To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee skillfully shows how Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill were prejudice against Boo‚ when in fact; all these children are comparable to Boo even if they had not noticed so. Their personality differences from the rest of the town‚ the care of their fathers‚ and wanting to connect with someone are what makes Scout‚ Jem and Dill relatable to Boo‚ with their similarities mentioned respectively‚ also all of them share the innocence represented by the symbolism of a mockingbird. Since
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Prejudice in to kill a mockingbird Two major people in To Kill A Mockingbird are prejudged; Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. One man is the victim of prejudice; Atticus Finch. These men are mockingbirds. For a mockingbird has never hurt anyone‚ and neither has Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ nor Tom Robinson. . Boo Radley is prejudged because he chooses to stay in his home. Tom Robinson however‚ is prejudged because of his skin colour. Atticus Finch becomes a victim of prejudice due to his bravery
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To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the term ‘mockingbird’ to describe suitable‚ gracious people. Atticus‚ Jem and Scout’s father‚ says that it is alright to shoot and kill a crow‚ but even aiming at a mockingbird would be a sin. Crows represent greed‚ jealousy and evil‚ while mockingbirds represent faultless and pure beings. They first appear when Jem and Scout are learning how to use their shiny new air rifles. Atticus will not teach them how to shoot‚ but
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Essay Test: To Kill a Mockingbird You will write TWO short essays answers to your choice of TWO of the following questions. Each answer should be 1-2 paragraphs long only- these are not full essays. Before you begin‚ locate the two questions for which you have prepared. Delete all other options. You now have your own personalized version of this test. Criteria: * Be sure to reference the book (with a quotation or giving a detailed description of a specific scene) 1-2 times for
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Scouting for Lessons The lessons we learn accumulate over time to create who we are. The earlier we learn these lessons‚ the more effective they are. Having the help of someone who already knows these lessons is helpful. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ a young‚ curious girl named Scout learns lessons and experiences that grow her into a better person. The first lesson Scout learns is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing things
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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the title is appropriate because it gives the reader the idea that the book is about killing mockingbirds. The killing of the mockingbirds isn’t taken literally; instead it symbolizes the destroying of innocence in many characters throughout the novel. Miss Maudie (a minor character in the novel) said that “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
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Examine the theme of racism/hypocrisy/courage in the novel. How is this theme demonstrated in the novel? What is harper lee’s underlying message about racism/hypocrisy/courage? What techniques does she use to communicate this? To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. It has become a classic of modern American Literature. Since it publishing date in the 1960s it has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The book is set in the American South state of Alabama in the 1930s. The main
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as crop prices fell. Life was very hard during the 1930s. Since many people didn’t have jobs‚ it was hard to survive and buy food to feed the family. Poverty was a big problem in the US especially during the Great Depression. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ it was a story that happened during the 1930s that tells us how peoples were very poor and how hard it was for them to survive. For example in Chapter 1 of the book‚ Scout being the narrator explains how her town Maycomb was a tired old town
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Matthew Cox Mr. de Vries EN140-31 14 February 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird In the final courtroom scene in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Atticus Finch is given the case of a lifetime when he gets the chance to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man who is being falsely accused of raping a white woman in the 1930’s when inequality and racism was very prevalent during that time in the deep South. The odds he faces are terrible because he is defending an African American which during that time would
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