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    The victims of prejudice All around the world‚ discrimination of a certain race occurs. Harper Lees’ novel to kill a mockingbird shows the prejudice in Maycomb‚ which is revealed by the outsiders. Due to the differences of people in the community‚ victims are victimized. Also people who choose to be different are victimized from other people due to prejudice. Also‚ the victims of racial prejudice are treated differently than others. The reality is finally revealed when the Outsiders are judged due

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    “All men are created equal” Thomas Jeffersons quote that formed the foundation for the United States of America. Unfortunately no one is ever truly equal some are born white some black‚ some rich some poor. Harper Lee’s Atticus Finch is and idealist who says "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom‚ be he any color of the rainbow‚ but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." This is however not true in as “unexperienced lawyers”‚ “Capital

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    "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee is renowned as a great text because of the important moral values it displays. The themes of the text such as growing up‚ courage and prejudice were particularly significant issues during the authors time‚ yet have never lost their importance Harper Lee highlights these themes through the use of language techniques‚ structure and symbolism. The nature of growing up is portrayed through Scout and Jem’s travels from childhood to maturity and the accompanying

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is a coming of age novel which takes place in the southern United States during the Great Depression era. Throughout the book‚ the mockingbird is told as a harmless creature who should remained unbothered by human interferences because the mockingbird only gave good things to nature and never took away from it. The mockingbird represents someone‚ or something that does no harm to others but is only there to exist. In her novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird

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    Levi Orr Mrs. Clarke Freshman English Scarlet Ibis Paragraph Literary Devices Used in the Scarlet Ibis In James Hurst’s Short Story “the Scarlet Ibis” The scene of the ibis’s death is used to symbolize and foreshadow doodle’s tragically premature death. One Saturday afternoon at lunch‚ the family heard a croak coming from the bleeding tree‚ and doodle ran outside to see what it was. He found a scarlet ibis “perched precariously” in the tree awkwardly flapping its “uncoordinated wings” Doodle

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    6.02 Reasearch Paper Outline. Directions: Fill in the blanks to create a draft of your outline Title ___Is to Kill A mocking Bird A timeless Clasisic.________________________________________________ Paragraph I:The Great Novel To Kill A Mocking Bird Stands As A Timless Classic Due To Many Different Reasons Based On Knowledge Apon Morality‚Maturity‚And Racism. A. Can One Race of People Stand Out To be More Superior To the Other? B. Hate Crimes Subject African Amercians As victims

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    Valeria Lackey Mrs. Flemming English 10 March 3‚ 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and scout live in a small town called Macomb. Scout and Jem have a lot of fun times roaming their neighborhood; even though most of the town found it unruly and disturbing that their father was okay with this behavior. Jem and scout heard criticism from a lot of people but the person who made it sting the most lived two houses down

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    In literature‚ repetition is a tool used to indicate emphasis and can help determine the tone of a passage. In the beginning‚ her tone seems regretful and nostalgic‚ which is most apparently reflected in her repetition- anadiplosis- of “gone”. This repetition is effective because it emphasizes her feelings of loss towards Old Leisure. Anadiplosis is used again‚ however‚ to indicate a different tone towards contemporary leisure‚ when Elliot mentions that “Even idleness is eager now- eager for amusement”

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    portrayed in both “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Help”. While both “To Kill a Mockingbird” and  “The     Help” seem to emphasize individual courage‚ each story displays their own unique way of showing this     prodigious quality. The lesson of prejudice between the white and black communities remains the  same‚     however we can compare and contrast both stories on how this theme is being presented. Being  rebellious     is a common product of courage shown from the protagonists Tom Robinson (To Kill a Mockingbird) 

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    book A book survey conducted by the Library of Congress in 1991 on book readers rated To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee as one of the books that had great influence on their lives. The book that received most citation was the Bible‚ with To kill a Mockingbird coming in second position (Fernando‚ 2012). It is important to note that the book begins at the end‚ with the author making use of flashback as a literary technique. It starts with adult Jean Scout finch going through her childhood memories on

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