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    It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee wrote a historical novel called‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. It takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama around the 1930’s. The main characters in this novel are: Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. The novels point of view is written from Scouts perspective from when she was younger‚ around the ages 7 to 8. Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and he his occupation is a lawyer. Throughout the first part of the novel most of the events have Jem and Scout along with their friend

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    Good Versus Evil The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson depicts that wherever there is good‚ there is evil as well. The note included by Larson‚ ¨Evils Imminent¨ depicts this: ¨Beneath the gore and smoke and loam‚ this book is about the evanescence of life‚ and why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible‚ others in the manufacture of sorrow¨ (pg. xi). Larso shows this conflict of good and evil by comparing the two main characters‚ Daniel Burnham and Henry

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how

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    How do you find Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar compare as the main characters in Shakespeare’s play? Do you find them to be representative of good vs. evil? In the historical tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ there are a number of contrasting themes and characters who develop the theme of good vs. evil and perhaps are constantly changing from the protagonist to the antagonist. It is hard to distinguish who is suppose to be the savior of the Roman people and who is the hypocrite that is misleading both

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    which encourage and challenge readers to consider the different aspects that are portrayed‚ making a novel unique and memorable. A classic novel relates to life whether it is old or new. There are many important themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which make it memorable to the reader. The major theme in this novel explores issues such as the destructive impact of racism‚ prejudice‚ injustice and the nature of justice and of humanity. The events of

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    Innocence‚ or the loss of innocence‚ is a theme that permeates many great works of literature. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is no exception. The novel compares many of its characters to mockingbirds‚ a symbol of pure innocence. Two of the most prominent of the novel’s mockingbirds are Tom Robinson‚ a black man wrongly accused and convicted of rape‚ and Boo Radley‚ an outcast from society who spends his days like a hermit locked up in his house. Tom provides something beneficial to society

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    she had any friends‚ Mayella thought Atticus making fun of her by saying this. We also know that Boo doesn’t have any friends either‚ because of the way Boo is never seen outside of the house or for any matter never seen at all. Boo never had a very good childhood mainly because of his cruel father. Mr. Radley treated Boo in a foul way‚ to which no child should be treated. The same goes for Mayella‚ she is abused by her drunken father most of the days. Mr. Ewell rapped his daughter and then blamed

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    In the To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many characters who exhibit characteristics of a ¨mockingbird¨. The characteristics of a mockingbird can be viewed from various points of view of the reader. The traits I saw for a character to be a mockingbird are that they must show signs of responsibility and will take action against the beliefs of the other citizens of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The characters that most show the characteristics of a mockingbird are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Jem

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    Personally if I read a book first and then watch the movie‚ the movie never lives up to the book. With this book To kill a Mockingbird I liked it better than the movie. The movie left out things I found very important in the book‚ along with other minor details. One thing the movie changed and left out was the way Jem and Scout got their gifts from Boo Radley. In the book Scout is the one who finds the first gift from Boo in the old oak tree in front of the Radley house. The first thing she finds

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    Is it considered acceptable to kill a person if their only duty is to produce pleasure‚ and bring beauty to their surroundings? In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the mockingbird symbolizes the good will expressed by certain characters. Throughout the novel‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson reflect the mockingbird through their actions and society’s physical and emotional response to their presence. Tom Robinson dedicates his life to helping his peers‚ and being an industrious person‚ but is still

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