racial segregation caused a man to lose his life. Mrs. Dubose‚ an old lady was a neighbor to the Finches. She showed racism towards the whole Finch family. This was an incident in which when Jem and Scout passed her house she called Atticus a “nigger-lover”. That really brought out the anger sitting in Scout and Jem for a long time and they destroyed her garden. Even though they were defending Atticus‚ he punished them by making them read to Mrs. Dubose everyday for a month. Atticus was disrespected
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Mocking Bird” on example of a group of people is when Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to the First Purchase church.(The one for the black population.) When Jem and Scout got there‚ someone who was Lula told Calpurnia that she wasn’t supposed to bring white kids to the church and from even just her saying that it gave Jem and Scout a feeling from not belonging there. Jem suggested that they should go home because they weren’t welcome there. Scout felt that from the people that she/they were being advanced
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Harper Lee is told through the perspective of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ a young girl who clearly shows childhood innocence in multiple scenes in the book. Throughout the story she meets many people who are all different in their own way. When she invites Walter Cunningham over for dinner‚ he starts to pour syrup on his food. "He would probably have poured it into his milk class had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing‚" (Lee 28). Scout doesn’t understand yet that everyone has different habits
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scene were Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to the black church‚ and you never hear or see about Ms. Maudie’s house on fire. I consider that these scenes are significant‚ because they add additional aspects to the town of Maycomb and the characters. In the movie they omit several scenes from the book. I feel as though that the scenes that didn’t appear in the movie happen to be significant to the characters‚ and enhance additional detail to the town of Maycomb. The scene where Calpurnia takes Jem
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The Harms of Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice has been prevalent in culture for many centuries now. Whether it would be hatred against one’s status‚ age‚ or even the colour of one’s skin‚ people have been negatively affected. Prejudice in Maycomb is very common amongst the people. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates the existence of prejudice and its destructive effects on Maycomb County. Tension and hatred elevate within Maycomb as a result of prejudice
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In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" written by Harper Lee Scout gains a fresh new perspective and learns to emphasize with people in a better and a mature way by cause of specific events that happens through the whole of the novel. The main events that affect her perspective are the trial of Tom Robinson‚ the response of the people in Maycomb County when Atticus takes the case of Tom Robinson and her visit to the black church with Calpurnia. These events are united under segregation‚ negativity and
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Chapter 1 In this chapter the Finch family is introduced by Scout. Simon Finch established a homestead‚ ‘Finch’s Landing’‚ on the banks of the Alabama River. Both of his sons ended up leaving the landing as‚ Atticus‚ studied law; the other had studied medicine. Their sister Alexandra stayed and took care of the landing with her husband. Atticus moves to Maycomb‚ Alabama where he raises his two children‚ Scout and Jem. These children have always been fascinated by the Radley house because of the
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Harper broadcasts many concealed controversies‚ such as racism and prejudice. All throughout the novel those constant themes pop up everywhere. It can be something like bullying‚ segregation‚ or sexism. Even on school grounds conflict occurs. Such as Scout the main character fighting with a child named Cecil and the teacher Miss Caroline Fisher having altercations with the children. The Radleys‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ and the two poorest families in Maycomb are blatant examples of these issues. Climactically
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Atticus invested his money in his brother john who studied law when it wasn’t worth growing cotton * Extremely hot weather is what the girl first remembers of the town * Lived on the main street in town Atticus‚ jem‚ the girl and the cook Calpurnia (coloured woman) * The girl’s mother died when she was 2 from a heart attack * They meet dill who was spending his summer with his aunt miss Rachael * Dill gained instant respect when he said he’d seen the movie Dracula * Dill wanted
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situations with the best approach; unfortunately for Scout however‚ having a great deal of social mishaps‚ will have a lot of learning and correcting to do. Scout is‚ altogether‚ a rather tranquil adolescent but‚ when she fails to come to terms with another‚ she tends to settle the dispute aggressively. There have been several incidents in which Scout had difficulty in handling‚ resulting in destructive and vulgar tendencies. Hopefully‚ Scout will progressively continue to learn how to humbly settle
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