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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Reading broadens our minds and touches our hearts. It creates greater understanding and compassion in the reader through its characters and themes. Write an essay that addresses the ideas expressed in this statement with reference to your class novel. “You never really understand a person‚ until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” With over 30 million copies sold worldwide and claiming title to the prestigious Pulitzer Prize‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird” is

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    To Kill A Mockingbird - Relationship of Two Characters In the beginning‚ all was good and calm in the lives of the Finches. Members of the family included Atticus‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ and Calpurnia. The relationship of two of the main characters‚ Atticus and Jem‚ is of particular interest. In the beginning section of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the relationship of Atticus and Jem is simple. Jem sees Atticus as older and less active then the fathers of his

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    Mrs Dubose: Pg. 119  physical description Mostly in chapter 11 Jem and Scout pass her house and she stirs them up about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. Jem ruins every camellia in her garden‚ and then both are forced to read to her. Morphine addict. Independent‚ strong willed‚ courageous‚ old fashioned‚ lonely‚ cantankerous‚ contrary‚ prejudice Helps Jem and Scout to discover real courage‚ pg. 124 Gained self-control  important Fear and ignorance driven people to misunderstand Mrs. Dubose

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    Book Review of: To Kill a Mockingbird Genre: Fiction/Realism First published in 1960 by William Heinemann Ltd. F Plot To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighbourhood walk-abouts and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand that the world isn’t always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems.

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    Scout is a very unique character in more ways than one. She shows many traits throughout the whole book of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Some specific traits that she shows include being clever‚ acting loyal‚ and even being defiant at sometimes. Scout is a very loyal person. She shows that through many of her words and actions throughout the book. One example being when she had defended Atticus against many of the people who had disagreed with him taking up the case against Tom Robinson. She had

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    Harper Lee’s novel‚ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ explores many aspects of change through the understanding of individuals and the effects of racial discrimination. The protagonist of the novel is a young girl named Scout who is the daughter of Atticus Finch‚ a model for justice. The book is written from her perspective to express the innocence of a child and how strong morals can expose them to a cruel world. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ conveys meaningful lessons through the eyes of Scout that she begins

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia has become the motherly figure in Scout’s life by teaching her lessons‚ morals and values. Calpurnia taught Scout to write when she was bored on a rainy day “Calpurnia was to blame for this…then copying out a chapter of the bible beneath” (p24). This shows Calpurnia is not just cooking and cleaning; she entertains her and has a special connection with her. Another thing Calpurnia is doing for Scout is teaching her manners

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    When exploring through the traits of characters within all well written stories or even actual people‚ the major changes within them began with small little choices or events and the repercussions snowballed upon each other‚ and rock the character down to their very core ideals. With this truth set in place‚ it becomes evident that casting judgement upon another due to their reaction to an event is something inherently wrong. As the events that they have experienced up to that point are something

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    The 3 Mockingbirds It is a sin to kill a mockingbird as they don’t do one thing but sing theirhearts out for us. However‚ there are many "mockingbirds" that are "killed" in‚ "To Kill a mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee." The title of this book (To Kill a Mockingbird) is very significant and can be applied to many characters. Atticus‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Boo Radley are characters that can be strongly identified with the title. First‚ Atticus Finch can be strongly applied to the title. Many citizens of Maycomb

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    To Kill a Mockingbird: Prejudice against Citizens with Mental Disabilities As racism‚ discrimination and prejudice against citizen with mental disabilities has been a part of our culture for many decades‚ it seems as we have found peace with all of this after many years. During the early nineteenth and twentieth century people where not at peace with citizens with mental disabilities‚ for they were being mistreated and institutionalized for having mental disorders. Many did not see people with

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