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    Essay Outline for TKAM: 1 Introduction a Background information on the book a.i Maycomb County a.i.1 Racist a.ii Main Plot a.ii.1 Tom Robinson’s Trial a.ii.1.a Background b Thesis b.i Tom Robinson is seen as a threat to the society of Maycomb County however they do not realize that getting rid of them is wrong and are defended by Atticus. 2 Paragraph 1 (Tim Johnson Incident) a Topic a.i Tim Johnson is a dog which represents prejudice within Maycomb Country. b Evidence b.i Author shows

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the term ‘mockingbird’ to describe suitable‚ gracious people. Atticus‚ Jem and Scout’s father‚ says that it is alright to shoot and kill a crow‚ but even aiming at a mockingbird would be a sin. Crows represent greed‚ jealousy and evil‚ while mockingbirds represent faultless and pure beings. They first appear when Jem and Scout are learning how to use their shiny new air rifles. Atticus will not teach them how to shoot‚ but

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    Scouting for Lessons The lessons we learn accumulate over time to create who we are. The earlier we learn these lessons‚ the more effective they are. Having the help of someone who already knows these lessons is helpful. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ a young‚ curious girl named Scout learns lessons and experiences that grow her into a better person. The first lesson Scout learns is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing things

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    Matthew Cox Mr. de Vries EN140-31 14 February 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird In the final courtroom scene in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Atticus Finch is given the case of a lifetime when he gets the chance to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man who is being falsely accused of raping a white woman in the 1930’s when inequality and racism was very prevalent during that time in the deep South. The odds he faces are terrible because he is defending an African American which during that time would

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    o kill a mockingbird * ------------------------------------------------- NARRATOR IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD * ------------------------------------------------- Take turns reading the passage from To Kill a Mockingbird out loud to each other (from chapter 17‚ pp. 186-18 9) √ * ------------------------------------------------- What kind of narrator do we find in this extract – and thus in the entire novel? How can you tell? Ar first we thought the narrator was omniscient‚ but we

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    In the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there are two “mockingbirds. One is Tom Robinson‚ the black man on trial‚ and the other is Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ a nice man who was torn by his father’s harsh love. It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don’t cause any harm‚ and they bring joy to others. They are both mockingbirds; however‚ their fates are different. First‚ Tom Robinson is a mocking bird who was killed. Tom goes to trial because he is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell

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    To Kill A Mocking Bird “Racism has been an integral component of American culture since it’s founding upon the genocide of Native Americans‚ and the forced slavery of Africans and Afro-Americans.” (Vincent F. Rocchio). Although many white men supported segregation during the 1930’s‚ Atticus Finch displayed inner strength and courage despite what others thought about his beliefs towards black men. Topic sentence. When other children tormented Scout at school‚ Atticus explained to Scout that he

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    To Kill A Mockingbird This essay will go over tone and conflict in To Kill a Mockingbird. I am doing the scene where Jem stands up to his dad‚ Atticus. This is apart of coming of age because it’s about how Jem finally stood up to his dad and he told his dad something other than just listening to him. This took place in chapter 15 and the very ending when Boo Radley comes out. I will give some examples from the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. I will get the examples from the book and the movie. This

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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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