Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author Harper Lee publicized courage as a theme‚ allowing the reader to unquestionably see Atticus‚ Scout and Jem’s father‚ as the hero and moral voice in the book. Living in a quaint‚ small‚ and prejudice town Atticus faced many challenges that permitted him to show his courage and heroism. Atticus strived to understand people before he judged them‚ he stood up for Tom Robinson‚ and he taught his kids to fight the evil with their smarts rather than physical
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“The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.” -Irving Howe Everyone is born innocent‚ but like Irving Howe said‚ experiences and knowledge take that innocence away piece by piece. Scout‚ Jem‚ and Boo Radley from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee all started at the beginning of the story with innocence in them. As the book progresses‚ events unfold that pick apart their innocence and changes the characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper
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In the story To Kill A Mockingbird one of the main characters Aticus who is the father of two is a very complex character. He is a very mature person. For example he defends Tom Robinson. He is a colored man and Aticus is going to be defending him as his lawyer and he feels it is his duty and the right thing to do for this man. People think badly of him and try to hurt Tom Robinson. Another reason Aticus is a mature character is that he does not lose his temper. He especially is very calm around
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In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ social class is crucial to everything‚ from respect to survival‚ especially during the crude 1930’s in the southern state of Alabama. With the country still recovering from World War 1‚ The Stock Market Crash of 1929‚ the Great Depression and even the Civil War‚ nobody is in the clear of tough economic times‚ crime‚ and for most‚ poverty. However‚ caucasians with a more reliable profession that contained no manual labor such as Atticus Finch‚ a wise‚ noble‚ reliable and
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Comparative Essay “The Help” and “To kill a Mockingbird” are two astonishing reads. These novels are a must read because they hold Multitude amounts of knowledge.The Two books have numerous amounts of similarities. These novels possess heaps of morals in which plenty could acquire knowledge from. “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Help” are two marvelous literatures in which character similarities are delineated through the novels‚ how poverty is portrayed through characters‚ and also ultimately how
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The Wrongs of Judging Others The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird quickly judge others because of rumors they’ve heard about someone which then makes the person being judged look bad‚ even though they’re a good person‚ which in turn makes others judge the judged as well because the one person judged him/her. An important thing to think about before you make assumptions about people is something Atticus told Jem. You never know a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. It’s way easier
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Atticus Finch is a single father of two children‚ Scout and Jem. Although he is openly criticized because he defended a black man in court‚ he is still greatly respected. Here are the reasons why. Atticus Finch is very smart‚ and brave. When Tom Robinson was moved to the Maycomb jail‚ Atticus knew people would try to kill Tom. Thus being said Atticus went to the jail and waited. When a group of men arrived Atticus stood his ground‚ and without raising a finger‚ he made the men leave. This shows
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a bestselling and award winning novel written by Harper Lee. It follows the lives of the Finch family and other citizens in the fictional town of Maycomb in the early 1930’s. The main character is Scout (Jean Louise Finch)‚ who is the daughter of Atticus Finch and the sister of Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch). At a young age‚ Scout and Jem lost their mother. This left Atticus to raise the two children with the help from his cook‚ Calpurnia. However‚ there are many other unique
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Not Afraid of Boo A large part of a book is defined by the characters within it. A book is often only as good as its characters. Many books feature bland characters with no personality whatsoever. The best of characters are complex‚ with depth and a personality all their own. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird features many different characters. One of the most interesting characters is Arthur “Boo” Radley. Boo is introduced to the reader as a mystic monster‚ but as the story continues he is
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Quotations with Analysis Chapter 1 Quotation "Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks‚ the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summers day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon‚ after their
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