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    The title of this novel is "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The novel takes place between 1933-1935 during the great depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is about a family growing up together and discovering new talents and different views in each other as they go through emotional and stressful events that occur in their early lives. Jem is the older brother of Scout (Jean-Louise)‚ being the older brother; he has a certain responsibility that teaches him about caring and

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    Before I get into telling you about courage in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ I would like to tell you what courage means. Courage takes many forms. For example‚ courage can be a person with a gun in their hand or a person that wants to finally do the right thing even though there are several difficult obstacles in the way. Individuals may demonstrate courage in a way that helps other people or in a way that benefits them. It can even take the form of a personal or family goal. A whole country could even

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    hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." To Kill a Mockingbird has a lot of analogies‚ but the novel mostly shows the characters growing and stepping into to young adulthood. In the novel the character Jem shows to be the one who changed the most.There are many reasons to how Jem evolves in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird such as his perspective on bravery‚ becoming more mature‚ and stepping in adulthood. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem changed his perspective

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Essay In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Scout changed significantly. Scout had become more friendly towards others‚ she became more respectful‚ and lastly she became less violent. In the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout was ignorant‚ rude‚ and quite violent. Throughout the novel‚ Scout went through various tasks and views that changed her. Many people through the novel helped Scout change in these ways‚ such as‚ Calpurnia took Scout aside when she

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    Courage Characters with courage | Incidents which they display courage | Mrs Dubose | Morphine addiction * Resilience * Fight against the odds and circumstances * “She could have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony‚ nut she was too contrary…” * “She said she wanted to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody.” * “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re

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    The Strength of Theme Today‚ most everyone in the United States is free of racial discrimination‚ however this was not always the case. Ellen Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ reminds the reader of a time in the 1930’s when prejudice existed. This classic tells a story from the perspective of a six year-old girl‚ Jean “Scout” Louis Finch‚ who lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama. She is a rugged and headstrong girl‚ who is the daughter of a prominent lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and her deceased mother. This

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    Sinned or Sinner? Othello is more of a sinner because in the end he is the only one who killed Desdemona. Othello kills Desdemona because he thinks Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. Othello talks to Desdemona in her last moments of life. Othello’s proof to kill Desdemona was the handkerchief. “A murder which I saw a sacrifice‚ I saw the handkerchief.” (5.2.174) the importance in this quote is that it was the only real proof Othello had that the supposed love affair was happening. The

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    Is to Kill a Mockinging Bird and the issues it explores relevant to today? Why or why not? The novel issues are still relevant to today. In modern 21 century racism‚ prejudice‚ racial issues and stereotype and narrow minded society are still present in today’s society. We can take for example when President Obama was first elected in 2009. There were numerous racial issues surrounding him; him being America first black President. Many narrow minded Americans did not want to welcome a change (which

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    To kill a mockingbird Essay Scout is quite a character in the book to kill a mocking bird. She goes through many adventures‚ yet many tribulations. She learns a lot of lessons‚ and is taught some values in life on what to do‚ and‚ what not to so. With her being a character with importance in the novel‚ it would be necessary for some of her character traits to be gone over. These are some traits that describe scout. Tomboyish‚ anyone who has ever read to kill a mockingbird knows that scout is

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    In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” there is a constant pull between Class‚ Gender and Race. These three things can make a very powerful person or not so powerful person. In the novel‚ Atticus Finch‚ a white man is asked to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man. Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. The novel is set in the 1920’s and early 1930’s so it has been several years since the slavery has ended. Yet people at that time had been very racist and sexist. Everything

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