Jessi Machnik Ms.Madding English 9 Honors-1 15 February 2013 The Sins of Mayella Ewell “Shoot all the blue jays you want‚ if you can hit ‘em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). It’s a sin because all mockingbirds do is sing and bring joy to the world. All Tom Robinson tried to do was help Mayella Ewell and bring a little joy to her life and she accused him of rape. Harper Lee’s novel tells the story of two children‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ as they come-of-age in Depression-era
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To Kill A Mocking Bird Essay The theme of courage In 1960‚ Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was published. It is a story about growing up‚ human dignity and prejudgment. It is a story about courage. Courage is mental or moral strength to venture‚ persevere and withstand danger‚ fear‚ or difficulty. The theme of courage is embodied in the characters of the novel. Courage is apparent in Atticus‚ Boo‚ and Jem. Throughout the novel‚ the actions and feelings these characters
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Why the Title? Ever wondered why the title of the mocking bird is called To Kill A Mockingbird ? The novel is titled that way because‚ the story itself is about a human’s emotion. The story has passion‚ love‚ fear‚ hope‚ anger‚ sadness‚ gratitude‚ all wrapped up into one two-hundred and eighty-one page book. It describes‚ in unwavering precision‚ the emotions the two children‚ Scout and Jem Finch as the book progresses through itself. Fear‚ when Bob Ewell attacks them in the night. Awe‚ when scout
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traditional heroes‚ such as wisdom‚ bravery and integrity. Atticus qualifies as a hero without any superpowers. His rare actions and attributes clearly meet the requirements for a superb hero in his time. Many times throughout Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mocking Bird” Atticus has wise words for his children and teaches them very valuable morals. Atticus gives the following advice to scout‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his
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Kevin Dinh 11/12/13 Period: 4 Too much Compassion puts oneself in danger In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee tells the story of a little girl‚ scout‚ growing up in a small town south of Alabama during the 1930’s. Scout‚ with her brother Jem and friend Dill‚ grow up in a town that has prejudice‚ racism‚ and hierarchy. Along the way‚ they learn how bad racism and prejudice can get. Atticus‚ the father of Jem and Scout‚ teaches the children about right and wrong. Atticus gets assign to a case
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To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive Essay Everyone makes judgments about others‚ there is no way around it‚ what a person should work on though is not to “snap” judge other people. To Kill a Mockingbird by Haper Lee demonstrates how being quick to judge is wrong. To Kill a Mockingbird is globally known‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and selling over fifteen million copies. To Kill a Mockingbird shows how judging a person before you get to know them generates a hateful‚ prejudice environment based
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To Kill A Mocking Bird In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mocking Bird the character Atticus is a major role model to his children. During the novel Atticus teaches his children many important values. The main values include: everyone is equal‚ to put yourself in other peoples shoes‚ and not to judge others before you get to know them. Everyone is equal is a major value that Atticus teaches his children. He wants to teach them that no matter what colour‚ social status or appearance people are people
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Discuss the nature of prejudice in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by studying the way in which Harper Lee presents the black characters and the social stratification of Maycomb society. ‘…that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’ – American Declaration of Independence‚ 1776. The American Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal‚ meaning that all
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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 Mockingbirds are birds that does one thing; Making music for us to enjoy and nothing else to harm us. In the remarkable novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird is used as symbolism for real people. Including the human mockingbirds‚ the novel represents other pieces of the prejudice such as racism and hypocrisy. In the little town of Maycomb in its 1930¡¯s‚ the prejudice was an accepted concept for every individual and Atticus even called it a ¡®disease¡¯
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