. Atticus knows that Tom is not guilty and despite Maycombe’s ‘Usual disease’ he defends Tom willing to put his reputation and life on the line. Throughout the case Atticus knows that in the end his reputation will be tarnished and as Link Deas says he
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“Being Southerners‚ it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings” (Chapter 1‚ pg. 3). 2. “He [Atticus] liked Maycomb‚ he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people‚ they knew him‚ and because of Simon Finch’s industry‚ Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town” (Chapter 1‚ pg. 5). 3. “Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather
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The remarks about Atticus helping Toim Robinson were arising from all over Maycomb County. Family‚ adults and even children who repeat whatever their parents say talk about Atticus in a poor manner. For instance‚ in the process of Francis aggravating Scout‚ he explains to her that Aunt Alexandria had said that Atticus was‚ “ruinin’ the family”‚ because he’s turned into a “nigger-lover”‚ and therefore they’ll‚ “never
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