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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There are countless books that have pointed me in a different direction‚ or taught me life lessons. There are also many books that have helped me express my own thoughts to find my voice. One major book that has impacted me is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The main character‚ Atticus Finch illustrates moral courage‚ where it has taught me to do the right thing despite the risk of hostile consequences. To Kill a Mocking bird showed me potential of moral courage. I was assigned to read To
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There are plenty of misunderstandings in society‚ arguments‚ sports‚politics‚and even every day hobbies.The novel /To Kill A Mockingbird/ is shown in a child’s point of view because they happen to never be understood because their kids‚ they know stuff the adults don’t. whoever understands a 6-7 year old. We as teens always get misunderstood‚mostly from our parents or any other adult.like in the novel calpornie likes jim way better cause hes more muttere than little scout. wll absolutely‚ jim is
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Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated Do learning life lessons as a person grows up make them more mature? In the book‚ there is a family that lives in a little town called Maycomb. Atticus is Scout and Jem’s father‚ they do not have a mother‚ but they do have a nanny/housekeeper named Calpurnia who keeps them out of trouble. They are growing up during the depression‚ but are two of the happiest kids in Maycomb. They see many different things going on around town‚ some things they do and don’t
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"You gain strength‚ courage‚ and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself‚ ’I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."- Eleanor Roosevelt. You are not born with courage‚ it is something that is created over time. Being courageous is never a lucid decision‚ it determines the quality of a person’s mind as it is faced with difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ and a test of bravery. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird
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Discrimination is the unjust categorization of groups of people. Eric Berne‚ a Canadian psychiatrist who studied human behavior‚ made several observations relating to discrimination. Berne stated‚ “The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow‚ he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing” (goodreads.com). The Canadian psychiatrist is stating that as soon as people notice that not everyone looks the same‚ stereotypes begin to form and the uniqueness and differences
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In a small‚ run-down town in Alabama‚ everyone knows everyone. News travels fast‚ no one has a secret‚ and rumors are spread quite often. Innocent people are looked down upon simply because they are different. These quick judgements are enough to split the town and turn good people against each other. Many of these judgements are made from a background of prejudice which resonates in the town. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ prejudice is demonstrated through racism‚ social status‚ and sexism
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One of the main lessons that Scout learns in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is that you can’t fully understand who someone is until you walk in his shoes‚ a lesson that Scout learns while standing on Boo’s porch and seeing from his point of view. When Scout gets home from her first day at school with Miss Caroline‚ she recounts the “crimes” of her day. Scout sits on Atticus’s lap and tells him about Miss Caroline’s notion that he shouldn’t have taught Scout to read‚ and after some contemplation
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He placed himself in a vulnerable position‚ like a sea lion sitting on a measly rock in an open sea with a great white shark surrounding him. The instructor had the right to correct the misunderstanding of Richard‚ on the other hand‚ her choice of words and tone of voice were unforgivable. The overwhelming emotion to buy himself a daddy by quintupling his original amount caused him a grave mistake followed by a lesson he did not expect to learn at that moment. Her patience came to a halt when he
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