As with many authors‚ it is interesting to know that she used some of her personal experiences to influence her stories. One of these is “To Kill a Mockingbird”. In this story you will find several parallels with her life to the life of the main character in the book‚ Scout. Amasa Coleman Lee was the father of Harper Lee. Not much is known about him‚ but around 1915 he became a lawyer. One specific case that he defended was that he once defended two black men‚ a father and son‚ who were accused
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"To Kill a Mocking Bird"‚ is a great book by Harper Lee. It is one of the best books I read. Because it has a moral that benefits people and teaches them how to deal with life. There are many themes in this book‚ but the main one and the most important one is‚ "Prejudice". This book deals with many lessons in human nature; it also expresses many issues that affect most people throughout their lives. The main character in this book is "Scout". She is the most one affected by these lessons. Scout
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You never really know anyone until you step into their shoes and walk around in them. In other words‚ it’s important to put yourself in someone else’s place in order to understand them better‚ consider things from their perspective. Scout’s greatest lesson is to recognize the validity and value of lives unlike hers and those of people she knows well. Scout describes the town of Maycomb as having several well defined class systems. There are the professional‚ educated white people where she and her
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To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Nelle Harper Lee‚ was published in 1960 and immediately became successful. However‚ starting in 1977‚ the book was challenged and even banned from many school districts due to the themes presented by the novel. (American Literature Association) The novel is in first person point of view and the speaker is Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. In the first part of the novel‚ Scout simply narrates her everyday life‚ in which she has a brother named Jim‚ a friend who comes to
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The role of Antithesis in the novel “To kill a Mocking Bird” The text under study is an extract from the novel “To kill a mocking bird” by the American authoress [’ɔːθ(ə)res] Harper Lee. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of those books that almost everyone reads at some point in their lives. Whether you’ve been forced to read it at school‚ or you’ve had a look because everyone’s been urging you to‚ most people have their own personal experience of reading Mockingbird. The masterpiece exposes not only
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takes great courage to grow up and become who you really are” (www.goodreads.com). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ young Jem and Scout Finch spend their summers in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Through the years they wait for the elusive Boo Radley to come out of his house and watch their father defend a black man in trial. The novel displays thematic topics such as prejudice‚ courage and family dynamics. Harper Lee illustrates the theme that prejudice causes people to treat others unfairly. After the
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Power and Authority Speech To Kill a Mocking Bird Good Morning/Afternoon everyone today I am here to tell you about the first area of study for preliminary English‚ this is Power and Authority. The novel we are studying is To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee as well as this I have studied an article ‘The Outsider’ by Nikki Barrowclough and the song Black and Blue by The Herd. I have learnt that while parents have authority over their children some of them use this power over their children
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“The defendant is not guilty‚ but somebody in this room is” (Lee 271). Atticus‚ in his closing argument‚ attempts to convey that Tom Robinson is innocent‚ and the Ewell’s have done a wrong deed. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates the theme of treating and respecting everyone as an individual in Atticus’s closing argument by using rhetorical devices such as repetition‚ analogies‚ and allusions. Lee puts repetition into practice multiple times throughout Atticus’s closing argument to
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To Kill a Mockingbird ~Ten Themes ELA 20 Prejustice All these people making assumptions‚ assuming a black man did it‚ just because he is black. Prejudice is explored on both a social and racial level. Boo Radley‚ is a suspected dangerous criminal for killing his father. No one asks Boo why he stabbed his father‚ though we are told his father was cruel‚ instead Boo is isolated in his home and boo is actually a very nice guy‚ but nobody seems to know it until the end. Tom Robinson is falsely
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hard headed and close minded. If you are looking at the world with a close mind‚ you’re going to miss a lot and not even know it. 2. “Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him‚ cursed him‚ spat on him‚ and threatened to kill him.”(Page 291). Bob Ewell was a man of no class. He showed his anger through disrespect. After Atticus rightfully accused him of the marks and beating on Mayella‚ Mr. Ewell knew that he knew the truth. What angered Bob the most was the
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