Conscience is the voice viewed as a guide to the rightness and wrongness in one character and behavior‚ and in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the brother of the narrator‚ Jem‚ changes throughout the story and realizes that the conscience of plenty of the residents in Maycomb is disturbing and wrong. When Atticus said “…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). Jem represented the theme
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Courage consists of confronting situations or accepting a challenge when failure is most likely. Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ without fear‚ and bravery. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ many times Jem‚ Atticus‚ and Boo showed their courage. Jem is one of the characters which showed his courage many times by confronting a situation or accepting difficult challenges. One of the examples when Jem show courage is‚ “ ‘I’m
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“We who have seen war‚ never stop seeing it.” She was born on December 25‚ 1821 in Massachusetts‚ where she found her love for horseback riding and excelled in reading and spelling. As a shy child‚ Nancy Fitts was her only known friend; but in order to treat her shyness and depression‚ her parents sent her to a different high school which ended up being a total catastrophe. From time to time she was somewhat in vain about her appearance‚ particular her hair‚ which led to her depression. “She first
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“They don’t eat up peoples gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out…That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses a mockingbird to symbolize justice‚ innocence‚ and courage. These characteristics can be found in Tom‚ Atticus‚ and Boo throughout this novel. Even with all the evil in the world‚ innocence‚ justice‚ and courage can prevail. Tom Robinson‚ a character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ symbolizes
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Vocabulary: Piety The quality of being religious or reverent. Everyone during this time was very religious Pg. 4 Strictures A restriction on a person or activity. The restriction on people’s everyday actions Pg. 4 Impotent Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless. The people were helpless to their situations Pg. 4 Taciturn (Of a person) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. The people had little to say in their situations so many people were very taciturn Pg. 5 Ambled
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Berry also uses the mythos of the Cherokee culture in her Fire Carrier’s Footsteps – Moccasins. These moccasins feature white‚ red‚ and blue beading on a black bead background on the vamp and the flaps. Each area of beading is surrounded by red silk satin ribbon and blue rickrack. The vamp features a black spider with a red and black mid section. The legs of the spider have blue and white swirls around them to show movement. The flaps feature white circles with the red and black equilateral
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Racism in Jasper Jones and the Complexities in Young Adult Literature “Because those men struck his father‚ over and over‚ and they destroyed something beautiful. And nothing will ever happen to them. Because a girl goes missing in this town and it’s Jasper Jones who is held and threatened and belted for days‚ but somehow those monsters will arouse no suspicion.” - Jasper Jones‚ Page 276 Lois T. Stover once said that “There is nothing simple about quality young adult literature.” In this‚ Stover
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TKAM SA - BOO RADLEY Mr. Arthur “Boo” Radley‚ a neighbor to Jem and Scout‚ has never been viewed correctly by everyone. Throughout the book‚ his neighbors imagined him as cannibalistic‚ mysterious‚ and monstrous man‚ however the growth of Jem and Scout result in a change of perspective. After the kids realized Boo had been caring for them by returning clothes‚ warming them by giving a blanket‚ and saving them from being killed‚ Boo Radley’s reputation altered greatly through the eyes of children
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Every time Christmas arrives‚ Santa Claus is on the minds of many children across the country. Their belief about a jolly old man in red called Santa Claus often results from the parents’ harmless lies of Santa’s existence. Once the kids are old enough to use logic and reason‚ they begin to question the inconsistencies of their childhood story and come to realize that Santa Clause doesn’t exist‚ thus altering their belief because the reality of Santa’s nonexistence has always been concealed. In Harper
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In the novel‚ “To kill a mockingbird‚” by Harper Lee many characters seem to change and evolve throughout. I believe Jem has changed the most although some say Scout has. Jem has changed the most because he defends his sister‚ he tells scout not to kill an innocent insect‚ and he isn’t afraid to touch the Radley place. First of all‚ Jem has evolved he most because he defends his sister‚ Scout. For example‚ Jem says to Mrs. Dubose “My sister ain’t dirty and I ain’t scared of you’ although
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