in the perspective of a six year old girl trying to understand this unfair world she lives in makes it a very unique perspective. "This is there home‚ sister‚’ said Atticus. ’We’ve made it this way for them they might as well learn to cope with it"(Lee 285). Atticus is talking to Aunt Alexandra after the trial of Tom Robinson. Aunt Alexandra was upset because the children went to the trial and she felt that they were too young to be at a trial of this subject. Even though Scout seems very mature at
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climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” ” (Lee 39). - To Kill a Mockingbird With this quote‚ Lee is trying to convey the idea that you can’t understand someone because you can’t always see through their point of view. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem talks about Boo Radley‚ stating‚ “There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped‚ and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). Scout and Jem judge who Boo Radley based off
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their skin. Life is too short to only see the outside of people. In “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper lee‚ The story takes place down South in a town called Maycomb. In this small town there is racism‚ discrimination. kindness‚ and innocence‚ Symbolism is issued throughout the novel by Harper Lee to introduce the topic of racism. In the beginning of the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the Radley place as a symbol to stir empathy. For example “The Radley chickenyard tall pecan trees
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The second movie that I am analyzing is Spike Lee ‘School Daze‚’ which came out in theaters in 1988 and was filmed on Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse Campus. In the beginning of the film‚ just like ‘She’s Gotta Have It‚’ there are pictures and the song being played is “I’m building me a home‚” through out the first three minutes of the film. From what I have seen I believe that Spike Lee is introducing the film to us. It is showing where African Americans came from and our growth through
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I have read chapters 1-3 in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In these chapters we meet a girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem. We also meet their friend‚ Dill. The Radleys are the nasty neighbors. The kids are trying to meet Boo Radley. In this journal‚ I will be predicting whether the kids will meet Boo or not. G: Many people will predict that the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared. Y: (transition) locked up R: Mr. Radley kept Boo chained to the
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In chapters 10 through 15 the trial becomes one of the main topics and causes many conflicts. Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finch family‚ which leads to some quarrelling. In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Alexandra is an excellent mother to the children. As I am further reading To Kill a Mockingbird I begin to characterize Atticus. I characterize Atticus as a caring and wise individual
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of his skin. However‚ in this time period‚ if a white did all the wrong that Tom did they would not be sent to prison. This is an example of don’t judge a book by its cover. Throughout the story this is the theme that Harper Lee is trying to get across. In this book‚ Harper Lee clearly demonstrates the importance of not judging a book by its cover by adding Boo Radley into the story. Boo was a boy who was never seen outside his house ever since he was caught by the authorities involving himself in
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The Book To Kill A MockingBird Why I choose the book to kill a mockingbird is I was reading in in school and I like it because I can relate to scout and befor I read the book I was not that interested in the book and wean i started reading the book after the first two chapters it got more interesting and i got more introduced to the chatacters of the book and i got into the book a lot more until the last of the book becaus it started talking about race and they blamed it on the race of a man just
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Written by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a Southern Alabama county during the 1930s. During this time period‚ women did not have a significant influence on society but shared their voice in any possible way. Although readers of this novel may initially perceive women as innocent and kind-hearted‚ as the story develops‚ this point of view changes as the harsh nature of these women is revealed. As Miss Caroline Fischer enters her classroom full of eager students for the first time‚
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To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee (1960) is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that offers a view of southern life in the 1930s through the eyes of a young girl named Scout‚ whose view of the adult world evolves as her family is exposed to its evils and injustices‚ changing from that of an innocent child to that of a near-grown up. Discrimination and prejudice are integral parts of the novel’s themes‚ and plays an important role in Scout’s development of a sympathetic‚ mature perspective.
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