important life lessons and later‚ start to use these lessons as they grow and mature. First‚ the children learn not to judge others until they have seen and experienced the world from their eyes. Next‚ the children learn how to respect other people’s privacy. Finally‚ they learn what real courage looks like. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the children’s early mistakes in judgment teach them valuable lessons‚ which help them make more mature decisions later on. Firstly‚ children judging someone with a different
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The classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. Throughout the course of the novel‚ Lee allows the reader to watch the children grow and mature as a result the events and relationships that they experience. The characters that display significant growth include Jem‚ Scout and Boo. Jem’s growth is evident through his developed sense of fairness‚ his friendships and the way that he views his
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witnessed some events that taught them many significant life lessons. Two of those lessons were about kindness and responsibility. As Jem matures in the novel‚ the events that occur in the small Southern town of Maycomb affect him more than his little sister. During the summers‚ when Dill would come to visit‚ Jem was dared to touch the Radleys’ house. From that point on‚ Dill and Jem were always making plans about getting Boo Radley to come out of his house. They made many rumours about Arthur (Boo) Radley
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Prejudice Can Kill “ A black man’s life is worth more than a white man’s.” This saying is referring to a certain type of prejudice known as racism. Racism is also a main theme that Harper lee brings across in the novel because it is set in the south part of The United States in a time where white people were considered superior to black people. Prejudice can be defined as a preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience; therefore it is not limited to only racism. In the novel
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Jem‚ Scout and Dill view Boo Radley as a monster. Throughout the story their point of views change. At first they view Boo as a monster because they’ve heard stories about how he tried to stab his dad in the leg. Then‚ the characters start finding treats in the tree and that starts to change their point of view. This event changes their point of view because they realize that Boo isn’t who they thought he was‚ they realized he was a human being. “ Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom.” (page
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thoughtful; she worries about the essential good and bad throughout mankind. Scout is a nice person because she always tries to act in the best she can. Scout doesn’t really have any girl friends‚ so she mostly plays with her brother Jem and her friend Dill. Jem is a character who strongly symbolizes coming of age. First when he finds their tree hole is covered over with cement. Second is Tom Robinson’s trial when he was really depressed at the outcome of Tom losing when he should have won. Third is the
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The Theme of Courage in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" explores how courage can be shown in several important characters in the novel. They are Mrs. Dubose‚ Atticus‚ Jem and Maycomb County itself. Also Cal‚ Miss Maudie and Scout show moral and physical courage during the novel. Courage exists in several forms as cleverly depicted in the novel‚ such as childish courage‚ moral courage. I believe that courage definitely plays a major role as a theme in scenes
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justice system‚ all at once. He refuses to even talk about the court case‚ going as far as to yell at Scout when she mentions it‚ which shows how truly shaken up the whole situation had left him. Overall‚ Jem’s perspective is forced to become a more mature one due to the extreme circumstances he encountered so early on in his life. His beliefs in goodness are shattered by the reality that people’s prejudice can stop them from doing the right thing‚ changing his attitude towards the world utterly and
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Mockingbird is a coming of age story in which a young girl‚ her older brother‚ and their friend are exposed to the harsh realities of the 1930s. The various events that occurred over two years helped shape their moral perspectives into the ones of mature adults. With the help from their father‚ family cook and caretaker‚ and intelligent but stubborn neighbor‚ they come to realize that not everything is as good as it seems. The novel is titled To Kill A Mockingbird because the story teaches the valuable
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character motivation to began to grow . Through the use of plot‚ characterization and character motivation Lee places these characters in situations that require them to mature. First‚ direct characterization involves with maturity by how wrong decisions was given at the beginning of the story and by overcoming those problems it helped mature those characters until the end of the story. For Example‚ In chapter 3 Walter was invited to the Finch’s house for supper and Scout asked him what he was doing
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