Profiling is‚ “the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person”. Boo Radley‚ a character of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ often keeps to himself in his house. He is barely outside the house and the people of Maycomb County have the fallacy of him being a monster to scare the town. Jem describes Boo as‚ ”about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands were bloodstained” (Lee
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The hook of To Kill A Mockingbird is‚ Atticus Cunningham said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. The name of the book is called To Kill A Mockingbird. It was wrote by Harper Lee. Jem and Scout always wondered why Atticus wouldn’t play with them anymore. Although‚ Atticus was always there when Jem and Scout didn’t know they needed him. My claim is‚ i think it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. If‚ a mockingbird isn’t hurting you‚ why should you want to go over there and hurt it? My first topic sentence
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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses a multitude of characters to assist Scout as she slowly matures to the likeness of Maycomb County. During the third chapter‚ Lee takes advantage of Atticus’s role as a father to drop a bit of advice for Scout’s future. The piece of moral advice Atticus passes down can be found in this specific quote‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (pg.
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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the author‚ Harper Lee‚ conveys a theme that in life the good and innocent people may be the ones who are most often persecuted. Though the symbolism of the mockingbird‚ and the characterization of Boo Radley; Harper Lee reveals her theme. The mockingbird is a significant symbol in the book. The reader’s first encounter with this symbol is when Atticus says to Scout “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). In the book the mockingbird symbolizes a person who
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Harper Lee‚ the author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ wrote her novel with the intentions of showing people that people’s actions and perspectives or ways of thinking reflect their morals or beliefs. Each perspective of each person was different according to their age‚ sex‚ race‚ economic background and many other factors. Reading this novel showed that not everyone sees things the same way or understands why some people do the things they do. Atticus teaches Scout that sometimes breaking the rules is
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Success by Chance? In Gladwell’s opening chapter of Outliers‚ he begins to tell us about where success comes from. Right away he makes clear that people do not come from nothing‚ to be successful‚ all on their own. He does this because you often here sports broadcasters say‚ “John Doe‚ came from absolutely nothing‚ to become this sports All-Start.” Gladwell uses the analogy of the tallest tree in the forest. He says that that tree does not get to be the tallest on its own. Gladwell reminds us that
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Me and my friends like doing adventurous things liking going hikes through the forest and possibly getting us hurt. One day I remember walking around on this one trail by the skate park and we walked by this rock and my friends stopped to climb on the rock to take pictures while I stand at the bottom with my dog. After they got down we continued our walk and we ended up by Aldis grocery store we started to get tired so we decided to walk back to my friends house to get some food and water while
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In the novel‚ The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ Victor Hugo talks about how the hunchbacks trial is unfair and about Quasimodo’s punishment is for kidnapping La Esmeralda. Quasimodo is deaf and so is the judge so neither of them know when they are being talked to. Once Quasimodo is being interrogated‚ he starts to answer questions that have been asked previously while the judge is asking new questions. The audience is laughing so the judge assumes he is being rude and sends him to the pillory for an
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The Importance of Understanding Children are empty cups waiting to be filled‚ filled with understanding. But in order to understand children must first experience. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the story of a young child to show how children do not understand experiences that are new to them. Harper Lee tells the story from the perspective of a child‚ Scout Finch‚ to show Scout’s lack of understanding in order to highlight a child’s coming of age experiences. Harper Lee uses Scout’s
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He is always kind and courageous. He stands up for what he believes in. He would never hurt anyone and he stands up for people who cannot help themselves. The kindness and selflessness that the character shows in the book demonstrates how Maycomb sees him as a person. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird she introduces the character of Atticus Finch and his Maycomb neighbors; his interactions with these others reveal common truths about respect‚ standing up for what is right‚ and integrity.
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