To Kill a Mockingbird and Courage To have courage is to have strength in the face of odds. In the novel To Kill a 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
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Triumph Through Adversity In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the damaging effect of hatred between the African-Americans and caucasians contributes to the severe racial discrimination in the Southern States. Lee illustrates this widespread racism by establishing the book’s setting in Maycomb County‚ a small Alabama town economically struggling during the Great Depression. The plot centers around a court case in which Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman
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Mockingbirds in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be
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A mockingbird is an innocent being‚ including in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. This means that killing a mockingbird is like killing an innocent person‚ which is a grave sin. One of the many themes of the book is showing courage to protect the innocent‚ which is basically protecting a mockingbird from death. Some of the characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird show courage by acting as the protectors of the mockingbirds‚ or the innocent people. Jean Louise Finch (Scout)‚ Atticus‚
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Mockingbird’s Virtue In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ several characters reveal the qualities of being a good person. Mockingbirds symbolize those who possess virtue: they do not cause unhappiness to people but rather they empathize with and help people selflessly in moderation. Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ and Tom Robinson display the virtues of a good person when they acquaint themselves as mockingbirds in Maycomb. Atticus Finch is one of the ‘mockingbirds’ due
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reason‚ as people’s age indicates many things such as their maturity‚ knowledge and give a good starting point for what to expect from them. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is from the perspective of Scout Finch‚ a 6 year old who learns what it means to grow up. As the story progresses‚ scout learns more about Maycomb‚ the fictional town she lives in‚ and the unique characters in it such as Boo Radley and Scout’s father‚ Atticus Finch. Atticus is a progressive man‚ teaching Scout and her brother Jem
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Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is significant because it gives many examples of individuals protecting the innocent. Jem‚ Scout‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Boo Radley are characters in the book that are examples of “innocents” who were in need of protection. In this story‚ the mockingbird is symbolic of the innocents. All of these characters in some way are like mockingbirds. For the purpose of this essay‚ I’ve chosen the two most symbolic characters Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. The book’s most obvious
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unacquainted with evil”. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee defines a “mockingbird” as someone or something that does nothing to bother or harm others. When Scout and Jem Finch get rifles for Christmas‚ their father Atticus warns them not to shoot at mockingbirds. The children fail to understand at first‚ but their neighbor Miss Maudie informs them that mockingbirds do not do anything but make music for people to enjoy‚ that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee 119). During the course of
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The mockingbird symbolizes innocence. A mockingbird symbolizes innocence because they do no harm‚ just like people who have done no wrong. This is why it’s a sin to kill one because it’s a sin to hurt an innocent person. Like i said‚ the mockingbird symbolizes innocence. A mockingbird symbolizes innocence because they do no harm‚ just like people who have done no wrong. This is why it’s a sin to kill one because it’s a sin to hurt an innocent person. People like Boo Radley do things for people and
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Seryca David Mrs.Hannaberry ENG3U Janurary 19‚2011 Suffering Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird The fascinating story To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in a sleepy‚ southern county of Maycomb in the 1930s. Although this town has a variety of pleasant and honorable citizens who have set morals‚ there are also people who live in Maycomb County who are unfair‚ possibly evil‚ and lack morals. Maycomb has a visible separation of two societies: the whites and the blacks. Throughout
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