Qing-Si Yu Ms. Ridge ELA：10 January 4‚ 2013 1. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing bus sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird in this quote. He wants to teach Jem‚ Scout‚ and Walter that killing an innocent mockingbird is a sin. Atticus gives a hint that hurting an innocent person
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY "If there’s just one kind of folks‚ why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike‚ why do they go out of their way to despise each other?" (Lee‚ 259) Harper Lee uses her novel ’To Kill a Mockingbird’ to accentuate the catastrophic nature of racism. Some troubling individuals or groups of people have felt powerful by exercising their dominance over another group claiming they are worthier‚ stronger‚ and smarter. The problem of racism has often been associated
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Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ during the 1930’s was a place replete with prejudice and social hierarchy. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in this small‚ southern town and reveals the conflicts associated with the injustice of prejudice and social class. The main characters in Lee’s novel must face the pressures of this oppressive environment. Specifically‚ Tom Robinson’s trial robs the children of their innocence as well as sheds light on the effects of prejudice‚ and social class. Tom Robinson is
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Daramalan College Monologues To Kill A Mockingbird Daramalan College 6/20/2013 Situation: Jem has just slashed the heads off Mrs Dubose’s camellia bushes. He is now at home waiting for Atticus to return from work. 1. Jem (Shows annoyance by grimacing as he mutters to himself concernedly‚ sitting in his bedroom on the window seat waiting for Atticus to return) She deserved it‚ every last swing of the baton! As I hit each bud‚ it felt as if I was using all my force to get rid
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In To Kill a Mockingbird gender stereotypes are pressed upon girls and boys‚ forcing them to change how they act in order to fit in. They can still be seen being influenced to change who they are today. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses Scout and Dill to show how kids are forced to change. One place Harper Lee gives her message of the effect of sexism is when‚ after hearing Scout swear‚ Uncle Jack tells her to stop and “of course” she wants to be a lady (105). By saying this‚ Uncle Jack becomes
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Amy Vandyken Braun Honors American Lit 6 October 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ courage is defined as "when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (149). This novel‚ which tells of the prejudice found in a small Alabama town‚ has many examples of courage. Two major characters who exemplify the theme of courage are Atticus and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and father‚ displays both physical
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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
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on their perspective towards the issue. Over time‚ we all develop a sense of perspective and opinion towards people and things‚ however‚ these perspectives are prone to change as we grow up to be more mature and thoughtful. In the novel‚ To kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the Finch’s family develops the idea that despite your rank in the social hierarchy‚ personal values and beliefs are determined by one’s personality. This idea was further developed
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to influence the way other people behave or act. To determine whether or not a person is powerful several factors have to be considered. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the character of Mayella can be an example of a person who can or cannot have power depending on what kind of power is being taken into account. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee displays Mayella Ewell as a lonely white woman who lives in a miserable place and is abused by her father. In the novel Mayella has power according
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Harper Lee uses racism in‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ to show readers the bad outcomes of racist thoughts and ideas. The sentence of life in prison to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus defending Tom Robinson‚ and Jem’s thoughts on Black people’s blood are all examples of Harper Lee’s intentions. Racism is the hatred or intolerance of another race and is a theme that is ever present in Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson was being sentenced to life in prison for supposedly raping Mayella Ewell
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