To Kill a Mockingbird Life Lessons In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ both Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons as they journey from childhood into young adolescence. Both Jem And Scout first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case
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As the famous French Enlightenment writer‚ Voltaire‚ once said‚“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” This quote relates to the main theme in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ since a major theme is not to deliberately harm people who are helpless and who don’t harm others in the society. In the book both Atticus and Miss Maudie agree that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because in society mockingbirds bring happiness and they don’t cause harm
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Authors often have a very good reason for choosing a particular personality for their story’s narrator. Scout was a vital character in the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Her impartial outlook on life and people was highly voluntary in order to produce the theme and message that Harper Lee was sending to her readers. Many of the events in the story would not have happened or would have occurred very differently if the novel was told through the eyes of an adult narrator. Even though Scout’s narration
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“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 thing but sing their hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird”. This is one of the most important quotes in the book “To kill a mockingbird” it is said by Miss Maudie in chapter 10. This quote relates to the overall theme of the book which is innocence. In this case‚ the mockingbird represents innocence. One example of innocence used in
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In the book “ To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem has changed the most out of the characters. Jem is always showing characteristics of a mature person. Jem has develop in a mature way ‚ some examples are when Jem called Atticus when Dill ran away from‚ another example would be when Jem stops scout from killing a bug‚ lastly in the end of the trail of Tom Robinson. To illustrate‚ Jem calls Atticus when Dill runs away from home . The first thing that jem does when Dill come out under the bed was he “...went
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 117). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird symbolizes innocence and the destruction of it. Throughout the book‚ many characters are representations of the bird as they are innocents who have fallen in the hands of injustice. Boo Radley is a harmless
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As kids‚ people make mistakes. It’s inevitable‚ just like any other part of life. In an excerpt of Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ Soto uses contrasting diction to argue that guilt way eat away at one’s innocence. Soto uses positive diction and vivid imagery to describe himself and the cause of his actions. In the beginning of the passage‚ Soto portrays the image of himself being a good and proper boy by using allusions from the bible and childlike diction. Soto uses phrases like “holy in
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Atticus is considerate and wise. He is considerate for three reasons; the first is because he always makes sure his kids are safe. When Uncle Jack gave the kids their air- rifles‚ Atticus would not teach them how to use it. When the rabid dog was on their street‚ Atticus made sure his kids were safe‚ and he killed the dog to keep everyone safe. Another reason he is considerate is because he makes sure his kids grow up having manners. When Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to come read to her‚ Atticus made him
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How does prejudice affect how people treat others? In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a southern town called Maycomb is filled with prejudice. The story is set in the 1930s‚ a heavily racist time. Scout and Jem‚ the main characters‚ can see how prejudice affects how people treat each other. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows how people judge each other without knowing what they’ve experienced through characters‚ events‚ and setting. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ characters judged each other
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Chapter six begins with the night Dill leaves Maycomb‚ we know school is coming soon and Scout and Jem are sad to see Dill go. As Scout put so bluntly; “ “We’re gonna miss you‚ boy.” I sad” (Harper Lee pg.51). During this chapter an important event takes place. Jem‚ Dill‚ and scout sneak over to the Radley place and are frightened by the shadow that they see in the window shutter‚ they run away and Jem loses his pants on the gate! Nathan Radley had scared them away by shooting a shotgun. They tell
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