Atticus wanted to know what happened but the sheriff insisted it was not boo radley. Scout understood that he should stick to the story and say Bob Ewell fell on the knife then said‚” Well‚ it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird‚ wouldn’t it?”(Lee‚276). This means that since he protected and saved Scout and Jem‚ it would be a sin to take Boo to jail. The reason that Boo Radley does not portray the mockingbird the most is because Tom Robinson was punished for something he didn’t do and Boo wasn’t
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Abstract"To kill a Mockingbird" was written by Harper Lee to criticize discrimination and prejudice to black people. Harper Lee ’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel which is about white lawyer Atticus Finch who defends an innocent African American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is narrated through eyes of a child whose name is Scout. Harper Lee narrates nonsense of prejudice and discrimination through the events characters face. The most important character who suffers from prejudice and
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how an individual lives their life; unless that particular individual grants a certain amount of power to let another individual do so. There is one individual who shared this opinion or notion‚ about government and society with me‚ and his name was Jean Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau once said‚ “No man has any natural authority over his fellow men”‚ and I could not agree more with him. Rousseau remains one of the most significant figures in political philosophy‚ because of his theories on social contracts
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Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-PAul Sartre In Existentialism is a Humanism‚ Sartre explains that in human beings‚ “existence precedes essence.” Meaning‚ humans are created without any purpose‚ but with growth and maturing they find their purpose. J. P. Sartre gives the example of the paper clip‚ noting that this inanimate object was created with the intent of a purpose. Therefore‚ that idea lead to it’s creation. He uses this example to demonstrate “ essence precedes existence.”
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Billie jean king thought the very first time she played tennis. Billie jean king is known as one of the best woman tennis players‚ she changed the game for women and men in tennis all around the world. To understand how she changed the sport for a variety of people‚ one must know about her early life‚ her rise to fame‚ fame years‚ and her later life or what she did after tennis. In the first place‚ Billie jeans early life was very easy but also stressful. She was born Billie Jean Moffitt
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Irony is defined as “a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.”(literarydevices.net) In his Spoon River Anthology‚ realist poet Edgar Lee Masters uses irony to depict his characters‚ his poems divulging bizarre situations where appearance and reality may be distinct. From a graveyard and the depth of their tombs‚ three citizens of Spoon River‚ Trainor the Druggist‚ Doc Hill‚ and Margaret Fuller Slack‚ tell
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Tamia Barnes Mr. Tolbert English 9 2/18/13 “It is far better to be trusted and respected that is to be liked.” In the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is told from a child’s point of view‚ a girl name Jean Louise Finch that goes by the nickname Scout. Atticus Finch‚ her father‚ is the lawyer defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who has been accused of a crime. This story takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama around the 1930’s. Atticus Finch does not care about age‚ appearance‚ or even
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Everybody has a fatherly influence in their life. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there are many prominent characters. They each have their own personalities‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses. Atticus acts as a father to many of the children in the book and gives them his wisdom and advice. A great amount of people adore Atticus and he has the ability to teach the children in the book‚ but also has great lessons for the readers. Atticus acted as a protector‚ father‚ and did many brave things
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they never gave back. When they get to the front porch‚ Boo goes inside the house and Scout never sees him again. As she walks back home‚ Scout sees the world from Boo’s perspective‚ and learns why he stays inside. In the final porch theme‚ Harper Lee uses point of view and setting to convey the theme that someone needs to understand a person before they can learn why they do their actions.
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