To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes Directions: Know who said the quote‚ who is being spoken to‚ the significance of the quote to the novel or characterization. 1. “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” (Chapter 1‚ pg. 3). 2. “He [Atticus] liked Maycomb‚ he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people‚ they knew him‚ and because of Simon Finch’s industry‚ Atticus was related by blood or
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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout’s views and understanding of femininity changes. Although Scout is not the stereotypical female of her age‚ she receives different views of that matter through three different influential ladies in her life. Through them she realizes that being more feminine is not a negative changer in her life. Scout at first is tomboyish and does not do or like things a girl of her age is expected to. After Francis annoys Scout by called Atticus a “nigger-lover”‚ she
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In part 1 of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" there is a girl named Jean Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ and her brother Jem Finch live in Maycomb with their father Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer who is loved by the whole city. Scout and Jem have a cook named Calpurnia who is like a mother figure in the house since the kid’s mom died when Scout was a young girl. Scout doesn’t remember her mother but Jem does. Jem gets sad when he thinks of their mother. A boy named Charles Harris‚ nicknamed Dill‚moves
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First of all‚ power can be abused or used for good‚ power is to do something or act in a “peciluar way due to your rank. In the book “To KIll A Mockingbird” we see Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus Finch in a world of racism because Atticus is a lawyer who defends a black man named Tom Robinson se her but she from raping Mayella‚ a white lady who the daughter of the neighborhood drunk‚ throughout the book we see how society and racism shape various individuals. Despite of Atticus’ struggle to protect Tom‚
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Chaos in town. Divided cultures. Family feuds. All of these traumatic things can be seen in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Despite the fact that these may be interesting things to witness‚ it becomes a little less pleasing once discrimination comes into play. In a battle between wrong and right‚ there’s only one true answer‚ right? Wrong. Identity contingencies often blind people from seeing what is wrong or right because they are too worried about the image they have painted of a person
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After reading To Kill a Mockingbird most people might represent Dill as a dejected character‚ but I deem Dill Harris presents himself confidently. To begin with‚ he has an eccentric imagination; therefore‚ he just makes up stories as he goes along. For instance‚ when Jem and Scout asked him about his father‚ Dill told them he had a beard. When Dill forgot his lie‚ and said his father did not have a beard‚ he was confronted by Scout and Jem. He fabricated an explanation instantly- his memory wasn’t
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shunned because people don’t know their real story and judge them off of what they know. Most of the time when people judge others off of only what they know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb‚ Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have
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Family Dynamics XXXXX xxxxx University Family Dynamics Families can be referred to as complex units linked by strong emotional bonding. The way the family members interact and the way the whole family group relate is known as family dynamics. The dynamics among the family members are influenced by the family’s traditions‚ emotional interdependence‚ communication style and behavioral patterns. There are
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The following essay is based on the theme of “Expectations” in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. The novel set during the 1930’s depression in Maycomb south Alabama is based upon the ignorance and prejudice present in society. The theme of ‘expectations’ is an imperative motif which affects the events that occur throughout the novel. Social expectations were rigidly upheld in Southern Alabama in the 1930’s. These expectations determined what behaviours were acceptable for men and women‚ Caucasians
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The general statement made by Harper Lee in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird is that once one has personal motivation to gain and help others‚ the unfavorable results can be faced more confidently and can be easier to accept. More specifically‚ when Atticus was faced with a battle he could not win‚ it was easier to carry out the case once he thought about the lesson he was teaching others and how it would nurture his integrity; as stated when Atticus mentioned how he “...wanted you to see what real
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