sudden you’re twenty-five years old. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there are three main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. But Scout is the main role. These kids grew up during the great depression the dust bowl and racism. In this story i’m going to explain how these themes come up in To Kill A Mockingbird they are Evils of racism‚ Female roles and Reunion. The point of this paragraph is going to be about how Scout‚Jem‚and Dill grow up listening everyone in the town and everyone they
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In society people view things differently from one person to another. In To Kill a Mockingbird kids are used to show things in society with a different perspective. It shows how children can be naïve and also innocent. In the beginning of the book Scout is an innocent little girl‚ unaware of all the corruptness in society. One day Scout hears some of the citizens of Maycomb‚ sneering at how the Finches would let the whole country side get raped. Scout tried to ask Calpurnia about rape‚ but Scout
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To Kill a Mockingbird is the only novel Harper Lee wrote. This novel still is alive in the lives of the people who read it. People are affected by this great novel. This book also tends to affect those in schools that at first are not interested in reading this book. Harper Lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ shows many different symbols throughout the entire book. Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Scout Finch are symbols throughout the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
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“Everybody’s scared for their ass. There aren’t too many people ready to die for racism. They’ll kill for racism but they won’t die for racism‚” Florynce R. Kennedy‚ who established the Media Workshop to advertise with people of different colors‚ once said. The sad part is that Florynce is right. Not many people in the 1930s would be willing to sacrifice their own life to stand up for racism. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses ethos‚ characterization‚ and imagery to show how the setting of Maycomb
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The townsfolk in the story To Kill A Mockingbird don’t really pay attention to who’s actually who. They overlook people who don’t need to be overlooked.They overlook the quiet ones like Arthur “Boo” Radley and they think he’s a creepy middle aged man who has no life and lives in the dark. They all think he’s a bad guy because of the bad childhood he had in the past. Just because someone is quiet or different compared to others doesn’t mean you need to overlook them or listen to rumors about them
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Prejudice In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ prejudice was applied in a realistic way. Harper Lee lived in the south during the 1930’s and knew what true prejudice was like. She illustrated that prejudice is hidden until people feel comfortable enough to express it. In the novel‚ the racism doesn’t grow‚ it is revealed. As Scout grows‚ she realises the amount of prejudice and bigotry in Maycomb. Prejudice is the most explosive theme in the entire novel. There were hints of
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Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that are not. This is emphasized as one of the main themes in Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Set in the South during the 1930’s in a small town known as Maycomb County‚ the one of the most important morals‚ the one that all humans are created equal‚ is justified. Prejudice can be shown on a scale from most extreme down to least: genocide‚ expulsion‚ slavery‚ segregation‚ assimilation‚ and assimilation. The
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird was a novel that took place in a three year time span during the Great Depression. The main character in the novel is Scout Finch who lives with her older brother Jem and their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a lawyer. Scout and Jem befriend their neighbors nephew named Dill who visits his aunt every summer. The three become interested in the man who never leaves his house in their neighborhood‚ Boo Radley. They hear rumors about the man and in one summer they tell the
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Many people have said‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an uncomfortable book‚ but not reading the book makes racism comfortable. The book is a perfect example of the things that went on in the past. Kids need to realize what has happened and why it is bad. This book helps shape the minds of kids. Reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" could be essential for kids to read in school because‚ it shows how society treated black people‚ how the blacks had to work for close to nothing‚ and it shares the story of an
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Throughout the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the characteristic of empathy is ever present. This unique quality is developed through Jem and Scout in their dealings with the characters of Walter Cunningham and Mrs. Dubose. One characteristic shown of Jem and Scout is their ability to empathize or “….climb into their skin and walk around in it.” (pg 31). During the novel Jem develops a high level of emotional intelligence that allows him to understand the situation of others‚ as
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