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    Outline: Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover I. Welcome to Monroeville‚ Alabama and also the 50th annual "Mockingbird Conference" for the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. a. Now imagine‚ during the 1930’s‚ that you were part of the trial of Tom Robinson vs. the Ewells. b. At that time‚ which side would you have believed? The side of the Ewells (because they were white people‚ or out of fear) or would you side with Tom Robinson (because you knew that he was innocent and ignored that

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    | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | | HARPER LEE | | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | | HARPER LEE | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 101 October 25‚ 2010 Sharon Goodwin East Millinocket Fall Semester INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 101 October 25‚ 2010 Sharon Goodwin East Millinocket Fall Semester Lee Haper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins Publishers‚ Inc.‚ 1960 --Summary of the plot. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about two children Jem age 10‚ Scout who is 6‚ and their

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    Family in To Kill a Mockingbird There are three kinds of family in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Each family has their own rules and standards‚ they all are different than each others. These three are‚ the Ewells‚ the Cunninghams‚ and the Finches. Each one is different in its own way. The Ewells are the usual stereotype of a redneck family. When Atticus describes the family he says‚ “The Ewells have been the disgrace of Maycomb for 3 generations.” They live in what is considered a dump. Each

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    based on a personal opinions. In Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ the word “stereotype” is defined as “a way of thinking about a person‚ group‚ etc. that follows a fixed‚ common pattern‚ paying no attention to individual differences”. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” there are many examples of stereotyping between Whites and Negroes. In the book‚ Lulu‚ a fellow negro‚ says‚ “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here- they got their church‚ we got our’n. It is our church ain’t it‚ Miss Cal?”

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    the Civil Rights movement can be easily compared and contrasted‚ in spite of the time period being decades apart‚ grief towards the bigotry against African Americans is still as much as alike as it was before. Harper Lee’s well-known novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ displayed controversial themes of prejudice and segregation that occurred in the 1930s. The novel displays racial inequities still present today‚ these can be observable through occupations that are influenced through racial profiling‚ wrongful

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    Atticus is the father figure for his kids‚ Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Finch family lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. The kids spend much of their time playing with their gregarious neighbor‚ Dill‚ and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. When their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a widowed man and a respected lawyer‚ defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges against a white girl‚ he is in/at a detriment. The trial

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    Is there a real definition of courage that all can agree with? Is a person born with courage or can they find it in themselves? Is courage displayed by actions or words? In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there are many characters that show courage‚ but three in specific are Atticus Finch‚ Judge Taylor‚ and Scout Finch. Atticus Finch displayed his courage mainly through his actions. “‘I’m simply defending a Negro – his name is Tom Robinson…there has been some high talk around

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    ‘Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself’. This statement made by Scout at the beginning of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows that Maycomb is a town in which the fear of change is rife. Lee’s choice of Maycomb as a setting‚ developed through narrative point of view and characterisation was vital to the text as it helped to develop the theme of prejudice and the consequences which result from the fixed attitudes of an insular town. One of the ways

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Webquest Group 2: The Scottsboro Boys 1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did they get into so much trouble? The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine African-American teenagers who were tried for raping two white women in 1931. 2. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys’ original trial take place? How do you think this affected the outcome of their trial? The Scottsboro Boys’ original trial took place in Northern Alabama in the year of 1931. The outcome of the trial was

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    Elizabeth Manford Word Count: 2568 WOMEN IN TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD Back in 1960‚ a book emerged on the market that would be rated as one of the most unforgettable classics of all time. To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ written by unknown author Harper Lee‚ depicts a realistic picture of attitudes during the 1930’s. During this time in history‚ racism was a huge issue and hatred between black and white civilians led to violence‚ even fatalities. America was a completely segregated society. Anger and resentment

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