day Mr.Radley took Arthur home people said the house died… A negro would not pass the Radley place at night‚ he would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked‚” (pg. 11/15). In this quote author Harper Lee tries to make us feel frightened by the house and uses the specific description of a negro walking past and changing sides of the street to really portray the fear and spooky vibe the Radley place gave off. If it were to be a white man whistling and changing sides of the street
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appealing story about the Finch family and the problems that they face‚ especially regarding an instance of racial oppression involving a black man and a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch. Besides Atticus Finch‚ other characters in the town of Maycomb such as Boo Radley‚ and Scout Finch are all known for their courageous and sometimes defying actions throughout the book. To start‚ Atticus is obviously courageous and shows it in many ways‚ such as shooting a dangerous‚ mad dog. Atticus is forced to shoot the mad
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up is portrayed by a series of events that shatters their innocence as easily as a mockingbird can be silenced. Lee uses a combination of insignificant and profound events: the trial of Tom Robinson‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and their relationship with Boo Radley to develop and display the children’s growth in maturity. One of the first cracks in Scout’s armour of naïveté occurs due to the fact that she speaks her mind. On Scout’s first day of school Scout tries to explain to her teacher that she is embarrassing
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TITLE: To Kill a Mocking Bird AUTHOR: Harper Lee TYPE OF BOOK: Novel‚ Fiction‚ Social Drama The MAIN CHARACTER of the story is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Scout Finch is the narrator and protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird. She often comments about how she didn’t understand something when she was younger‚ but now‚ having grown up‚ she does. From being sensitive‚ she became so senile. Scout is considered smart for her age‚ and loves to read. She remains naive and idealistic‚ despite an increased
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Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ a harmless quiet man who will be forever judged on his past. Lee develops the idea of prejudice through conversations in Maycomb‚ having people outcast Boo by only what they have heard and not what they know. This shows the lack of understanding the people of Maycomb have and the superstitious behaviour they possess. Boo Radley over watches Scout and Jem throughout the text keeping a ‘malevolent’ watch on them. While reading this‚ the audience feels sympathy towards Boo and gains
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which they assume that people are good because they have never seen evil‚ to a more adult perspective. One of the book’s important subthemes involves the threat that hatred‚ prejudice‚ and ignorance pose to the innocent: people like Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are not prepared for the evil that they encounter‚ as a result‚ they are destroyed. Even Jem is victimized to a range by his discovery of the evil of racism during and after the trial. Whereas Scout is able to maintain her basic faith in human nature
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Arthur “Boo” Radley is the talk of Macomb county. It was said that he stabbed his dad with scissors when he was a little boy. No one in the town has actually seen Boo‚ they don’t even know if he is alive! Boo chooses to stay in his house all of the time‚ partially because he is scared and partially because of humiliation. Although staying in his house can make
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become obsessed with making their spooky neighbour Boo Radley come out of his house. They go through plan after plan‚ but nothing gets him to come out. However the mysterious Boo Radley does show some affection to the children as when one night‚ Jem sneaked into the garden to attempt to finally see Boo Radley. Boo’s brother‚ Nathan Radley‚ who lives in the house‚ thinks he hears a prowler and fires his gun. Jem‚ Scout and Dill run away from the Radley place‚ but Jem manages to catch his trousers on
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world no matter how subtle it seems. The summer when Scout was six and Jem was ten‚ they met Dill‚ a little boy who spent the summer with his aunt who lived next door to the Finches. The children become obsessed with the idea of making Boo Radley come out of his home. They go through
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Scout Finch: A Complex Character in To Kill a Mockingbird Lisa Tran ENG1D1d Mr. Huggett Monday. November. 30/2009 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee contains many interesting characters. One of these is Scout Finch. She is aggressive but also sympathetic and courageous. Scout is quite aggressive. During Christmas time‚ Uncle Jack Finch‚ Aunt Alexandra and Francis Hancock visited Scout and
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