How does Harper Lee use the symbol of the mockingbird? According to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” So‚ mockingbirds are harmless‚ innocent creatures‚ and killing them is wrong‚ because they don’t hurt anyone. The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. After all it only sings for us to hear its music‚ they don’t bother us or harm us. So‚ to kill a mockingbird is a sin because you destroy innocence. Throughout the book‚ a number of characters
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When you first walk into a room filled with people‚ what are your initial thoughts? Usually‚ it would be to judge someone. If you realize that your initial thoughts about someone was negative or mean‚ then the next step would be to put yourself in their shoes. Throughout Part 1 in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ this idea is shown in various scenarios‚ to prove that empathy is the solution to racism and prejudice. One of the ways the author‚ Harper Lee‚ had shown that empathy was the solution to racism and
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Scout and Jem‚ he teaches them a lot of important life lessons that they will be carrying on in the future. Atticus is one of the most influential characters in the novel. He influences his children through his statements‚ his actions and the good examples he set for them. Throughout the novel Atticus was always correcting Scout and Jem’s behavior‚ whenever he notices his children doing something that isn’t right‚ he always encourages them to do the right things and tells them the right way to go
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In the novel to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there were numerous occasions where characters were accused of crimes that they did not commit and/or judged differently based on their situation. Tom Robinson is a perfect example of an innocent man wrongly accused of a crime‚ he wasn’t given the same benefit of the doubt any white person in that time period would have been. A man in a very similar situation as Tom Robinson was put in jail for 18 years for a crime he did not commit. The name
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In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ characters resist the status quo many of their family and friends believe in to take a stand against racial injustice. For example‚ Atticus takes the case to defend Tom against his family’s wishes‚ because if he didn’t‚ “.... [he] couldn’t hold [his] head up in town‚ [he] couldn’t represent this county in the legislature..” (100). Scout was asking Atticus why he would defend Negroes if he wasn’t supposed to‚ and Atticus told Scout he wouldn’t be able to live
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to society’s views of what is needed to be a southern gentleman‚ and also how he sets a sensible example for his children.He does not boast about anything. When Atticus gets put in the position that he has to shoot the dog‚ he is very reluctant to do so‚ and when he finally does‚ Jem and Scout are slightly angry that he had never told them that he was that good at shooting. “one-shot Finch” as Jem calls him. Which shows how he is too modest to tell them‚ which also explains why when
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Prejudice in Maycomb Throughout life people are misrepresented‚ stereotyped‚ and seen as something they aren’t. This can greatly affect the person’s life and the way they interact with the world. The image of the mockingbird is represented through many characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. In the novel killing a mockingbird is a symbol of loss of innocence. There are many “mockingbirds” in the story‚ which takes place in a town called
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How does Harper Lee present and develop the theme of racial prejudice in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Harper Lee presents and develops racial prejudice in a very subtle way. The happenings in the novel are all seen from the point of view of an innocent‚ unbiased child‚ called Scout. As she is only young she sees the world in the simple‚ non-prejudiced way that adults would see. In my opinion this makes the novel more exciting‚ and makes the reader think and understand differently in the book. The word
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To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a novel written by Harper Lee‚ showcases the events of a cross-raced rape court case set in a small town in Alabama‚ America through the Great Depression in the Late 1940s and Early 1950s. The protagonist‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ but better known as Scout and her brother Jem become surrounded by the discrimination their father receives because of him defending a black man in the case. Its through the thick and thin of these situations that the children learn more about the person
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In Harper Lee’s timeless novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a home-based education system is emphasized throughout the story. The book’s protagonists‚ Jem and Scout Finch‚ journey through a world of deceit and biases‚ but their father‚ Atticus‚ helps put the children’s chaotic lives into perspective. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee supports an education through the family by making Scout and Jem’s school the center of their many problems. The institutionalized school systems of today prove her
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