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    Author Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is written about two siblings‚ Jean Louise and Jeremy Finch. They live with their father Atticus‚ a respected lawyer. Living in a town called Macomb County‚ this family has endured many hardships. Despite the odds‚ they manage to maintain a very healthy relationship. In today’s society people people do not usually care about others‚ it is one for all instead of all for one. Lee writes about how having compassion can help create and strengthen bonds

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    The Characters of To Kill a Mockingbird we also created from people in Lee ’s life. For example‚ she used here father‚ Frances "Finch" Lee‚ as a model for Atticus Finch. "To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Is a novel of strong contemporary national significance…Miss Lee considers the novel a love story" (Commire‚ 155). The novel could be considered a love story because it shows the love of a father toward his two children. Apparently‚ Lee chose the mockingbird to represent the "purity of heart‚ and selflessness

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    Last Name 1 First Name Last Name Professor Name Class Date Courage Defines a Person: Courage Reflects Who Each Character Will Be Harper Lee proves what she believes courage to be in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Many characters show they have courage in the novel such as Jem‚ Atticus‚ and Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the 1930s where uncourageous white people‚ such as Mayella and Bob Ewell‚ take advantage of their superiority over the black people. When someone

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    As a reader it is extremely vital to be aware of these narrative voices when reading the text because each narrator presents different emotions‚ ideas and knowledge. The three narrative voices are Scout‚ Jean Louise who is Scout as an adult and Harper Lee. Scout is telling the story from the point of view of a six year old child therefore she has a unique way of persuading her audience. A six year old child is obviously very young and this means she has very limited knowledge on the world she lives

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    Over the centuries‚ dictators have banned books and even burned them in order to suppress ideas. America’s classic gothic novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ has been on and off the banned book list for years ever since it was first published in 1960 in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. To Kill A Mockingbird should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches lessons to the reader. In a town that is “diseased” with racism‚ Atticus tries to make the all white male jury understand

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    Danielle Morton Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ takes place during a racially intense time in history. Harper Lee’s novel was intended to bring a harsh sense of reality to the real world‚ and was meant to demonstrate how it really was during this time in history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighborhood meanderings and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand

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    only by the protection of the laws." This quote is saying that all men are created the same way‚ but society divides them based on false judgments. It says that the only way to achieve self equality is before the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ justice plays a substantial role expressed in Atticus’s opinions‚ Tom Robinson’s court case‚ and the death of Bob Ewell. Justice is expressed throughout the novel in the views and opinions of Atticus Finch. In the story‚ Atticus is a lawyer and

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    you can do. Trying because that’s the kind of man you are‚ and this is the example you want to set for your children. Again‚ trying because it was the right thing to do no matter what the circumstances were. This theme affected me a great deal and Harper Lee did a great job expressing it in “To Kill a

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jem shows courage every day to his sibling and friends and other townspeople. Lee tries to show that courage can be defined in many different ways‚ and that courage doesn’t have to mean that a person is brave‚ although it can be someone who is brave. Through Jem Lee can show what courage can really means‚ by Jem`s actions and by how he is seeing about the world around him. Jem Protects his sister and Dill constantly‚ and he learned to do that from Atticus

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    Mockingbirds in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be

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