standard of morals and ethics‚ and living by them. It is a willingness and ability to do the right thing even when it is hard. The story To Kill a Mockingbird is filled with integrity. For example‚ many of the characters show different traits of integrity through doing what is right‚ and others show traits of integrity for doing what they believe in. Some of the characters portray no integrity at all. Atticus shows integrity through his consistent legal defence of Tom Robinson. In the era Atticus was living
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unspeakable: She kissed a black man.” (272) this quote from chapter 20 just shows how racist and prejudiced the town Maycomb was. The society just cannot accept that a white woman likes a black man. The words illustrate a major theme in the novel that of the existence of social inequality. In my written evaluation I plan to discuss a main character and at least one of the novels central themes. The main events of “to kill a mockingbird” consist of a lawyer named Atticus Finch defending a black man who has
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Complacency One novel that teaches us that history does not turn a blind eye and shows us all the evils that exist in our world today is Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson during his trial is indicative of how harmful human behavior can be towards one another. Prejudice‚ which is abundant in Maycomb and the south‚ is seen by children as confusing until they are old enough to grasp the concept. Lee portrays the children in the novel as observers as
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This quote is from Miss Maudie explaining to the children within To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper E. Lee what Atticus their father has said. In this story‚ it is explain from a point of view of a child named Scout. She experiences many difficulties after the Great Depressing. Furthermore‚ her father is called to defend a colored person in a crime he didn’t committed in a town filled with racism
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To Kill a Mockingbird Define innocence‚ the state‚ quality‚ or fact of being innocent of a crime or offense. :blamelessness. Some children have been able to grasp on to their innocence; they are able to see what’s wrong and right besides the color of an accused victims skin. Harper Lee made three child characters‚ whom all betray the trait of innocence: Scout‚ Dill‚ and Jem. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is growing up is hard when children lose their innocence. Harper Lee created Scout‚
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requires holding a child back. For example‚ when Scout’s teacher asks her to write during class and tells her that she should not be writing in script for many years‚ because it isn’t taught in school until much later. Scout feels that her teacher does not understand her and only wants to hold her back from learning. Education as a theme is shown explicitly by the behaviour of Atticus towards his children.Atticus being an educated man himself has always wanted his kids to also be educated.
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Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl‚ only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As
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based on John Grisham’s A Time to Kill is a Hollywoodized‚ modern-day version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Both movies employ many of the same themes and plot elements; but the former movie is one-dimensional and predictable while the latter is innovative and purposeful. The movie version of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a classic film‚ whereas John Grisham’s adapted novel is merely another example of the money making efforts of Hollywood. Some of the movies’ more prominent themes
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Mockingbird: The mockingbird represents innocence. Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport‚ people kill innocence‚ or other people who are innocent‚ without thinking about what they are doing. Atticus stands firm in his defense of innocence and urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally and figuratively. The mockingbird motif arises four times during To Kill a Mockingbird. First‚ when Atticus gives Jem and Scout air guns for Christmas and instructs them not to kill mockingbirds
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of someone who already knows these lessons is helpful. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ a young‚ curious girl named Scout learns lessons and experiences that grow her into a better person. The first lesson Scout learns is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing things from their perspective. Scout struggles to learn this lesson‚ but she masters it once she does. “My stomach turned to water and nearly threw up when Jem held out the blanket
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