been told that it had nothing to fear but itself.” Prejudice is defined as injury or damage resulting from some judgement or action of another in disregard of one’s rights. There are many forms in which prejudice takes place‚ but in the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ prejudice takes place in the form of sexism‚ class systems and racism. Harper Lee clearly shows sexism in many ways throughout the book. In Maycomb‚ gender roles were defined with great clarity‚ and Scout was shocked at the
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 17/11/12 SA’ADATU SHU’AIBU Calpurnia is the woman we all see as the mother figure at the Finches house. At the beginning of the book the narrator (scout) shows off Calpurnia as a strict but caring woman‚ who was always there for the kids. As we get to the point of her confrontation with Lula‚ we learn more about the character. Harper lee uses dialogue to portray Calpurnia with a split personality and also not being prejudiced. The dialogue Harper Lee uses in
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Miguel Martinez Per. 6 English Dr. Beagle 5/18/12 To Kill a Mockingbird Chap. 23-31 Vocab. 1. Credibility- the quality of being trusted and believed in Book Sentence: “I had destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial‚” (292). Original Sentence: After beginning a lying spree to his parents‚ he had lost his credibility. 2. Furtive- attempting to avoid notice or attention‚ typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble;
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Quotations with Analysis Chapter 1 Quotation "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
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Responses PART ONE: Divide your section in half (or by the number of members in your group). For your partial section complete the following: 1. Write a detailed summary of your section. Highlight the significant events‚ characters and settings of your section. (Full-text will be submitted - point form notes will be created for the class handout) 2. Document 5 significant quotations on the quotation template provided. (Quotes
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jem shows courage every day to his sibling and friends and other townspeople. Lee tries to show that courage can be defined in many different ways‚ and that courage doesn’t have to mean that a person is brave‚ although it can be someone who is brave. Through Jem Lee can show what courage can really means‚ by Jem`s actions and by how he is seeing about the world around him. Jem Protects his sister and Dill constantly‚ and he learned to do that from Atticus
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is a story that takes place in a town called “Maycomb” in the Southern United States during the early twentieth century; the Great Depression. The narrator of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ tells of life in Maycomb County. Up to Chapter 19 in the text‚ Atticus Finch‚ Scout’s father‚ is defending a black man named Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of rape against Mayella Ewell. Due to this‚ Harper Lee makes it apparent that the story essentially revolves around racism‚ abuse
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Living as one of the outcasts in a dominantly white area where the majority of white people hate you‚ can be hard to live with. The two stories “ To Kill A Mockingbird and “True Diary”‚ have a harsh setting that characters have to face. Arthur Spirit‚ commonly known as “Junior”‚ and Tom Robinson face these problems. They do seem to go through different circumstances‚ yet both characters different treatments from their own race. Finally‚ they both undergo numerous types of safety every day. Citizens
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1) Chapter 5: "He said he was trying to get Miss Maudie’s goat... (p. 48). (To get one’s goat is to make a person disgusted or angry.) 2) Chapter 5: "True enough‚ she had an acid tongue in her head... (p. 49)." (Acid is very bitter in taste. Someone with an acid tongue is someone who tends to speak bitterly or sharply.) 3) Chapter 7: on the days he carried the watch‚ Jem walked on eggs (p. 65)."(To walk on eggs is to walk very carefully.) 4) Chapter 9: "I drew a bead on him (p. 81)
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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Chapter Questions: Chapter One 1. it is a small and very poor town in southern America‚ Atticus is a lawyer and has two children. They aren’t poor they are just lower class. 2. Because the house is full of mystery and myths 3. Scout is the narrator of the story and is looking back on this particular chapter of her life Chapter Two 1. Scout loves learning and has heard about all the good things at school from Jem 2. Jem doesn’t want anything to do with Scout at school
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