Character Analysis Atticus Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout. He gives them almost raise themselves‚ he gives them a lot of freedom. Atticus has equal respect for all people. By this example he is also not racist. He is independent‚ not a follower. He always leads his children and others by example‚ he is not a coward‚ nor a hypocrite. * “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” --Atticus
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Finding out how cruel society is at a young age is a lot to take in but gives so much in return. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ two characters Jem and Scout are introduced and learn many valuable lessons that do not necessarily come from school education. Throughout the book‚ the idea of valuable lessons are more found in real life rather than school education is brought up numerous times. The school life of Jem and Scout is not mentioned in the book that much but from the scenes
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Everybody experiences change in their life. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Jem grows up during his time in Maycomb‚ and he begins to understand the town and it’s negatives. Maycomb is packed with negatives‚ starting from the discrimination between blacks and whites‚ and the four kinds of folks‚ each treated worse or better. Jem is able to embrace the town and learn from it through major events taken place in the novel. As Jem starts to understand the social classes‚ two reasons
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In my opinion‚ Aunt Alexandra is a misunderstood character in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although some of the things she says or does is very annoying‚ I think that she is just trying to do what she thinks is best for everyone. Alexandra is just another woman who grew up in the old South. She is bold‚ bossy‚ proper‚ and everything you imagine when you think of the picture perfect Southern lady. She thinks what she’s doing will help the kids for their future. First‚ Alexandra takes pride in their family
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the first time‚ but her school is depicted as strict and unreasonable. Scout’s school is idiotic with teachers who criticize students with an early start on reading and hate the Nazis but can’t see the racism that goes on in their own town. To Kill a Mockingbird emphasizes policies designed to create conformist children rather than letting the children be childish and imaginative. Throughout the novel‚ Jem and Scout learn lessons that change their point of view and cause them to mature. Their views
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After reading Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ I was particularly drawn toward one protagonist in particular that to me portrays a model for all mankind; that character is Atticus. His morals are his defining feature and to his children‚ he is a valuable teacher. Despite the novel’s lack of Atticus’ physical description‚ his attitude displays that he is a person he would always do his best to look clean and respectable. From his attitude you the reader discover that he is a person who
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A Readers Perception of Sydney Carton Honors English 2 November 2012 In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens he presents Sydney Carton as an irrelevant character throughout the story. Sydney Carton is first illustrated to be a careless drunk. He is an attorney who can’t find the slightest bit of interest in anything he does. In the first few chapters‚ Carton comments about Lucie in a bitter way which leads to his initial feelings. The revealing of his feelings to Lucie sets the fundamental
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To Kill A Mockingbird Character Notes Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch) Age 10-13 Appearance "Jem’s soft brown hair and eyes‚ his oval face and snug-fitting ears were our mother’s‚ contrasting oddly with Atticus’s graying black hair and square-cut features" Caring older brother "Don’t you cry‚ now‚ Scout... don’t cry now‚ don’t you worry-" he muttered at me all the way to school." Growing /Maturing "Overnight‚ it seemed‚ Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on
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Analysis of Major Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout v. unusual little girl‚ in own qualities and in social position. unusually intelligent (learns to read before beginning school)‚ unusually confident (fights boys without fear)‚ unusually thoughtful (worries essential goodness evil of mankind)‚ unusually good (always acts best intentions). In terms social identity‚ unusual for being tomboy prim proper Southern world Maycomb. quickly realizes reading To Kill a Mockingbird Scout who she is
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Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl‚ only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As
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