To Kill A Mockingbird Reading Guide Questions Chapter 1 1. a) Pride in ancestry and “tradition”“Being Southerners‚ it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.” (pg.1‚2)-pride in ancestry “It was customary for the men in the family to remain on Simon’s homestead‚ Finch’s Landing‚ and make their living from cotton.” (pg.2)- pride in tradition b) Pride in conformity and distrust of those who are
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listing in this extract to build an understanding of scouts perspective. Haper lee uses the literary technique of listing to evoke the feeling of scout being immature and stubborn. This is described when Haper lee say “did not drive a dump-truck for the county‚ he was not the sheriff‚ he did not farm‚ work in a garage‚ or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of anyone. (Line 2)” by saying this‚ harper lee is implying that scout does not believe her dad is like other dads‚ that he
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How does witnessing prejudice during childhood affect the loss of innocence in children? In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the author focuses on two young children‚ Jem and Scout‚ who are living during a time when racism and prejudice dominates their hometown of Maycomb County. Simultaneously‚ they are envisioning and being introduced to different perspectives of their ongoing society. Throughout the story‚ Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose‚ an elderly woman‚ showed signs of racism and
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Prejudice can be described as an opinion or judgment of a person based usually on race or religion before all the facts are known. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the terrible effects that prejudice has on people‚ including the main characters: Arthur Radley‚ Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. To begin‚ the awful consequences of prejudice are shown through Arthur Radley ( Boo Radley). Throughout Maycomb‚ Boo Radley is known as a “monster” for casually stabbing his father
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for the so called crazy man of Maycomb‚ Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have a strange person they don’t know much about. This is where Boo Radley comes in. No one knows much about him. This fact makes Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill very curious about
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To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage can be shown in several diverse aspects‚ such as Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem‚ Atticus and Maycomb County itself. The first courageous character in the novel known for her great moral courage is Mrs. Dubose. She was addicted to morphine as a painkiller prescribed by her doctor for many years. Despite her illness Mrs. Dubose no longer wanted to continue to use her medication to make things easier. She persevered‚ choosing to‚ "die
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Racism is the hatred and intolerance of another race and this eventually leads to inequality for all minorities. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the effects of racism in a community and how it changes and affects the people in it. Racism‚ throughout history‚ has created inequality as well as affected the minds of the young. In To Kill A Mockingbird these two themes are played out in the small town of Macomb County and their effects are shown throughout the story. After a decision by the
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once said‚ “There are things known and there are things unknown‚ and in between are the doors of perception.” This quote explains that everyone has different perspectives‚ but they can change when more knowledge is acquired. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the south during the 1930’s when many struggle to see other people’s perspectives. The trial of Tom Robinson; an innocent‚ black man who is convicted of raping a white woman‚ causes the people of Maycomb to see racism in a perspective
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this theme in multiple ways. In Harper Lee’s book: To Kill a Mockingbird she effectively uses characters and symbols in both hidden and obvious ways to get the theme through to the reader. Characters play a large role in developing the theme. This is shown through Boo Radely‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Dolphus Raymond. Boo Radely is neglected by the citizens of Maycomb. Rumours
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Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmospheres. Foster would classify To Kill a Mockingbird under geography. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the Great Depression. Alabama was one of the eleven states to succeed the union in 1861. Because the Confederacy lost the war‚ Alabama was forced back into the union. Alabama faced many hardships during the Reconstruction Era‚ the era that took place in the South after the civil war. To make matters
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