Lessons of Courage Life is full of courage. In a world full of hatred and racism‚ courage is the one thing that everybody needs‚ especially in Maycomb‚ Alabama. In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ many events help certain characters stand out and leave the reader with a good picture of the many types of people in Maycomb. The main characters that will be included in almost every event are Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. As a family‚ they will go through many obstacles and hopefully persevere
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One of the main lessons that Scout learns in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is that you can’t fully understand who someone is until you walk in his shoes‚ a lesson that Scout learns while standing on Boo’s porch and seeing from his point of view. When Scout gets home from her first day at school with Miss Caroline‚ she recounts the “crimes” of her day. Scout sits on Atticus’s lap and tells him about Miss Caroline’s notion that he shouldn’t have taught Scout to read‚ and after some contemplation
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First Draft In Harper Lee’s award-winning novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ various valuable moral lessons are revealed through the characters and the plot line of the story. Among the variety of lessons taught is compassion. All people are equal‚ regardless of race or social class‚ and they should be treated that way. One of the biggest illustrations of this in the book is the Tom Robinson case‚ which is assigned to Atticus. Atticus supported Tom Robinson in the trial‚ even when everyone else despised
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To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young girl named Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their father Atticus. They all live in the small town of Maycomb Alabama during the Great Depression. Atticus is a lawyer who is known for his level-headed ways and philosophical tendencies. Throughout the story Scout and Jem learn many moral lessons from Atticus. Some of the moral lessons the children learn is that you don’t really understand someone until you put yourself in their shoes‚ never give up no matter the outcome
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been required for many years to be read by high school students. It is often referred to as one of the best books written‚ and it can teach us many things about life. Although there are many things going on throughout the book. Harper Lee shows many virtues being learned by Scout Finch and Jem Finch. They most commonly seem to be learning lessons from family figures or grownups that surround them. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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A variety of lessons are taught to Scout and the reader in this award winning novel. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a young girl named Jean-Louise Finch‚ or more commonly known as Scout‚ growing up in 1930s Alabama USA with her father‚ Atticus‚ and brother‚ Jem. As she faces challenges‚ she is given guidance by many people around her. Her and the reader are taught how to communicate properly with people‚ how respect is given and gotten‚ and finally‚ equality among everything. The majority
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Trials of Life Life is all about experiencing‚ learning‚ and growing up. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee shows many examples of growing up during the Great Depression. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the South during the 1930’s. The novel is a summary of the lives of the Finch family and their learning experiences. Atticus Finch‚ a single parent and lawyer‚ informs and advises his kids as well as many others about the realities of life. Jem and Scout‚ his children‚
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Throughout the novel‚ Scout starts out as an ignorant boyish girl. She had no knowledge of the world and relied on her brother. At the end of the novel‚ she becomes more ladylike and less selfish. The lessons she learns are all in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One of them is to judge a person‚ you have to look at things from their point of view. At the beginning of the novel‚ Scout turns out to be very rude and stubborn. She couldn’t tell who company was and who company wasn’t. She tells
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Atticus teaches his children lots of morals and lessons in the book called To kill a mockingbird. He teaches his children to never judge anyone by their skin color‚ he also teaches them to fight for anyone who is being discriminated because of skin color‚ also he teaches his children that some times to kill someone could come for the better for a community or even a country. He teaches his children to be kind and giving to those in need so his children could be like him one day. A kind‚ loving‚ strong
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In order to appreciate To Kill A Mockingbird fully‚ we should be familiar with some of the background of its setting. The South in the colonial times grew into an area with large cotton plantations and small cities. Because of the necessity for cheap labour to pick and seed the cotton‚ Negro slavery took a strong hold there. At the outbreak of the American Revolution‚ there were over 500‚000 slaves in this country‚ with by far the greatest number in the South. As time passed‚ plantation owners formed
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