In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ the main theme is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This metaphor of not killing mockingbird is clearly portrayed throughout the course of this novel. This theme is so important to the plot of this novel that the author decided to entitle the book after this very metaphor. Mockingbirds are birds that do not do anything wrong and they just give us music. Atticus is the main character in the novel that really stressed why it is a sin to
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Atticus Finch‚ the best lawyer in Maycomb‚ was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town Judge to arrive in court‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus client was nervous himself as well because he knew he didn’t do it‚ but Tom Robinson was black and 5‚7 and a lot of racemus was going around because it was in the 1930’s so Tom thought people were going to be against him because he was black. Toms sister katie was there to fight on his side. Tom is trying not to get charged with what they are saying
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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee is able to successfully develop the characters and portray her purpose for writing the novel. Numerous authors use their characters to achieve the goal of establishing a theme and purpose within their material. They are able to do this by using literary devices to convey what they want the readers to know. This technique is commonly used by authors to relay information and this book features the use of the main character’s perspective‚ irony‚ and metaphors
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout Finch‚ the narrator of the novel‚ is introduced as a curious girl who questions the everyday decisions being made around her. Atticus‚ the father of Scout and her brother Jem‚ is given the task of defending Tom Robinson in his trial. Tom Robinson is a black man‚ who is accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. She is the daughter of a vulgar father‚ Bob Ewell. Mr. Ewell has a loud and abrasive personality‚ causing many of the citizens of Maycomb
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Maycomb is a miserable town to live in. Using the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ we get to see maycomb through the eyes of the protagonist Scout‚ learning more about the town itself and the people inhabiting it. Maycomb is a bad place to live because of how the towns folk won’t accept one another for being different‚ how dangerous Maycomb is and how townsfolk discriminate one another. To start of‚ Maycomb is not a good place to live because of how non-accepting the town is. One example
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Scout‚ the narrator from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ learns life changing lessons in a few years. Although she might be young‚ that doesn’t mean that she is completely clueless. With her father‚ Atticus being a lawyer in the South during the 1930s she is judged by her father’s cases‚ although sometimes not in the most pleasant ways. Also with Jem‚ her brother‚ influencing her throughout the book‚ she learns more than most in just a few years. As Scout begins to grow up‚ her level of maturity
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The book‚ Where the Wild Things Are‚ was written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. His illustrations won the Caldecott Medal for most distinguished American picture book. The story of the book is a little boy that is being very horrible and destructive to the house and its material so the mom sent him up to his room without dinner.The moral of this book is to be respectful to your family because they provide for you. There are many reasons that kids will be very mean and disruptive. One of them
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...But sing their heart out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 94). In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ there are plenty of symbols to learn from. This essay will focus on just one: The mockingbird. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol to represent kindness‚ peace‚ and love of someone who is innocent that is being discriminated upon due to their differences. One lesson the mockingbird
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“The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.” -Irving Howe Everyone is born innocent‚ but like Irving Howe said‚ experiences and knowledge take that innocence away piece by piece. Scout‚ Jem‚ and Boo Radley from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee all started at the beginning of the story with innocence in them. As the book progresses‚ events unfold that pick apart their innocence and changes the characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper
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The Wrongs of Judging Others The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird quickly judge others because of rumors they’ve heard about someone which then makes the person being judged look bad‚ even though they’re a good person‚ which in turn makes others judge the judged as well because the one person judged him/her. An important thing to think about before you make assumptions about people is something Atticus told Jem. You never know a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. It’s way easier
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