Legal System. This relates to the novel that will be discussing called To Kill a Mockingbird which is written by Harper Lee. The theme of this novel is everything is not as it seems which is conveyed by three plot events: Tom Robinson and his trial‚ Boo Radley saving two of the main characters‚ and the near death of Scout and Jem Finch after the trial. These three examples will support the fact that everything in the world is viewed differently by different people. The first main way the author conveys
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justice using the symbol of a mockingbird with the characters Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. Set in the 1930s Deep South‚ a time of great intolerance and racial inequity. The novel unfolds as an account of injustice to the most gracious yet unjustly accused citizens of the town of Maycomb. The kind hearted‚ but black Tom Robinson is unfairly put on trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell. Despite racial injustices‚ Boo Radley is victimized by the community’s inaccurate rumors‚ forcing him
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in “TKAMB” through the significant characters Boo Radley whom never step foot out of his house and Tom Robinson a strong black man. Lee also expresses the theme of bravery through the memorable characters Atticus Finch‚ a father‚ a lawyer and a hero and Mrs. Dubbose one of the bravest women on earth. Harper Lee highlights the theme of fear through both characters Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Firstly‚ Arthur Radley who is commonly known as Boo Radley in this novel is a solid example of fear. Boo’s
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ memorable characters including Atticus Finch‚ Scout‚ and Jem‚ explore civil rights and racism in the southern United States of the 1930s. Told through the eyes of a six-year-old‚ Scout Finch explores her father’s trial and Boo Radley‚ a mysterious neighbor‚ who saves Scout and her brother from being killed. Her father‚ an attorney‚ gave all of what he has to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of rape. True courage goes far beyond the physical act; it shows
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up to Atticus as a role model. Scout Finch‚ Jem’s younger sister is a very curious and intellectual “tom boy” she is eager to meet Boo Radley a mysterious neighbor of
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symbolizes two people: Arthur "Boo" Radley and Tom Robinson. Both are discriminated against in Maycomb‚ when they are‚ in fact‚ gentle and kind people. People referred to Boo as "a malevolent phantom" and that "any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work."(p.11) This hatred began as fear because the Radleys were people who kept to themselves‚ and this act was "a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb"(p.13) In the end of the story‚ our opinion of Boo is changed completely as Scout
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STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - To Kill A Mockingbird * Chapters 1-3: 1. Identify Atticus Finch‚ Jean Louise (Scout) Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Maycomb‚ Calpurnia‚ Charles Baker (Dill) Harris‚ The Radley Place‚ Stephanie Crawford‚ Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and Burris Ewell. -Scout- Scout is the Narrator of the story. In the beginning she is going into the first grade‚ though‚ for her age she is extremely smart. Throughout
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Injustice Injustice is a problem in which everyone faces‚ unfortunately this cruelty cannot be ignored. In this novel‚ titled " To Kill A Mockingbird "‚ there are three characters who suffer the most injustice. They are Atticus‚ Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Atticus‚ is a man of great wisdom‚ he suffers from the fact that he had committed to taking on a difficult Negro case. He was constantly persecuted for this decision‚ which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family
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What makes “To Kill a Mockingbird” such an appropriate title? The mockingbird is seen as the most significant symbol in the book as it is continually repeated through literal and metaphorical means. This poignant motif runs through the entire book as it foreshadows the events which occurs in the latter part of the book. It seems very fitting because of the unnecessary destruction of innocence by the antagonists of the book. The first reference to mockingbirds aside from the title of the novel
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Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. Once‚ during Jem‚ Dill‚ and Scout’s investigation of Boo Radley‚ or Mr. Arthur Radley‚ another time‚ during the whole jury’s verdict against clearly innocent Tom Robinson‚ and yet again‚ in the illusion that Dolphus Raymond is always drunk and that is why he is in the situation that he is in. An example of when one looks closely‚ and goes past the shell of illusion and sees reality is in Boo Radley’s case. Jem and Scout think that he is crazy or extremely evil‚ because
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