Shannon Wester May 1‚ 2005 Mrs. Takehara To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mocking Bird In my diorama I depicted the scene of Jem walking Scout home from the Halloween pageant‚ in full ham-suit‚ when they are attacked in the woods by Bob Ewell. He first attacks Jem‚ and then Scout‚ until someone pulls him off of her‚ and Scout assumes it was Jem. The man who saved Scout and Jem was Boo Radley‚ the Finch’s reclusive neighbor. He carries an unconscious Jem and scout back to their house‚ where Aunt
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How did bobby come of age? Bobby was forced to grow up when he got hid girlfriend Nia pregnant. He was told by different people that he had no childhood anymore. This essay is about Bobby coming of age. The wall is supposed to be a symbol of bobby and finding his identity. Bobby is spray painting about his flashbacks while trying to find his identity. The first flashback he has is when him and K-boy were flying kites. The second flashback he has is J.L and him were at the museum and then they were
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statement correctly identifies of how all men were created equal no matter of what race‚ gender‚ or color they are. In this book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ equality is not present .Tom Robinson‚ a black person was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. Tom accusation immediately created tension between the White and black community. In To Kill a Mockingbird justice and equality can defeat prejudice; this occurs when Atticus defends Tom Robinson in the court of
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To Kill a Mockingbird 1. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Speaker: Atticus Shows his strong sense of character about doing what is morally right to do‚ regardless of what others think He is not persuaded by the rest of Maycomb’s racist ways. Racism is a prominent factor in the novel Sets a good example‚ he is a leader in Maycomb‚ and for his children “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy
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special bird in this book that symbolizes more than just a bird. That bird is a mockingbird. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” has many themes that set the mood in the story. Scout is just a little girl and doesn’t know why race is such a big factor in her society. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” it shows themes such as “Race‚ Justice and Judgement‚ as well as Morality and Ethics.” First of all‚ Scout and Jem don’t know why people discriminated because of their race‚ so they both react differently
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character and behavior‚ and in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the brother of the narrator‚ Jem‚ changes throughout the story and realizes that the conscience of plenty of the residents in Maycomb is disturbing and wrong. When Atticus said “…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). Jem represented the theme by having his conscience is not affected by other’s‚ and Jem found himself‚ by himself.
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Paragraph: “... they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.” (119) Said Miss Maudie to Jem. “That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (119) Lately‚ there has been a lot of discussions deciding if To Kill A Mockingbird should be taught in school. Based on its incredible morality and true life stories the book should still be taught in schools. For 56 years Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird has been an inescapable fixture of America’s civic religion. Critics Stephen Metcalf and Thomas
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inequality for all minorities. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the effects of racism in a community and how it changes and affects the people in it. Racism‚ throughout history‚ has created inequality as well as affected the minds of the young. In To Kill A Mockingbird these two themes are played out in the small town of Macomb County and their effects are shown throughout the story. After a decision by the jury to convict a black man of raping a white woman‚ Jem breaks down and tries to understand
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In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ the symbols of the mockingbird and the snowman helped to develop the underlying idea of social and racial prejudice in the text. This idea showed how prejudice can become ingrained within a community and how that can affect innocent people subsequently presenting the idea of innocence. Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of how prejudice‚ when ingrained within a person‚ can cloud and impair their way of thinking. This novel is set in the mid
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based on false judgments. It says that the only way to achieve self equality is before the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ justice plays a substantial role expressed in Atticus’s opinions‚ Tom Robinson’s court case‚ and the death of Bob Ewell. Justice is expressed throughout the novel in the views and opinions of Atticus Finch. In the story‚ Atticus is a lawyer and the father of Jem and Scout. In Were You Ever a Turtle‚ writer
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