An analysis of the theme in Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ - By Kate ____ (year 9) In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Harper Lee explores prejudice and the unjust courts of the 1930’s America. The first thing introduced to us is how equality should be a part of our courtrooms. Justice has not always been a common aspect of our lives; however‚ it is arguably the most important feature in our courtrooms. As Atticus said‚ in his speech defending Tom Robinson‚ “There is not a person in this courtroom
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cooties. She doesn’t see things from Boo’s point of view. Boo is just an innocent man that enjoys watching the neighborhood kids play. He puts a blanket around Scout because it’s a cold night and he just felt it was the right thing to do‚ but Scout doesn’t take it that way because she hasn’t learned empathy. “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough‚” (374). It isn’t until the end of
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both these factors are depicted in one character or setting. We have chosen to explore good and evil‚ in one person and in different places too. Firstly we have the most obvious situation of Boo Radley. Firstly depicted as an evil presence to the town‚ he is late revealed as kind fellow. When he was young‚ Boo got in trouble with the police‚ and therefore his family keep him locked inside.
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persevere through the boring things in life that educate you. 4. What do Scout’s reasons for wanting to stop the game foreshadow? One of the reasons that Scout wanted to stop the game foreshadow was that Atticus caught them doing it at Boo Bradley’s 5. What literary device is Lee using in the following quotation? “…some tinfoil was sticking in a knot hole just above my eye level‚ winking at me in the afternoon sun.” 6. What can the reader infer from the two Indian
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Boo Radley‚ for instance‚ is like a mockingbird—just as mockingbirds do not harm people but only “sing their hearts out for us‚” Boo does not harm anyone; instead‚ he leaves Jem and Scout presents‚ covers Scout with a blanket during the fire‚ and eventually saves the children from Bob Ewell. Despite the pureness of his heart‚ however‚ Boo has been damaged by an abusive father. The connection between songbirds and innocents
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Throughout the novel atticus demonstrates through his words and actions that it is important to treat everyone equally and with respect. Whether it is making someone feel comfortable or respecting other people’s boundaries he teaches his children to follow his example. Atticus shows he treats everyone with respect when Walter cunningham comes to his house. After school Jem invited Walter to eat with them after Scout had beaten him up. At first he was unsure but he quickly warmed up. He became more
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and instructs them not to kill mockingbirds. Second‚ when B.B. Underwood writes about Tom Robinson’s death in his column. Third‚ a mockingbird sings right before Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout. Finally‚ Scout agrees with Atticus that prosecuting Boo for Ewell’s murder would be like killing a mockingbird. atticus: Father of Jem and Scout‚ Atticus Finch sits on the Alabama State Legislature and acts as Maycomb’s leading attorney. The epitome of moral character‚ Atticus teaches his children and
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"Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks‚ the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summers day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon‚ after their three-o’clock naps‚ and by nightfall were like soft
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spent the summer with his aunt who lived next door to the Finches. Dill and Jem become obsessed with the idea of making Boo Radley‚ the neighborhood recluse‚ come out of his home. They go through plan after plan‚ but nothing draws him out. However‚ these brushes with the neighborhood ghost result in a tentative friendship over time and soon the Finch children realize that Boo Radley deserves to live in peace‚ so they leave him alone. Scout and Jem’s God-like father‚ Atticus‚ is a respected and upstanding
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a child to view a person or thing incorrectly and incompletely. This behaviour can also lead a child to a wrong perspective. In the first part of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill thought that the Radley family and their member‚ Boo Radley‚ as strange and unnatural human beings. They described Radley’s house as "That is a sad house...." (Harper Lee‚ 48). This is a "fact" they heard from their neighbours. Until one
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