To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about growing in the 1930s in the Southern United States. Scout Finch lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus (a lawyer) in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small town‚ and every family has its social standing depending on where they live‚ who their parents are‚ and how long they have lived in Maycomb. Atticus raises his children by himself‚ with the help of neighbors and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout is a tomboy who prefers to solve
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This quote is from Miss Maudie explaining to the children within To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper E. Lee what Atticus their father has said. In this story‚ it is explain from a point of view of a child named Scout. She experiences many difficulties after the Great Depressing. Furthermore‚ her father is called to defend a colored person in a crime he didn’t committed in a town filled with racism
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Choose 2 of the texts we have studied and explain how each composer has successfully communicated their message to the responder. In the text To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the ’I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King Jnr‚ both composers have conveyed strong messages that are communicated through narrative and oral techniques. These messages of courage and prejudice and discrimination are what the composer thought is necessary to write in order to change social attitudes towards
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY Within the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ courage is represented in a number of ways from a range of characters. The novel follows families in the town of Maycomb and shows the different ways they stand up for or against racism. A court case with one of the white men in the town defending negro man ‘Tom Robinson’ challenges the values and attitudes of many of the people living in Maycomb. In the novel courage is presented as people not only being able to fight
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To Kill a Mockingbird Reading is the key to understanding our world‚ when we read good books we open our minds to new ideas. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an exploration of human morality‚ set in the 1930s when racism was very common in Alabama. The story is viewed from the innocent eyes of a young child Scout and her brother Jem. Social inequalities create opportunities for prejudice and discrimination throughout the novel. Maycomb was an old run down town ‘but it was tired old town
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Empathy for others and understanding different perspectives are very important thematic topics in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the story Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both ridiculed for being different. Tom Robison is ridiculed for being black. Many people assume he raped Mayella Ewell just because he is black. Boo Radley is often ridiculed because he rarely leaves his house. Since he rarely leaves his house people assume that he is a terrible person. Although these characters are assumed to be awful
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To Kill A Mockingbird Racial comments have been slurred all over the world‚ but in this particular town called‚ “ Maycomb” racist would go far beyond. Having to overcome many problems Lee would begin using plot‚ characterization and character motivation to began to grow . Through the use of plot‚ characterization and character motivation Lee places these characters in situations that require them to mature. First‚ direct characterization involves with maturity by how wrong decisions was given
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Who in To Kill a Mockingbird is a good father‚ a good lawyer and a good citizen? Atticus is a great father in many ways. One example would be his style of discipline‚ meaning that he tries to lead Scout and Jem through a discussion to see what it is that they have done wrong and why it is wrong. As a lawyer‚ during the case of Tom Robinson‚ Atticus does all that he could to prove Tom’s innocence’s. Lastly‚ as a good citizen‚ Atticus is known to be very respectful‚ like when he helps Ms.Dubose with
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Inequality in the Court System To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ wrote this book in 1960 based on “the Scottsboro Boys” Trial of 1931 to 1937. This trial accused twelve Negro men‚ which Tom Robinson represents in the book‚ of raping a woman that is considered white trash [Mayella Ewell]. At the beginning of the novel‚ Harper Lee introduces a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is all about equality and angel-like moral
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Jacquelyn Thompson English 3 Honors Lynn Blair 1/30/2013 To Kill a Mockingbird The depth behind this novel is too see how Scout has progressed throughout the course of two years. Slowly but surely‚ she realizes the life lessons that have been waiting for her all along. She does this with the help of her family and her community. One man importantly sticks out the most‚ and his name is Arthur Radley‚ but Scout and the children like to call him ’Boo ’. Lee incorporated Mr. Radley to really
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