character in the book that has changed‚ some reasons are when Jem snitches out Dill telling Atticus that Dill left home and came with him and Jem‚ another reasons is when Jem defends his sister from Bob Ewell’s attack on them. These reasons are strong to support my point saying that Jem has matured more than anyone in the book. One of my reasons is when Jem snitches out Dill‚ Jem goes and tells Atticus that Dill left home and is at their home. ”They must not know you’re here” “We’d know if
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Journal #4 I am reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. So far this part of the book is the trial of Tom Robinson. He was accused of rape by Mayella Ewell and was found guilty. The testimonies everyone had evidence that Tom was innocent‚ but a jury of all white people did not favor a Black over a White. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. Predict: I think Tom will be innocent G- I predict that Tom will be innocent Y- Mr.Ewell might have beat up
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used the Tom Robinson character to prove the injustice of the Scottsboro Trail. I: Intro II: About Tom Robinson’s case III: About the Scottsboro case The Scottsboro Boys case was among the most important in the history. It was taken to the united states Supreme Court twice. IV: About the Similarities The two trials share similarities in their setting‚ characters‚ and outcomes. The story of the Scottsboro boys is very similar to the case of Tom Robinson in the story To Kill a Mocking
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 117). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird symbolizes innocence and the destruction of it. Throughout the book‚ many characters are representations of the bird as they are innocents who have fallen in the hands of injustice. Boo Radley is a harmless
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novels to get across a message in an entertaining way. Harper lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ uses the ordinary‚ everyday mockingbird to symbolise innocence. By the end of the novel‚ both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley become mockingbird symbols. A mockingbird literally is a good bird. Mockingbirds are considered a good animal because they do not disturb or annoy anyone. They just mind their own business and are harmless. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up
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Tom Robinson was accused for raping a young women named Mayella Ewell on May 18. Mayella Ewell is the oldest of 8 sibling in her family‚ she is motherless and takes care of the smaller children while she works around her father’s house. The whole court house was filled with white families sitting on the bottom rows of cowhide-bottomed chairs while the blacks had to stay in the balcony. The trial started with Mr. Heck Tate in the witness stand‚ on the left of him was Judge Taylor. Mr. Tate described
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Scout’s Character In a town where social classes and The Great Depression has dominated‚ in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch allows the readers to see past the preconceived ideas of Maycomb and view through the eyes of a 5 year old‚ inquisitive girl who has nothing more to offer than amiable intentions. Scout has been sheltered growing up‚ not from equality and acceptance‚ yet from the world’s prejudice actions. For instance‚ the naive child has a shortage of vocabulary
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>Atticus Finch Quote 1 "Atticus‚ you must be wrong...." "How’s that?" "Well‚ most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong...." (11.54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings‚ Uggs‚ and chain wallets‚ it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him those lessons. He already knows that individual conscience is a better guide to justice than majority opinion. The theme of justice plays a major role in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally
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and Abel. The correlation between good and evil is seen throughout history‚ through medians such as literature and the media. Neither good nor evil can exist without the other. The coexistence of good and evil is portrayed in Harper Lee’s "To Kill A Mockingbird" when the characters of Jem‚ Dill and Scout come across good and evil through Maycomb society. Jem is placed in situations where he is exposed to both good and evil in Maycomb. This is shown when Jem encounters good and evil through the closing
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External Influences--Life’s Determining Factor The human controversy regarding what (or even whom) determines one’s life has been evident for hundreds‚ if not‚ thousands of years. Humans are prone to seek out the limits‚ to see what’s possible--it’s in human nature. However‚ the question still remains: What is the determining factor of in one’s life? Many are hopeful enough to believe that each human has full control over their life. The events in the stories To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Romeo and Juliet
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