Atticus Finch‚ the father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a great parent for a number of reasons. He is a good example to everyone around him. Atticus is an excellent parent who teaches his kids valuable lessons‚ the Golden Rule‚ and the importance of treating everyone equally. Throughout the book‚ Atticus teaches Jem and Scout valuable lessons that will help them later in life. One of the valuable lessons that he taught them was to care for those around them and especially each other
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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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Atticus agrees. * Aunt Alexandra is waiting up for them when they get home (still wearing her corset even under her bathrobe‚ Scout thinks)‚ and tells Atticus she’s sorry he lost the case. * Even slightly softened‚ Alexandra doesn’t miss the chance to remind Atticus that she doesn’t think he should have let the kids listen in on the case. * Atticus says that they have to deal with the fallout from it anyway‚ and that racism is just as much a Maycomb standby as missionary teas are. * Atticus
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towards that decision. Domestic violence isn’t the only stain on Maycomb’s reputation‚ we haven’t even gotten to poverty yet. Poverty is a never ending epidemic in Maycomb‚ every other family is a victim of some form of poverty. The Ewells and the Cunninghams are two prime examples
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adults. She greeted Mr. Cunningham when he was getting ready to kill Tom Robinson. “Hey‚ Mr. Cunningham… Hey‚ Mr. Cunningham‚ how are you entailments getting along?... Do you remember me‚ Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought some hickory nuts one time‚ remember... I go to school with Walter... He’s your boy‚ ain’t he? Ain’t he sir?... He is in my grade and he does really well… He’s a good boy‚ a real nice boy.” (Page 205) She wanted to be friendly to Mr. Cunningham and try to understand
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manure‚ compost‚ and biological pest control. Cunningham Organic Farming uses no pesticides and they use compost for fertilizers‚ "We use chicken manure called EZ Green Natural Organic Fertilizer" (Cunningham). Organic farming practices is helpful to our environment and what foods people consume‚ "We practice organic farming because we do not believe in using herbicides and pesticides" (Cunningham). The advantages of organic farming our farmers
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How the Lynch Mob was presented in How to Kill a Mocking Bird In to kill a mocking‚ Harper Lee uses a range of techniques to present the mob in a bad‚ and in cases a mocking light. When first coming on to scene‚ the mob is presented as one shadowy figure‚ but when actually inspected closely upon‚ it is seen that that is not the truth at all. When first shown‚ the lynch mob is anonymous‚ firstly shown when they arrive “shadows became substances as light revealed solid shapes moving towards the jail
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examples was when Jem invited Walter Cunningham to go home and have dinner with them in chapter 3. Scout makes fun of him for pouring syrup all over his food. Cal call her into the kitchen and told her that that was no way to treat company. Scout protested by saying‚ “He ain’t company‚ Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham.” Cal reply for her contained these sentences: “… No matter who they are‚ anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny… Yo’ folks might be better’n the Cunninghams but it don’t count for nothin’
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Integrity‚ or the lack of such‚ is a huge component in the creation of personal beliefs of a person. Those with integrity show compassion and empathy with many of the decisions they make‚ and they usually have a strong set of morals; they stand up for what they believe in even in the face of adversity. Atticus Finch‚ from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is one such person. Harper Lee helps readers follow the journey of Atticus as he attempts to end the ignorance with which the citizens of
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some legal work for Mr. Cunningham‚ and he doesn’t pay Atticus with money. He pays him with food or harvests he collects from his farm. The kids are curious as to why he does this; Scout shows this when Mr. Cunningham comes to their home‚ “That spring when we found a crokersack full of turnip greens‚ Atticus said Mr. Cunningham had more than paid him. ‘Why does he pay you like that?’ I asked. ‘Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money‚’” (27). The Cunninghams have to own up to their
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