Courage Over Conformity In a world of lions‚ and tigers‚ and bears‚ courage is a light through the forest of life. Only few know the true meaning of courage and its worth. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ great courage is shown in many forms‚ through characters that are trying to do what right in the face of adversity. Atticus is one of few that sees clearly through the fog hovering over Maycomb County. Ignoring the crude and unsupportive comments thrown at him from Maycomb citizens‚
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Prejudice and intolerance towards people because they are of a different race has been notorious in America since the early 1900’s. In Harper Lee’s “ To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ in a town called Maycomb‚ intolerance is superabundant against black people and any affiliation with them. In the story Tom Robinson is being indicted of rape and Atticus Finch steps up to defend him. With this situation lingering in Maycomb‚of course the town’s people express the intolerance they have towards an innocent black
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Everyone Deserves Respect‚ No Matter What The central theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is “everyone deserves to be treated with respect”. While reading chapters one through eleven‚ I feel Harper Lee carried this theme through the book‚ being expressed through Atticus. All of my quotes come from Atticus. When Scout yelled at Walter for pouring syrup all over his food‚ Atticus taught her a lesson and said “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view‚ and until
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2 Way Mirror Many people look at themselves in the mirror everyday to see how they look from the outside. How about the inside? Many human’s today have different appearances then their reality. Harper Lee‚ author of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ drags on the story with many instances where appearances contrast with reality. She uses irony in her novel on several occasions to illustrate the difference between appearances versus reality. Harper Lee demonstrates that reality is not always how it appears
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There are many different attitudes and situations which may hinder a person’s ability or willingness to empathize. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there are numerous examples. Jem Finch‚ Bob Ewell and Aunt Alexandra struggle in a similar way though their situations are very different. Arrogance prevents the people of Maycomb from showing empathy. Jem is assuming that Boo wants to talk to him. He has never considered that maybe Boo wants to be left alone. Even though Atticus repeatedly told Jem
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True Feeling of Segregation In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee teaches her audience about the unfair treatment of people based on their‚ race‚ gender‚ and if they are rich or poor. Society was not the best during the time the book was written. Harper Lee gives the perfect picture of how segregation was during her time period. People were segregated for the simplest things. The topics that will be focused throughout this essay are gender‚ racism‚ and foil characters. Throughout this book‚ race
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The book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ represents freedom to me because it is banned in some schools. I was lucky enough to read it and I found it absurd that some schools would ban their students from learning it. I’d like to think that because it is banned somewhere else‚ and not where I am‚ is freedom. “Give me liberty‚ or give me death!” is a great example of freedom because the early english settlers of the United States wanted to be free of the grasp of Great Britain and the founding fathers fought
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Through this experience‚ Scout and Jem later experience life differently by realizing that everything is not always the same what it seems like. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates that the transition to adulthood involves the loss of sweet innocence while gradually understanding the adult world through the characters of Jem and Scout. Initially‚ Jem acts childishly‚ but when he experiences the
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Courage In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee paints the idea that when people do what they don”t want to do but it is the right thing good thing come out of it.This becomes clear to the reader when characters in the novel do some thing that are challenging but they do it anyways. In part one of the book we get introduced to two characters atticus and scout which both in part one have a scene where they are courageous. A quote from the beginning of part 1 is‚ “The main one is‚ if
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that comes in many forms‚ hiding in every corner‚ but not always seen. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee portrays many forms of courage through the actions of her characters. The three characters‚ which from my perspective‚ revealed their courage via their actions within this novel are Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem and Atticus. Courage comes in many shapes and sizes and is often overlooked in the everyday individuals. One example is the courage displayed through the actions of Mrs.Dubose. She is perceived
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