What if you were six years old then all of a sudden you’re twenty-five years old. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there are three main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. But Scout is the main role. These kids grew up during the great depression the dust bowl and racism. In this story i’m going to explain how these themes come up in To Kill A Mockingbird they are Evils of racism‚ Female roles and Reunion. The point of this paragraph is going to be about how Scout‚Jem‚and Dill grow
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Primrose English 1‚ Period 3 Triumph Through Adversity “Success is never final‚ failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” (John Wooden). To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is primarily a novel about growing up under extraordinary circumstances in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The narrator‚ Scout Finch‚ lives with her older brother Jem and father ‚Atticus‚ in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small‚ close-knit town‚ where everyone knows each other. Atticus
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Throughout the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the characteristic of empathy is ever present. This unique quality is developed through Jem and Scout in their dealings with the characters of Walter Cunningham and Mrs. Dubose. One characteristic shown of Jem and Scout is their ability to empathize or “….climb into their skin and walk around in it.” (pg 31). During the novel Jem develops a high level of emotional intelligence that allows him to understand the situation of others‚ as
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discriminative towards one another solely based on race. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in the 1960’s‚ though the setting is based in the 1930’s.The novel challenges the false idea of the stereotypical African-American human being‚ as was typical in the 1930’s. It has been said that this novel portrays African-Americans as submissive‚ simple‚ and ignorant folk who need whites to protect them. To Kill a Mockingbird contains several black characters who are the complete opposite
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To Kill a Mockingbird is the only novel Harper Lee wrote. This novel still is alive in the lives of the people who read it. People are affected by this great novel. This book also tends to affect those in schools that at first are not interested in reading this book. Harper Lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ shows many different symbols throughout the entire book. Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Scout Finch are symbols throughout the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
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Starting with the title of the book - to kill a mockingbird. It symbolizes the destruction of innocence. Mockingbirds symbolically represent innocence with none of the taint of experience/evil that surrounds us. Many of the characters that emerge in the book are like these birds and upon contact with evil are either destroyed or
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Qing-Si Yu Ms. Ridge ELA：10 January 4‚ 2013 1. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing bus sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird in this quote. He wants to teach Jem‚ Scout‚ and Walter that killing an innocent mockingbird is a sin. Atticus gives a hint that hurting an innocent person
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Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ during the 1930’s was a place replete with prejudice and social hierarchy. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in this small‚ southern town and reveals the conflicts associated with the injustice of prejudice and social class. The main characters in Lee’s novel must face the pressures of this oppressive environment. Specifically‚ Tom Robinson’s trial robs the children of their innocence as well as sheds light on the effects of prejudice‚ and social class. Tom Robinson is
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In To Kill a Mockingbird gender stereotypes are pressed upon girls and boys‚ forcing them to change how they act in order to fit in. They can still be seen being influenced to change who they are today. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses Scout and Dill to show how kids are forced to change. One place Harper Lee gives her message of the effect of sexism is when‚ after hearing Scout swear‚ Uncle Jack tells her to stop and “of course” she wants to be a lady (105). By saying this‚ Uncle Jack becomes
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Amy Vandyken Braun Honors American Lit 6 October 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ courage is defined as "when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (149). This novel‚ which tells of the prejudice found in a small Alabama town‚ has many examples of courage. Two major characters who exemplify the theme of courage are Atticus and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and father‚ displays both physical
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