“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up peoples gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90). This quote exemplifies one of the most important themes of this work as Miss.Maudie touches on the idea that‚ without reason‚ humans are often unnecessarily cruel to one another. Tom Robinson‚ he was shot 17 times for trying to escape. At the trial the judge did
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hit’ em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee‚ 119). What I like about this quote is‚ it symbolizes Jem‚ Scout and Boo Radley. At first‚ I was curious why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird‚ but reading some of the lines‚ I understand that mockingbirds makes music that enjoys the people in Maycomb‚ and also they don’t do irritating thing such as usual birds would do‚ such not nesting in “corncribs”‚ and not eating up people’s gardens. Mockingbirds are a type of bird that are very
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“It ain’t right‚ Atticus… No son‚ Its not right” (Lee 284). This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper shows how society is racist after Atticus lost the trail‚ though he is resilient it still shows that society is racist‚ because society believes that whenever it is a white man vs a black man‚ that the white man always wins. This being the start that Harper Lee uses conflict in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird to illustrate the negative effects of intolerance in society. In the start Tom Robinson
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Chapter 1: The old house was the same‚ droopy and sick‚ but as we stared down the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move. Flick. A tiny‚ almost invisible movement‚ and the house was still. (Page19) Response: This highlights the ominous feel of the Radley house. It makes it feel spooky but yet gives a hint of light on what’s to come and that there is a person living inside. Chapter 2: As I was last to leave‚ I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. Had her conduct
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Pigeons flock together.” The meaning of this quote is that true courage consists of standing up for one’s beliefs and principles‚ even in the face of unfavorable odds. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird the characters Atticus Finch‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) have shown the same true courage. They stood up for what they believed in even when the entire town was against them. One character from To Kill A Mockingbird that shows true courage is Atticus. He first
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In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee illustrates bravery through the characters in a town in the south called Maycomb in the 1960s. Their names are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robison‚ and Calpurnia to educate her readers that courage comes in many forms to exemplify that courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. In Chapter 9‚ Atticus Finch demonstrates bravery when he intends to defend Tom Robinson to teach his southern neighbors to character not color. “Simply because we were licked a hundred
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There are many themes throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee that did have an influence‚ but there is only one that was a huge part. The theme is racism. Racism is in almost every chapter and was a great part of the trail. This essay will guide you on where and when the theme racism is. In chapters 9 and 16 there was racism that had to do with the trail about Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell. This first quote was at the end of chapter 9 and it hinted at Atticus was chosen to be Tom’s
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To Kill a Mockingbird Sleepy Maycomb‚ like other Southern towns‚ suffers considerably during the Great Depression. Poverty reaches from the privileged families‚ like the Finches‚ to the Negroes and “white trash” Ewells‚ who live on the outskirts of town. Harper Lee paints a vivid picture of life in this humid Alabama town where tempers and bigotry explode into conflict. The conflicts include racism‚ poverty‚ and domestic violence in the time the book took place. Racism played a pretty big role
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The Word Must Remain “He’s nothin’ but a nigger-lover!” is one of the many so called inappropriate texts from one of the best-loved stories of all time‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The use of the ‘N’ word should remain in the book because it describes the setting of an important period of time‚ and shows mind set of racist characters. It is simply used for historical recognition and not as an insult. In the story‚ the use of the ‘N’ word is strictly for a historical reference to a period
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Age is one of the first things one is judged on when meeting someone. This is for good reason‚ as people’s age indicates many things such as their maturity‚ knowledge and give a good starting point for what to expect from them. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is from the perspective of Scout Finch‚ a 6 year old who learns what it means to grow up. As the story progresses‚ scout learns more about Maycomb‚ the fictional town she lives in‚ and the unique characters in it such as Boo Radley and Scout’s
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