To Kill a Mockingbird Advanced Placement in English Literature and Composition Teaching Unit Study Guide Teacher’s Copy Chapter 1 1. What narrative point of view does Harper Lee use to begin the story? The story is told in fi rst person‚ from the point of view of Scout‚ who is six years old at the beginning of the story. The story is told as a fl ashback‚ with the adult character of Scout describing events that happened when she was a child. 2. What can the reader expect to learn from
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Courage in To Kill A Mockingbird This novel depicts the epic resilience of the characters as they avoid the social pressures of racism and their controversial environment. In To KIll a Mockingbird‚Harper Lee uses indirect characterization of courage in different characters while also linking heroism to the characters. Atticus’s heroic demeanor is complemented by his courageous actions and his courage to go with what his town disapproves of. For example‚when Atticus was at the jailhouse for
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Throughout the novel‚ Scout starts out as an ignorant boyish girl. She had no knowledge of the world and relied on her brother. At the end of the novel‚ she becomes more ladylike and less selfish. The lessons she learns are all in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One of them is to judge a person‚ you have to look at things from their point of view. At the beginning of the novel‚ Scout turns out to be very rude and stubborn. She couldn’t tell who company was and who company wasn’t. She tells
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Adversity forces us as humans to reevaluate ourselves and also pushes us to limits that we would never have found. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the protagonist Scout endures hardships and through the experiences‚ discovers what she stands for and who she is. Similarly‚ Mahatma Gandhi discovers his role in society and his morals through the adversities in South America. Lastly‚ in the book Brave New World‚ the hardships of the protagonist Bernard Marx causes him to identify himself based on
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Eric Reyzelman Mr. Brown-Davis English 1 9/3/15 Atticus Finch Paragraph In “To Kill A Mockingbird‚” by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch is a moral man because he sets good examples for his children because he portrays a leading figure by using his words‚ not fists‚ not judging a person until you get to understand who they are‚ and being able to get along with just about anyone. Atticus believed in fighting with words‚ not fists. “Hold your head high and keep those fists down”(Lee 76)‚ as the
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Bravery A theme used often in To Kill A Mockingbird is‚ bravery. At some point in the novel‚ most characters showed some form of bravery. Everyone needs to be brave. Bravery is very important; and is a topic that should be covered. Below‚ are examples of bravery shown in To Kill A Mockingbird. The first example of bravery shown in To Kill A Mockingbird is‚ when Atticus sits in front of the jail to protect Tom (Lee 151). He was brave to sit there‚ knowing he could be approached by groups
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Most people may not know this book was based off some of Harper Lee’s childhood experiences. The theme is based off many things but main thing is moral courage and how it is used in conflict and characterization. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows how conflict and characterization reflected this theme of moral courage through many problems that happened and through many of the characters actions in this novel. To begin with the first literary element is conflict because it shows
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If you’ve never seen the film ‘Forrest Gump‚’ you need to clear a couple hours and experience it! This film won six Oscars‚ sort of hard to say you would be wasting your time. Most people enjoy the memorable catch phrases and the flash from the past journey it takes through the twentieth century. However‚ a principal character “Jenny‚" whom Forrest falls deeply in love with upon first sight‚ may become your least favorite character. The movie ‘Forrest Gump’ can leave the audience with mixed emotions
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Author Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is written about two siblings‚ Jean Louise and Jeremy Finch. They live with their father Atticus‚ a respected lawyer. Living in a town called Macomb County‚ this family has endured many hardships. Despite the odds‚ they manage to maintain a very healthy relationship. In today’s society people people do not usually care about others‚ it is one for all instead of all for one. Lee writes about how having compassion can help create and strengthen bonds
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"Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw‚ you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten his eyes popped‚ and he drooled most of the time." (Lee 13). That was how the children described Boo Radley in the beginning of the novel‚ they thought he was a frightening phantom
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