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    Harper Lee published an amazing novel in 1960 that would change lives for years to come. In her novel‚ Lee portrays her childhood through a story about a little girl and her family who all live in a small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama during the 1930s. The story revolves around the lives of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ her brother Jem‚ and their father Atticus. In the story‚ Harper Lee expresses one major theme: the only way to truly understand other people is by considering their perspective. This could

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    understand and hate what they can’t conquer.” Quoted by Andrew Smith. Does this explain what really keeps the distance between people? Has this also clarified what drives an individual towards hatred? Two of my texts: To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee‚ Max directed by Boaz Yakin both evidently portrays the idea of how people are afraid of things they don’t understand‚ which creates the wall of boundary between people. Eventually‚ both texts share similar endings of the idea of how trust can overcome

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    neutral and favor the one who is correct despite race. Scout is trying to understand why they are calling him all these names. Like when as Harper Lee says “Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the

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    step. These types of situations will come early in life which is why it is important to learn at a young age. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee she shows the theme that coming of age involves recognizing others perspectives through many literary devices‚ like symbol and conflict. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses symbol to show the theme coming of age involves recognizing different perspectives. The great thing about having a symbol in the writing is that

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    get through these times. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is detailed as a very adventurous young tomboy who is trying to show everyone how it’s possible to grow up during hard times; the Great Depression‚ Tom robinson case and incidents with Boo Radley. The Great Depression was a huge factor for scout in To kill a Mockingbird as it takes place in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930´s when the economic system was at an all time low‚ Harper Lee described Maycomb as ¨being

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    ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a novel cleverly written by Harper Lee to depict the prejudicial‚ discriminative and racist attitudes of white society in Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Maycomb at first glance seems to be a warm and gentle place. However‚ as the novel progresses‚ the backdrop of slavery‚ racism and poverty as a result of the Great Depression becomes prevalent. Lee explores various themes such as the symbol of the mocking bird as a metaphor for innocence ‚ social justice issues such

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    To Kill a Mockingbird The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper lee is based on a small community in Southern United States during the depression. Atticus Finch‚ father of Jem and Scout‚ teaches them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Three situations that fulfill Atticus’ definition of a symbol of a mockingbird are; when Atticus teaches is kids the lesson with the air riffles‚ the article written by Mr. Underwood about Tom Robinson‚ and Boo Radley’s reputation Scout and Jem received

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    Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee is able to successfully develop the characters and portray her purpose for writing the novel. Numerous authors use their characters to achieve the goal of establishing a theme and purpose within their material. They are able to do this by using literary devices to convey what they want the readers to know. This technique is commonly used by authors to relay information and this book features the use of the main character’s perspective‚ irony‚ and metaphors. Harper Lee utilized

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    defined as injury or damage resulting from some judgement or action of another in disregard of one’s rights. There are many forms in which prejudice takes place‚ but in the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ prejudice takes place in the form of sexism‚ class systems and racism. Harper Lee clearly shows sexism in many ways throughout the book. In Maycomb‚ gender roles were defined with great clarity‚ and Scout was shocked at the thought of a man cooking. “‘ Boys don’t cook.’ I giggled at the

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    trying to express that the true brawn a person has is not the physical ability‚ but the mental stability and strength is contains. In "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee‚ the main characters‚ Scout and Jem‚ demonstrate their own version of strength through being able to overcome the bad influence of their hometown‚ Maycomb. Harper Lee shows this through characterization of Jem and imagery pertaining to Scout. Jem gains his own strength by realizing the flaws of the judgement of the people of

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