The Strength of Theme Today‚ most everyone in the United States is free of racial discrimination‚ however this was not always the case. Ellen Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ reminds the reader of a time in the 1930’s when prejudice existed. This classic tells a story from the perspective of a six year-old girl‚ Jean “Scout” Louis Finch‚ who lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama. She is a rugged and headstrong girl‚ who is the daughter of a prominent lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and her deceased mother. This
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Flowers have all sorts of meanings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ there are several different flowers that different people grow. These flowers have meanings that describe their character. Miss Maudie Atkinson has her azaleas. Mayella Ewell grows geraniums‚ and camellias represent Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. “Did you know some of em’ came out of the woods one saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” Pg. 59. A meaning of the azalea
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about growing in the 1930s in the Southern United States. Scout Finch lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus (a lawyer) in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small town‚ and every family has its social standing depending on where they live‚ who their parents are‚ and how long they have lived in Maycomb. Atticus raises his children by himself‚ with the help of neighbors and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout is a tomboy who prefers to solve
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quote Work Quotation Number One "When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly‚ leaving greasy sweat steaks on the wall‚ and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A strange small spasm shook him‚ as if he heard fingernails scrape slate‚ but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile‚ and our neighbour’s image blurred with my sudden tears. ’Hey‚ Boo‚’ I said." Page 270 Analysis Here‚ for the very first time‚
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novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ has been on and off the banned book list for years ever since it was first published in 1960 in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. To Kill A Mockingbird should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches lessons to the reader. In a town that is “diseased” with racism‚ Atticus tries to make the all white male jury understand that Tom Robinson is innocent and should be let go. He explains to them that it is clear who had hurt mayella and asked
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There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author Harper Lee‚ uses different themes to bring a deeper level to each of the characters. Each person helps contributes to the themes through their personality traits. Harper Lee uses the themes of maturity‚ racism‚ and loss of innocence in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Many characters including Tom Robinson and Boo Radley‚ have lost their innocence to things that were out of their control. Stories and rumors are a main connection between the two characters
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in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally‚ justice would be blind to race‚ gender or other differences yet‚ as shown in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ it isn’t and for the most part‚ justice is not served. Many innocent characters‚ or mockingbirds‚ are subject to the injustice of the prejudice folks of Maycomb County and‚ consequently‚ are destroyed. These mockingbirds include‚ but are not limited to‚ Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Mayella Ewell and Jem Finch. Very little Justice is served in To Kill a Mockingbird because
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The books To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Mississippi Trial‚ 1955 by Chris Crowe are about two African American boys who are treated unfairly in the deep South. The cases of these two boys‚ Tom Robinson and Emmett Till‚ help to emphasize the idea of racial prejudice. The books teach many lessons throughout‚ and draw attention to how things have changed since then. Both authors use the similarities and differences of Tom Robinson and Emmett Till to symbolize prejudice. Tom and Emmett’s similarities
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ has a particularly innate personality. Scout always does what she is told‚ unless she is with her brother Jem. When they are together she does whatever comes naturally to her. Scout is especially good‚ unusually intelligent‚ and remarkably unselfish. Scout has good intentions when planning her actions‚ most of the time. The one exception was when she acted profanely towards poor little Walter Cunningham
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