John Liveringhouse Due Date Tuesday Journal 2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ and I am on page 42. This book is about the main character Scout and her farther and brother Jem as they try to solve the mystery of Boo Radley. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. G Predict kids will not meet Boo Y Locked up R Gang R Stab R Family secluded Y Scared R house R Boos scary activities R real life G Wont meet because _________ and _____. I
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In part one of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout the youngest daughter to Atticus Finch and sister to Jem finch is narrating. She tells the tale of how she starts school and how her and Jem become friends with a neighborhood boy named Dill who lives with his aunt next door every summer. Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is a well-off lawyer who is doing well compared to the rest of the maycomb society. The Fitch Family also has a maid/cook who helps take care of the house and raise the children. Once Scout
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calebswift.2016@swshelby.k12.in.us TKAM Essay #2 Comments Share FileEditViewInsertFormatToolsTableAdd-onsHelp A Caleb Swift 12-16-14 Essay #2 Mockingbirds‚ Symbolism‚ and To Kill A Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird ‚ killing a mockingbird is a sin. There are many “mockingbirds” in the story. The most important mockingbird in the story is Tom Robinson‚ an African American man who was falsely accused of rapeing a white woman
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People can get away with killing pigeons‚ cardinals‚ and blue jays‚ but it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. A mockingbird wouldn’t hurt anything; it’s only purpose is to sing songs for the everyday people. Jem and Scout had to restrain from shooting the mockingbirds due to their father’s warning. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is written from the view point of a little girl‚ Scout‚ in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Her father‚ Atticus‚ is assigned a court case
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The book I chose to do for my book review was the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. This suspenseful story was about a 1981 murder trial in Savannah‚ Georgia‚ and was written in 1994. The author was John Berendt and he draws a clear picture of what Savannah’s residents were like by using the themes of money‚ isolation‚ illusion‚ and good versus evil. The book begins by explaining how the main character came to simultaneously live in Savannah and New York. He describes his childhood fascination
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Dill is a very imaginative friend of Scout’s. He is always making up imaginative stories and is fascinated with little things. I believe the reason that Dill is so imaginative is because he is modeled after Harper Lee’s real life friend Truman Capote. Truman Capote was also an imaginative person that played a large influence on much of Lee’s life. I believe that he is fascinated with Boo because of his childlike intuition. It also adds excitement to their lives and something to do each day. Since
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Firstly‚ In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus as empathetic and moral. To begin with‚ Atticus is empathetic for many reasons. For one‚ Atticus always walks in other people’s shoes before he judges anyone. Atticus always walks in another person’s shoes or skin‚ as he puts it because everyone has different things that you do not know and you should not judge them for as he puts it. Atticus always tells the kids that they should give everyone a chance as he does. Atticus also is empathetic
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Do Different Judgements Matter? Michael Jackson once sang the following lyrics in his song‚ Man in the Mirror: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways‚ and no message could have been any clearer. If you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself‚ and then make a change.” When someone reads a book they often have a view about one or more characters. It is sometimes made before even knowing the person. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird many of
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Calpurnia consistently demonstrates her belief in the importance of perspective as she teaches Jem and Scout of it and interacts between the black and white community of Maycomb County. Calpurnia shows the significance of perspective to both Scout and Jem through her actions with both a young child and an adult. One afternoon‚ Walter Cunningham comes over for dinner and Scout makes fun of him for pouring syrup on his food. Calpurnia takes Scout aside and scolds her for being rude. Calpurnia says
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Harper Lee). Harper Lee wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a top selling novel that brought the nation and the world to a realization. This novel hit the stores in 1960‚ selling millions of copies and becoming an award winning film. She lives in a small town down in the southern part of the United States‚ where racism is at its highest. Harper Lee is a ninety-four year old woman whose goal in writing the
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