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    Amy Vandyken Braun Honors American Lit 6 October 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ courage is defined as "when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (149). This novel‚ which tells of the prejudice found in a small Alabama town‚ has many examples of courage. Two major characters who exemplify the theme of courage are Atticus and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and father‚ displays both physical

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    The title of this novel is "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The novel takes place between 1933-1935 during the great depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is about a family growing up together and discovering new talents and different views in each other as they go through emotional and stressful events that occur in their early lives. Jem is the older brother of Scout (Jean-Louise)‚ being the older brother; he has a certain responsibility that teaches him about caring and

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    Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ during the 1930’s was a place replete with prejudice and social hierarchy. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in this small‚ southern town and reveals the conflicts associated with the injustice of prejudice and social class. The main characters in Lee’s novel must face the pressures of this oppressive environment. Specifically‚ Tom Robinson’s trial robs the children of their innocence as well as sheds light on the effects of prejudice‚ and social class. Tom Robinson is

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    Harper Lee uses racism in‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ to show readers the bad outcomes of racist thoughts and ideas. The sentence of life in prison to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus defending Tom Robinson‚ and Jem’s thoughts on Black people’s blood are all examples of Harper Lee’s intentions. Racism is the hatred or intolerance of another race and is a theme that is ever present in Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson was being sentenced to life in prison for supposedly raping Mayella Ewell

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    ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – Essay “Jem and Scout learn many lessons about life during the course of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. What do you believe to be the most important? Consider what Atticus and Calpurnia attempt to teach the children during the story.” During the course of the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ the siblings Scout and Jem learn many important life lessons. They are taught a number of important lessons by adult figures in their life‚ like Atticus‚ Calpurnia and many others

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    Shannon Wester May 1‚ 2005 Mrs. Takehara To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mocking Bird In my diorama I depicted the scene of Jem walking Scout home from the Halloween pageant‚ in full ham-suit‚ when they are attacked in the woods by Bob Ewell. He first attacks Jem‚ and then Scout‚ until someone pulls him off of her‚ and Scout assumes it was Jem. The man who saved Scout and Jem was Boo Radley‚ the Finch’s reclusive neighbor. He carries an unconscious Jem and scout back to their house‚ where

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    How to Kill a Mockingbird What i will be talking about in this essay is how scout will realize later on what her father atticus really meant by to not kill a mockingbird for it is a sin and how her long night’s journey will change her perspective on the world and how her child innocence is gone and how she becomes more understanding of encounters problems and learns how to be more intelligent and assertive with her situations . And i will also be touching up on this essay is the tone‚theme and

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    One type of courage that is shown in To Kill a Mockingbird is physical courage; the act of putting one’s self in harm’s way to protect others. This best portrayed by the character Arthur Radley‚ more commonly known as Boo. Boo is a mysterious man who lives in the Radley place and he is almost never seen outside. One other type of courage that To Kill a Mockingbird portrays is mental courage. This is when an individual has the courage to stay strong and carry on during a crisis. Scout Finch‚ the

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    courage. Not every person is willing to have such bravery‚ it takes an individual who has a passionate feeling about something and takes action‚ despite the difficulty. It is hard to have courage in this world‚ but three characters in novel “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” never back down or show signs of cowardice. First‚ Atticus Finch shows a generous amount of bravery throughout the story by defending a person who was unable to do it alone. Secondly‚ Boo Radley shows boldness

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    I’d like to analyze the extract from a book which is entitled “To kill a mockingbird”. The author is Harper Lee‚ an American author known for her 1960-Pulitzer-Prize-winning and who is considered now by many to be a literary icon. Harper Lee was born in 1926 in the state of Alabama. In 1945-1949 she studied law at the University of Alabama. Her novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown was awarded the Pulitzer Prize

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