KillYear 10 English To Kill a Mockingbird Web Quest Year 10 English To Kill a Mockingbird Web Quest 7/29/2013 7/29/2013 Connor Miles Draft Due: 12th August Final Due: 20th of August Connor Miles Draft Due: 12th August Final Due: 20th of August Table of Contents Page Title………………………………………………………. 1 Novel blurb………………………………………………
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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 Alabama. The children quickly grow up as they witness their
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY Within the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ courage is represented in a number of ways from a range of characters. The novel follows families in the town of Maycomb and shows the different ways they stand up for or against racism. A court case with one of the white men in the town defending negro man ‘Tom Robinson’ challenges the values and attitudes of many of the people living in Maycomb. In the novel courage is presented as people not only being able to fight
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fiction novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Children are innocent based off the fact that they have not had as many experiences as adults. Growing up gives you many experiences. Characters like Atticus definitely know more about life than characters like Jem or Scout. Usually most perspectives develop at an earlier age through experience; what one eats‚ what one wears‚ one’s hobbies‚ etc. Throughout the story Harper Lee uses children’s lack of experiences and innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird for the readers
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Miss Caroline‚ Boo Radley‚ and Tom Robinson. Atticus first had empathy for Miss Caroline when Scout came home complaining about getting in trouble by her‚ “’ 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’” (Lee 39). Atticus meant that in order to know what another person felt in a certain situation‚ she had to think how that person would be thinking. Second‚ Atticus has empathy for Boo because people are always
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In the book‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird‚” Atticus teaches his children the extremely important golden rule. He basically says‚ “Treat others the way you want to be treated‚” as Jesus told us many many years ago. The reason that prompts his words is when Scout comes home from her first day of school. She is complaining about her teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ and Walter Cunningham until he stops her. He is trying to help Scout consider that there might be a reason that nobody can see for way people act the way
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses on the challenges of racism during the 1930’s. In the novel a man named Bob Ewell accuses a black man of raping his daughter. Throughout the novel‚ Bob Ewell remains prejudice. Towards the middle of the novel Bob Ewell accuses a black man by the name of Tom Robinson of rape. Bob Ewell sees his daughter kissing Tom and decides to accuse him of rape. At the trial Bob states‚ “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (231). Mr. Ewell has
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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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principles. Harper Lee‚ tackles this predicament and explains it through the ideas in her novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by showing how perspective affects the beliefs people attain to. Through Atticus Finch the heroine of the novel‚ and the father of the protagonist Jean-Louise (Scout) and her brother‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ Lee displays the wisdom of Atticus in the events surrounding the air-rifles‚ Scouts fighting habits‚ and Mrs. Dubose’s addiction‚ and the way that Atticus’ perspective has shaped
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reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word ( ~Martin Luther King‚ Jr.)." The novel "To kill a mockingbird" was written by Harper Lee in the 1960s about Two kids Jem and Scout who live in Maycomb county with their dad Atticus Finch and their maid Calpurnia. In this town many things happen‚ for example‚ there was a trial About how A black man named Tom Robinson rapes a girl named Mayella Ewell (A white girl). Out of everyone in the town‚ Atticus was asked to
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