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    people could argue that Atticus is stern because he reprimands his kids too harshly. The opposition tries to prove this point by using this thought by Scout‚ “His curtness stung me… For no reason I felt myself beginning to cry‚ but I could not stop. This was not my father.”(Lee 178) However‚ Atticus is virtuous because without reprimanding his kids‚ they would not know what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior. In the days after Tom Robinson’s conviction‚ Atticus has a conversation with Jem

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    One allusion that atticus used effectively was"all men are created equal"Lee‚ Harper. To kill a mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York‚ Scribner Laidlaw‚ 1989. Atticus says this Allusion to show the hostile jury that all men should be treated equally. To discourage the juries racism or biasty around the case. "Our courts have their faults as does any human institution‚ but in this country‚ our courts are the great levelers‚ and in our courts all men are created equal"Lee‚ Harper. To kill a mockingbird:

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    My Father

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    In my opinion‚ my father is the busiest person in my family. He is working as a clerk for a beverage company. Besides‚ he has did most of the housework. Almost everyday he has a full schedule and can’t afford much leisure. But‚ he’s both a hard - working man and a devoted father. My father is such a hard – working person that I admire him so much. Yesterday‚ for example‚ he had to get up very early. He did some shopping‚ prepared our breakfast and went to work in a hurry because he had to go to

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    In part one of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout the youngest daughter to Atticus Finch and sister to Jem finch is narrating. She tells the tale of how she starts school and how her and Jem become friends with a neighborhood boy named Dill who lives with his aunt next door every summer. Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is a well-off lawyer who is doing well compared to the rest of the maycomb society. The Fitch Family also has a maid/cook who helps take care of the house and raise the children. Once Scout

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    To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has two kids‚ Scout and Jem‚ who he raises alone because his wife died. Scout is a young girl that acts like a tomboy. Her brother Jem is the oldest and is a boy‚ who is in love with football. Tom Robinson a person of color was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella. Even though the evidence leads to Mayella’s father‚ Bob Ewell. Bob was forcing Mayella to say things to convict Tom. Most people in the courtroom

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    In this essay i will be talking atticus and what he had to deal with without though the story. And conflix that Jem And Scout had get by and was some death in the novel. Throughout the novel Atticus works to develop Scout and Jem and and had to use his wisdom to teach them along the way. Atticus is a kind and loving father‚ reading to his children and offering them help if they needed it. But at the End Atticus thought Jem killed Bob Ewell but he didn’t. Atticus was showing bravery he took on

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    Father and Matilda

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    brother who is constantly calling Matilda a dip face and wasting his sweets by continuously throwing them at Matilda. Then there’s her self-obsessed mother who is always seen smothered in make-up and in a pose to try and make her look good. Finally her father‚ her father is a selfish low-life cheapskate. He works in a second-hand car shop and most of the cars are faulty. What Mr.Wormwood does is fixes the faults temporarily so whenever the buyer drives for 20 minutes the faults will appear again. Matilda’s

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    Influential Fathers

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    The Influential Fathers Many people underestimate the significance of a father in a child’s life. The father has some of the most prevalent influences on a child‚ especially while the child is young. A child’s happiness while growing up is largely influenced by the type of father he has and the relationship they bare. Some children will end up resenting their father more than anything because their father fails to really get to know them. On the other hand

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    I could. I was trying to catch up with father. It was easy‚ because I was used to running. That was all my father and I ever did. It seemed like every time we finally found I hide out we ran. My father was an outlaw‚ and I was his child. Everyone was hunting him‚ because of all the terrible things he did. I didn’t know exactly what he did. He would never tell me. Everyone hated him‚ even my mother. My mother used to call us terrible names. He was a no-good stupid son of a bitch‚ and I.. I was the

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    Mockingbird is‚ Atticus Cunningham said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. The name of the book is called To Kill A Mockingbird. It was wrote by Harper Lee. Jem and Scout always wondered why Atticus wouldn’t play with them anymore. Although‚ Atticus was always there when Jem and Scout didn’t know they needed him. My claim is‚ i think it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. If‚ a mockingbird isn’t hurting you‚ why should you want to go over there and hurt it? My first topic sentence is‚ how Atticus showed respect

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