Augurusa 1 Christina Augurusa Ms. Lovell ENG 2D 13 December 2013 To Kill a Mockingbird “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill. Courage is the ability to do something that others do not agree with‚ but you do it anyways because you know it is the right thing to do. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has many characters that show courage. However‚ one of the main characters‚ Atticus Finch‚ shows a great deal of courage
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once said‚ “There are things known and there are things unknown‚ and in between are the doors of perception.” This quote explains that everyone has different perspectives‚ but they can change when more knowledge is acquired. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the south during the 1930’s when many struggle to see other people’s perspectives. The trial of Tom Robinson; an innocent‚ black man who is convicted of raping a white woman‚ causes the people of Maycomb to see racism in a perspective
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Atticus is the father figure for his kids‚ Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Finch family lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. The kids spend much of their time playing with their gregarious neighbor‚ Dill‚ and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. When their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a widowed man and a respected lawyer‚ defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges against a white girl‚ he is in/at a detriment. The trial
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb Alabama‚ 1930. The book focuses on a six-year old girl named Scout‚ and her ten-year old brother Jem. The two spend much of their time with their friend‚ Charles Baker Harris (everyone calls him Dill) who comes to visit during the summers. The 3 children spend most of their time sneaking around the house of their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley‚ whose said to be crazy . Early on in the story Atticus Finch‚ father to Jem and Scout‚ agrees to
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the same journey to discover true courage that Jem and Scout do throughout the novel. They do this by first having a complete misconception of courage and gradually progressing to being courageous themselves‚ without really realizing it. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates that true courage is often not appreciated right away through Jem and Scout’s journey to understanding what it really means to be courageous and heroic. At the beginning of the novel‚ Scout
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To Kill a Mockingbird Theme Essay In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ empathy is an essential theme because the author has the characters learn to understand from other people’s aspects which impact their decisions. Throughout the novel‚ the children‚ Jem and Scout‚ learn to empathize and Harper Lee writes about how they incorporate empathy into various decisions‚ allowing them to make the right choice. Empathy helps Scout develop a better understanding of her peers because she sees
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To Kill a Mockingbird Compare and Contrast The excellent novel of “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a brilliant piece of American literature. Being an instant bestselling novel‚ it was also made into an award-winning film. Like most‚ the book and the film portrayed the same storyline and setting‚ but also produced significant differences as well. The themes in this story were deceptive appearances‚ racism and acceptance. To begin with‚ there were many similarities between the two masterpieces
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Many of the residents from the small town Maycomb‚ possess a distinct indifference and hatred. However‚ there are a few that show cordiality. Arther‚ Calpernia‚ and Miss. Maudie‚ all characters from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ see life in a different way. Instead of spewing hate and vulgar slang‚ these people show kindness and love. Each person shows this warmth and love in specific‚ yet different way. At the very beginning of the book‚ Arther Radley‚ otherwise known as Boo‚ is revealed
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Starting with the title of the book - to kill a mockingbird. It symbolizes the destruction of innocence. Mockingbirds symbolically represent innocence with none of the taint of experience/evil that surrounds us. Many of the characters that emerge in the book are like these birds and upon contact with evil are either destroyed or
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The Reaching of Adulthood In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It talks about certain themes in the novel. The theme coming of age is a significant part of the novel. It affects the characters in the book to have a greater understanding of how Lee views coming of age. Also a literary convention that is used to convey the theme is the time and sequence in the novel. Scout and Jem are experiencing adult situations that they never took acknowledge before. Which is mostly in the second
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