The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean LouiseFinch‚ who is almost always called by hernickname‚ Scout. Scoutstartsto explain the circumstancesthat led to thebroken arm thather older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; shebegins by recounting herfamily history.Thefirst of her ancestors tocometo America was a fur-trader and apothecary namedSimonFinch‚who fledEngland to escape religious persecution and establisheda successful farm on thebanks of the AlabamaRiver. The farm‚ calledFinch’sLanding
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The grown up Scout‚ narrates her retrospective story of one life changing summer‚ as seen through her eyes‚ as a six-year-old tomboy. Scout (Mary Badham)‚ her brother Jem‚ and their summer time friend‚ Dill‚ spend their days gallivanting through town‚ playing with tires as toys‚ telling exaggerated stories‚ and challenging each other to approach the dilapidated and gloomy house of the neighborhood “bogeyman”‚ a recluse named Boo Radley (Robert Duval)‚ who was rumored to be a vicious and scary creature
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What one’s set of values consists of completely depends on the influences around him or her‚ not necessarily his or her age; a child could have more empathy than an older person‚ as an adult could be crueler than a child. As we grow‚ our deportment is deeply affected by the people around us. If in the right kind of environment‚ one can establish a rectified set of moral values in the process of growing up. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates through characters of various background
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Atticus Finch tells his children that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. The metaphor is only stated a couple of times‚ but the meaning is relevant throughout the book. As the story progresses‚ it’s easier to understand what that meaning is. So‚ what is it and why is it used? “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… but sing their hearts out for us.” Miss Maudie explained this to Scout when she asked what her father meant by the metaphor. Mockingbirds are innocent and beautiful
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Trojeski Ms Emeline Briley English 8 June 2016 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Jem and scout are surrounded by people they have grown up with throughout their adolescent. People they believed are good and kind hearted people‚ but at the same time they are the people that question and or challenge an ugly system of oppression that makes it “okay” to despise people because of the colour of their skin. If there is one thing I have learned from Atticus is that he stands up for what he believes in‚ he
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Qing-Si Yu Ms. Ridge ELA：10 January 4‚ 2013 1. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing bus sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird in this quote. He wants to teach Jem‚ Scout‚ and Walter that killing an innocent mockingbird is a sin. Atticus gives a hint that hurting an innocent person is
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about courage. To what extent do you agree with this? <br> <br>Courage is the quality of mind that enables one to face danger with confidence‚ resolution‚ and gain a firm control of oneself. Many of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird showed courage in their own way. Courage can come in many different forms: physical‚ mental‚ emotional and moral. Courage is not the only main theme displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird; prejudice and education are also very important
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To Kill A Mockingbird “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”(39) In this quote Atticus is trying to give Scout‚ the main character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ that some advice about having a general code of moral ethics. This novel is the recollection of events that happened when the author was a young girl. It tells the story of how she grew up in a town called Maycomb with her older brother
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Homaira Faquiryan 3/22/09 Period 3 Jeremy Atticus Finch’s Evolution A child learns so much from interacting with its surroundings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jeremy Finch does a whole lot of learning. Jem and Scout witness some of the evils of man and learn important lessons from them. However‚ Jem understands most of the events going on around him than his younger sibling Scout. From roughly the age of 10 through 13 we see how much Jeremy (Jem) Finch has evolved from
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accepted. In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ many people are not who they seem to be and have different sides to their personalities that are only seen in certain places or around certain people. Atticus Finch is an example to his children‚ and to the rest of the town‚ of an honest man who never pretends to be anyone he isn’t. "Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets". Through these words Miss Maudie tells us a lot about Atticus’ character and his many qualities
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