Atticus is a good father to both Jem and Scout. During the course of the book Atticus has been blamed to not have been a good father to his children when he allows them to do what most parents would not allow. Such as allowing Scout to wear breeches as it shows “[Scout] could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress…” (Lee 83). This shows that people inside the family and outside the family want Scout to act like a lady and do what lady are suppose
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said‚”I want it and i am going to keep it as a pet and i am going to name it bob the bumble because i like the name bob the bumble. But they started to yell at me. I said‚” let’s go ask if i can or can’t ok let’s go.” But my parents said‚”no but i am going to keep it as a pet.”
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display the theme of courage. Atticus Finch shows the gift of determination through the book. Secondly‚ Mrs. Dubose who has a morphine addiction fights with endurance and firmness. In contrast‚ Boo Radley who has the fortitude to fight a man with a knife is a heroic and a fearful moment in the novel. Given theses points Atticus‚ Mrs Dubose‚ and Boo Radley are all a symbol of courage. Atticus Finch showed determination by fighting for Tom Robinson’s freedom. Atticus is a hardworking man who does
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Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch was a well-respected man and known for sticking with his beliefs. In the novel‚ Atticus agreed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson‚ who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Tom’s trial began in the summer during the early 1930s‚ of Maycomb‚ Alabama. At the trial itself‚ Atticus provided clear evidence that the victim‚ Mayella Ewell and her father‚ Bob‚ are lying. Despite the evidence proving Tom’s innocence
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barbiturates‚ heroin‚ alcohol and cocaine. 12 Alcohol and cigarettes kill more people a year than war. 13 People still drink and smoke regardless of the warnings. 14 Teenagers and children are lied to about marijuana by uninformed uneducated parents and propaganda. 15 anti marijuana legislation and TV propaganda are funded by the lobbyists that have interest in alcohol and timber. 16 cultivating marijuana will cause a spike in economic growth for more and more plantations of marijuana. 17
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cout Finch undergoes changes in the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ that allows her to walk freely with Boo Radley. These changes will be explained further with reference to the novel‚ as a whole. In the beginning of the novel‚ we are aware that Scout and Jem Finch as well as Charles Baker Harris and majority of Maycomb’s youth‚ have certain opinions about the “malevolent phantom” (1) also know as Boo Radley. Boo Radley is caricatured to be a man with “yellow teeth” (1) and “breath so bad‚ the azalea’s
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Rosa Lee Cunningham raised eight children‚ many grandchildren‚ was loved and respected by many in her community‚ and was full of stories from her experiences in life (Dash 2015). The strengths perspective shows how she is a strong woman who works hard to protect the people in her life. She was doing the best she could with her assets and surrounding environment from when she was young. She utilized many opportunities‚ like the methadone clinics in town and churches. She dropped out of school at 14
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but they are not too young to be exposed to evil. Atticus‚ Jem and Scout’s dad‚ Tries his hardest to make sure Jem and Scout don’t have to ever experience evil but he knows that there is no way to not too. At the time‚ Atticus is defending a black man‚ Tom Robbinson‚ and a lot of the town disagrees with it. Since Atticus is defending Tom‚ A lot of the kids give Jem and Scout a hard time because of what their parents tell them. In the book‚ Atticus says‚ “What bothers me is that Scout and Jem will
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Abuse‚ mentally‚ physically and emotionally all in which the character mayella ewell experiences in the novel How To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. Mayella Ewell although Mayella’s circumstances she is very powerful. The ways in which Mayella Ewell gains power is class‚ gender and race. White ‚ black ‚yellow brown all just colors but yet we let theses colors separate our society.When it comes to Mayella’s gender she uses that as a major advantage for power she’s a white woman and she throws
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In the speech of Atticus Finch from To Kill the Mockingbird‚ the rhetorical devices: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are used to persuade the jury of the equality of human beings in and out of the courtroom despite ethnic differences to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson. To set the scene‚ Tom Robinson‚ an African American man‚ had been accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewells during the 1930s. The case is difficult to argue due to the amount of prejudice the all white jury held during the Great Depression
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