chastise his children‚ but he allows them mature and notice their own mistakes for themselves. He is role model father for his children and the Maycomb society for a countless amount of reasons. In the Maycomb society‚ people have their opinions on the way children should behave. Jem and Scout’s behavior does not fit in the standard group. Atticus lets his children play outside and be adventurous. They play all sorts of games like “Boo Radley”. In chapter 4‚ Dill exclaimed “I know what we are going
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The settings first takes place at Miss Rachel’s yard. “Jem whistled bob-white and Dill answered in the darkness” As Jem and Scout leap over the wall‚ Jem says “Not a breath blowing”. Harper Lee uses indirect characterization by speech to show deadness and (‚) loneliness (and hollowness). Then Dill suggests “casually” to go for a walk. Scout’s thoughts to it is they must be hiding something and she thinks Dill sounds “fishy” and states that nobody in Maycomb just go for a walk. Harper Lee uses
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Scout’s actions eliminates the tension of lynching mob because she used compassion. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” Scout talked to Mr. Cunningham and asked him about how his family was doing‚ how was his day‚ what’s going on‚ and to tell that she said hey to his son (Lee). She made him realize what he was doing is wrong. He felt special and happy about his family for once. She made him stop attacking Atticus and Tom Robinson because Mr. Cunningham realized what he would’ve done would cause
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thinks that everyone is equal‚ Scout’s journey in life makes her realize that this is not true. Without trying to‚ Scout‚ with her brother Jem and close friend Dill‚ changes how other people think.
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A songbird’s melody can evoke happiness in anyone‚ as can the smiling face of a child. The mockingbird sings for the sake of singing‚ and an innocent child possesses an inborn joyfulness‚ as natural as instinct. Yet a mockingbird’s song dies as easily as the innocence of a child. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout and Jem are portrayed as innocents‚ uncorrupted by our world of prejudice and racism. Their world is simple‚ sensible‚ a child’s world. However‚ three years in the life of 8-year-old
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Memories of Scout The narrator Jean Louise Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ in Lee ’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a complex‚ innocent character. She possesses a wide range of traits‚ which undergo a transformation‚ as she matures. My interest in Scout stems from three main qualities of her personality with which I can personally identify. She displays curiosity‚ courage‚ and a love of reading throughout the novel. Scout ’s curiosity is revealed through questions she asks her father to understand what
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conditions can act very differently depending on their perspective towards the issue. Over time‚ we all develop a sense of perspective and opinion towards people and things‚ however‚ these perspectives are prone to change as we grow up to be more mature and thoughtful. In the novel‚ To kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the Finch’s family develops the idea that despite your rank in the social hierarchy‚ personal values and beliefs are determined by one’s personality. This idea was further developed
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Hailey Spears Period 12 Southern Ways/Small Town Life |Chapter # |Page # |Text Excerpt & Related Significance | |1 |3-4 |“Being Southerners‚ it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded | | | |ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.” |
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Dylan Wheetley 24 April 2012 6th To Kill A Mockingbird vs Marigolds Round 1 Coming of age may not be an easy thing‚ but it makes you the man or woman that you are. In these two stories the main characters begin as young wild children‚ but they mature to young adults. Although‚ coming of age may seem simple to some‚ these characters show us how difficult it can really be. While they are young and wild in the beginning‚ they end up being young adults that take things more seriously. In the beginning
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introducing the Radley house to Dill. This shows how the town is scared of the Radley family although they don’t know much about them. This is important because without the Radley mystery half of the book wouldn’t have been written. It also shows many different types of rhetorical devices and figurative language. When Dill arrives in Macomb and Jem and Scout show him around town they stopped at the Radley house and describe it as a scary place‚ which does nothing but intrigue Dill to want to know more. Except
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