shows she feels that no matter what color your skin is‚ everyone should be given the same treatment. During the summertime‚ Scout‚ Jem and Dill make a game of Boo Radley in which they tease him and make efforts to get him outside. One night‚ when they all go to Boo Radley’s house‚ Mr. Nathan‚ Boo Radley’s father shoots his gun in the air‚ scaring Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. As they all flee from the property‚ Jem gets his pants caught on the fence‚ forcing him to take them off. Later that night‚ when he goes
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force the inciting force in this novel is Prejudice and Racism. Rising action Scout and Dill one summer meet Dill The three kids act out skits and Dill becomes fascinated with the Radley house Scout and Jem tell Dill how Boo has not come out in years Dill reutrns home and Scout goes to school Scout hates school and also finds gifts in a tree on the Radley place while she is going home. Dill returns after school is over and summer has started. The three kids start to act out what
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Dill runs from his family in search of happiness and Alexandra runs from happiness to support her status. In this case a child is right‚ because he is not yet influenced by stereotypes and predilections. Dill is much less experienced‚ but Alexandra has been negatively influenced on some of the most important aspects of life. For Dill‚ naiveté became an asset. Finally‚ Bob Ewell starts controversy whenever possible if
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November 14‚ 2012 People’s Believes in Maycomb In the novel by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she gives a detailed insight into human nature and its consequences. She focuses on a specific time period‚ the 1930’s. In the novel‚ she makes me feel the cruel reality of that time period. However‚ it also gave me a bright perspective of how they kept their spirits alive. Through Harper Lee’s novel‚ she showed us the power of human will to survive in such a segregated time period. As I was reading
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Kill a Mockingbird. Mrs. Dubose seems to be a mean‚ old‚ lady‚ but as the reader gets to know her they would realize that she acts that way because she is going through withdrawal. Dolphus Raymond always seems to be drunk; as the characters Scout and Dill both find out that he simply acts different than others and he wants to give people a “reason” for why he acts like that. Boo Radley seems to be very menacing and deadly‚ but he is actually just very shy. The main theme of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is
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time Scout met the mass inhumanity of people. Scout realizes some people don’t believe in discrimination. During the middle of the court case when Dill breakdown something Scout says causes Dill to give Scout some reason. “Well Dill after all he is just a negro.”(PgNumber). Before Scout thought that the discrimination was part of life. When Dill went back on her statement she realizes some people were very opposed to discrimination. The lead her to have more respect for them. Scout grows up
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Chapter 1 The chapter opens with the introduction of the narrator‚ Scout (Jean Louise) Finch‚ her older brother Jem (Jeremy)‚ and their friend and neighbor‚ Dill (Charles Baker Harris). Next‚ Lee provides an overview of Finch family history. Their ancestor‚ a Methodist named Simon Finch‚ fled British persecution and eventually settled in Alabama‚ where he trapped animals for fur and practiced medicine. Having bought several slaves‚ he established a largely self-sufficient homestead and farm‚ Finch’s
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home when the boys wouldn’t play with her. “Until Jem and Dill excluded me from their plans‚ she was only another lady in the neighborhood” (Lee 56). Scout was feeling down about Jem and Dill excluding her‚ and Miss Maudie welcomed her with open arms and made her feel much better. Maudie told Scout a story about Stephanie Crawford that made Scout laugh. She was trying to distract Scout from the harsh treatment she had received from Jem and Dill. “That shut her up a while” (Lee 60). Maudie was speaking
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As an individual develops their personality over time‚ some feel the need to conceal their true identity in order to establish a feeling of belonging. When they are eventually exposed‚ some feel accepted by others‚ while some experience further betrayal. The action of ‘masking’ oneself is seen throughout Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The story is based on characters living in the 1930’s in the small‚ rural town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator Scout Finch‚ is a young eight year old
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and tries to help her understand the events around her. As Jem grows older‚ he begins to do what is right. For instance‚ when Dill sneaks into Scout’s room after running away from home‚ Jem righteously says‚ “You oughta let your mother know where you are. You oughta let her know you’re here…” (page 141). Jeremy knows that he must set a good example for Scout and Dill thus he involves Atticus in the whole ordeal. He temporarily faces exile by his friends‚ but Jem never apologized for what he thought
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