person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). Scout learns to have compassion and empathy on some of the most unexpected characters including Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Boo
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To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee is about the journey of Jean Louise Scout’ Finch‚ an innocent good hearted five year old child with no experiences with the evils of the world. Through out the novel Scout grows and learns as she encounters the world in new light as she grows up during the depression in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama in the USA. Harper Lee intentionally directs the reader to take the point of view of Scout so they can experience the unbiased perspective of her. Lee manipulates
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the wall of Boo Radley’s house. Jem states that “I hope you’ve got it through your head that he’ll kill us each and every one [...] Don’t blame me when he gouges your eyes out.” (17). This quote demonstrates the fear Jem has of the Radley house and Boo Radley. His childhood has been filled with rumors of how evil Arthur (Boo) Radley is‚ like “he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands were bloodstained” (16)‚ and that he has stabbed his father‚ Mr. Radley (13). Although
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird the theme Injustice and Community are a constant topic. For example‚ Scout is at the court hearing for Tom Robinson‚ as the jury is nearing the end‚ judge Taylor is tolling the votes as she says “Guilty… Guilty… Guilty… Guilty” Because this event happened the the whole community was brought together due to its injustice towards Tom Robinson and acusion of raping Mayella. In addition to the last example‚ Scout and Jem are talking about Ms. Crawford and her hate towards
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between opposing forces. After hearing stories about the infamous Boo Radley across the street‚ Scout and Jem Finch were intrigued to try to see him. By disobeying their dads request to stay away from him‚ Scout and Jem came to the realization that Boo Radley wasn’t bad after all. They made a new friend who ends up saving their lives. In this case‚ the consequence was not a bad thing and the children gained something from the encounter. With the use of characterization‚ Of Mice and Men also supports
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the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. In the first part of the story‚ Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their friend Dill spend their summer‚ about their strange neighbor‚ Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley. There are many rumours about Boo radley‚ as he lives an unorthodox life compared to the other ‘normal’ citizens of Maycomb. Boo does not go to church on Sundays‚ never leaves his house‚ and is created such a horrible image through rumours to the point where children are scared to walk past the Radley’s house
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hierarchy than the white people who are on the top. By stepping into the shoes of Boo Radley‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and Dolphus Raymond‚ Scout learns a lot about class warfare. Tom Robinson is a black man who is falsely accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. The jury finds him guilty‚ and Scout knows that it was wrong. Her father‚ Atticus‚ was Tom’s lawyer‚ so she was able to experience each step of the trial. Arthur “Boo” Radley was feared by all of Maycomb because he stabbed his father with a pair of
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the first black women the children have ever interacted with and she serves between the black and white worlds of Maycomb. Ms. Dubose - Arthur (Boo) Radley - Boo is a handicapped man that could possibly be mentally unstable but we don’t know because no character talks about his conditions and what he has wrong wit him nor does the reader. Mr. Radley Miss Caroline - Miss Caroline is Scout’s first grade teacher and is new to Maycomb. She is a new‚ naive‚ insensitive‚ simple minded teacher who thinks
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From the beginning to the end of the story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus tells his children multiple times that they should walk in someone else’s shoes before judging them. Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout encounter situations throughout the story in which they need to listen to Atticus’s advice in order to change their views to see both sides of the situation. One example of this was when Jem could not understand why Bob Ewell spit on Atticus and threatened his life. Jem was too myopic to see that even
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the characters in the novel: Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. The mockingbird symbolizes these two characters because it does not have its own song. Whereas‚ the blue jay is loud and obnoxious‚ the mockingbird only sings other birds’ songs. Because the mockingbird does not sing its own song‚ we characterize it only by what the other birds sing. Hence‚ we see the mockingbird through the other birds. In the novel‚ the people of Maycomb only know Boo Radley and Tom Robinson by what others say about them
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