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    challenging for Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ and also minorities in real life. Every day‚ they are discriminated against‚ and it is very unfair. To Kill a Mockingbird has many non-fiction parts‚ which makes the novel better than many others. Harper Lee presented Tom’s trial in ways that can be easily compared to real life trials‚ such as the Scottsboro trial. Tom Robinson’s trial was definitely the most dramatic‚ yet the most realistic part in this piece of writing. In the trial‚ Tom Robinson

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    gradually. This is particularly true in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. A novel about racism and innocence‚ To Kill A Mockingbird shows the reader that life is not always fair‚ and does so by creating many mockingbird figures throughout the story. Each mockingbird has a different role in the story‚ but contributes greatly to overall message. In the novel‚ Miss Maudie explains to the children that mockingbirds “don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy” (Lee 90). This shows the innocence of mockingbirds

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses on the challenges of racism during the 1930’s. In the novel a man named Bob Ewell accuses a black man of raping his daughter. Throughout the novel‚ Bob Ewell remains prejudice. Towards the middle of the novel Bob Ewell accuses a black man by the name of Tom Robinson of rape. Bob Ewell sees his daughter kissing Tom and decides to accuse him of rape. At the trial Bob states‚ “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (231). Mr. Ewell has

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    book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ many different characters were introduced. Overall‚ my favorite character was Atticus Finch. He had the greatest impact on others and he was written into the story well. Atticus made people think about prejudice and start to question the idea entirely. He also taught Scout many important life skills. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and Scout and Jem’s father. “... when my father‚ Atticus Finch‚ went to Montgomery to read law” (Lee 5). When the book said “To read

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    you feel if a town full of prejudice tormented you because of your past? Well this becomes a reality in To Kill a Mockingbird for two very innocent people. Through the symbol of the Mockingbird‚ and the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley‚ Harper Lee examines the necessity of protecting vulnerable members of society in To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem introduces Boo as a blood thirsty animal‚ but when Boo unveils himself to save the kids he is actually a very shy and scared person‚ which goes

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    making role in literature‚ and although it has been published for over fifty years‚ it still has a great influence on present day readers. Unfortunately‚ readers have been conflicting with the epic novel’s main idea. Some people disagree with Harper Lee telling her fans that the book is "a simple love story." After reading the whole book‚ its easy to agree with the author and see from her perspective. However‚ the book includes some kinds of love that are not of the romantic type. In To Kill

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    Atticus says‚ “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird‚” to Jem in Chapter Ten of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee after Uncle Jack instructs both Jem and Scout on the principles of using their air rifles. Miss Maudie also tells Scout‚ “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing…” From both statements‚ the reader may infer that Atticus desires his children to treat any innocent living being‚ possibly humans in specific‚ with respect‚ and wrongdoings occur when behaving oppositely. As the novel and Atticus’ case

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    discrimination is over.”- President Jimmy Carter. Racial Equality...Will it ever be achieved in the United States? Studies and Interviews have been done to figure this question out all with different answers. In the book‚ To Kill A MockingBird by Harper Lee. The narrator‚ a little girl named Scout Finch‚ lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930s. She attends a trial in which her father is an attorney for the defendant. The trial is about an African American man named Tom Robinson who is given the death

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    Mockingbird was published in 1960 and brought its first-time author‚ Harper Lee‚ a startling amount of recognition as well as discouragement. The novel retells the three significant years in the life of Scout Finch‚ the young daughter of a Southern town’s lawyer. It has been said that To Kill a Mockingbird was influenced by the Scottsboro Trials of the 1930’s. The novel portrays a society that is supremely and shockingly unfair. Harper Lee has successfully incorporated various traits in To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Parenting is one of the most challenging and rewarding tasks possible. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch is a model parent who teaches his children important lessons about life. He teaches his children to respect themselves and others‚ to try their best to do what ’s right‚ and what real courage is. Atticus Finch is a very respected man in Maycomb. He shows respect to a lot of people including his children‚ the Negroes‚ his neighbours and Arthur Radley. When asked

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