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    On page 121 in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus says to Jem that he wants his son “to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. So how is courage defined in this novel? In To Kill a Mockingbird most of the town‚ Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ shows courage. Courage can be a small thing like saying hi to somebody as you pass them on the streets‚ even though you’re too shy to speak

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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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    Innocence and Courage are diverse with the raucous realities of life in To Kill A Mockingbird. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in a town called Maycomb‚ Alabama during the the Great Depression. racism and the need to remain innocent‚ played a big role in the day to day lives of children growing up. The overall topic of the book is where lies and deceit destroy innocence in those who represent Mockingbirds. In the novel by Harper Lee‚ scout (Jean Louise Finch) is a tomboy who narrates the story

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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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    Have you ever seen children change mentally overtime? Here I’m going to be talking about which child changed the most in To Kill A Mockingbird. It seems like both the kids have changed a lot in specific ways. If you know how much Scout has changed prepare for Jem’s changes. Jem has had many changes in the story To Kill A Mockingbird from him being called different names to having a new attitude in the book. First‚ at one point in the story Jem snitches on Dill which breaks their childhood

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    Journal 2 I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ and I am on page 42. This is a book about a girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ who are both scared of Boo Radley and his family because of the rumors they have heard about the family and they also has not seen him. School is also starting in Maycomb‚ Alabama for Scout and Jem. Scout got in trouble with her new teacher already. In this journal‚ I will be predicting and characterizing. G- I predict the kids will not meet Boo Y- He

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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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