legal system is to view all cases blindly and not make decions based off race‚ religion‚ or any other factor. This is a huge step from where our country was in the 1960s‚ where race itself proved if one was either guily or innocent. This can be proven through the stories in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the Scottsboro boys‚ and the murder of Emmett Till. These examples all prove that Blacks were found guilty just for the color of their skin. In To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson‚ a black man
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Elizabeth Manford Word Count: 2568 WOMEN IN TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD Back in 1960‚ a book emerged on the market that would be rated as one of the most unforgettable classics of all time. To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ written by unknown author Harper Lee‚ depicts a realistic picture of attitudes during the 1930’s. During this time in history‚ racism was a huge issue and hatred between black and white civilians led to violence‚ even fatalities. America was a completely segregated society. Anger and resentment
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To kill a mockingbird has many wonderful characters in it. One compelling character is Jem finch. He is in many ways one of the main characters in the book. In the beginning of this book he is very much a kid but as the story moves along you can see how he has changed into a young adult. I am drawn to three characteristics Jem portrays throughout the book in particular his bravery‚ idealism‚ and compassionate. Jem is very brave in this book and it shows it in many ways. In the beginning he expresses
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Many changes take place in To Kill a Mockingbird. Changes in times‚ thinking‚ people‚ and changes in the world. In the novel‚ Harper Lee uses Jem and Scout Finch to show many changes. Jem and Scout are pretty young in the novel. When the novel begins‚ Jem is about ten years old and Scout is about 8. The novel is being told by Scout when she is much older. Jem is described throughout the novel as being brave‚ protective‚ smart and a gentleman. Scout is described as very curious‚ a tomboy
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To Kill a Mockingbird “If we’re going to find our way back to each other‚ we have to understand and know empathy”(Brown). As humans we have the ability to get to know someone well but we can also completely ignore the fact they even exist or we can label them based off physical appearance and past actions. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates how two children learn from people and their actions to respect everyone no matter what they have been docked or labeled as. Our
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a fiction novel by Harper Lee that takes place in the southern portion of the USA during the 1930’s. The story follows a young girl called Scout and her brother Jem while their lawyer father‚ Atticus‚ defends a black man charged of sexually assaulting a white woman. Lee uses child characters to convey certain facets society in a new light by utilizing their unbiased nature and often good morals. Children are not inherently biased. Young people who have not seen much of
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of maturity. People mature in different ways‚ but one thing is consistent with everyone: we all must mature at some point. This usually comes with age; it is learned from others‚ sometimes within ourselves. Scout Finch‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ matures as a result of developing empathy‚ seeing the perspectives of others‚ and acknowledging ambiguity. Over the course of the novel‚ Scout matures as a result of developing empathy‚ despite
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Flowers have all sorts of meanings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ there are several different flowers that different people grow. These flowers have meanings that describe their character. Miss Maudie Atkinson has her azaleas. Mayella Ewell grows geraniums‚ and camellias represent Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. “Did you know some of em’ came out of the woods one saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” Pg. 59. A meaning of the azalea
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is a disease‚ and everyone catches it at some point. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a widower named Atticus Finch with his two children Scout and Jem‚ are in the prime time of segregation‚ the 1930’s. Atticus is a very serious lawyer that is presented with an intense rape case. Scout and Jem are tasked with the process of growing up. The most important messages in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ are growing up‚ individual Vs society‚ and the dangers of ignorance. Growing
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To Kill a Mockingbird The Scottsboro Trials took place in 1931-1937 and it was an awful trial about a group of women that pleaded they were raped by a group of African American men. Their claims‚ however‚ were not true in fact. Evidence shows that these men were not even in the same railcar as the women. One of the African Americans was only a twelve year old boy hoping to find a better life elsewhere. After many trials and mistrials all of them later died throughout the ten year span of these
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