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    Mockingbird is‚ Atticus Cunningham said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. The name of the book is called To Kill A Mockingbird. It was wrote by Harper Lee. Jem and Scout always wondered why Atticus wouldn’t play with them anymore. Although‚ Atticus was always there when Jem and Scout didn’t know they needed him. My claim is‚ i think it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. If‚ a mockingbird isn’t hurting you‚ why should you want to go over there and hurt it? My first topic sentence is‚ how Atticus showed respect

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    Atticus Finch is a fictional character in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ and the father of Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Atticus is a central character in the novel. In 2003‚ Atticus Finch‚ as portrayed by Gregory Peck in the 1962 film adaptation‚ was voted by the American Film Institute to be the greatest hero in American film.[1] Claudia Durst Johnson noted

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    Lee How to kill a mockingbird‚ Atticus a main character and a single father raising two children diligently every day. He has many notable standards‚ which he has never been led astray by worldly thoughts‚ but steadfast in the laws which he believes strongly in. He shares many different ideas than the small community of Maycomb where he resides in. Always striving teach his children a code for living and keeping his family safe from the dangers that lurk around. Atticus as single father of two‚ he demonstrates

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    Only Man Of His Kind The main characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird are Scout and Jem but their father Atticus finch is the character the reader should care about the most. Atticus is a great father in many ways‚ he is loyal‚ he teaches his children by example and he always does what is right. Because of his age‚ he has lived through many experiences that have taught him great life lessons that he teaches to his children to help them make the right decisions. The definition of loyalty

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    lot of the time‚ majority rules. In the town of Maycomb‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ Atticus Finch does not fit into the majority. Throughout the novel he is mocked and constantly challenged due to his strong morals. In fact‚ Atticus Finch’s morals are the complete opposite of the majority of Maycomb because Harper uses his character to raise the awareness of those around him. Atticus Finch represents many of the qualities of a good person in today’s society. Unfortunately‚ he is unique

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    the book is that the trial will be very difficult. For instance‚ it is going to be a real challenge for Atticus to defend Tom because he is a negro and he was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Atticus was talking to his daughter Scout and he said “it is a case he cannot hope to win” (Lee 88). Atticus is also worried about what his children will have to face because of the trial. In the text Atticus was talking to Uncle Jack and he said “what bothers me is that she and Jem will have to absorb some ugly

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    introduced to the charter Atticus. one of the main characters. He’s the father of two children Scout and Jem. He’s a lawyer in the fictional town called Maycomb. He is a very respected man throughout the town everyone knows him and he knows everyone due to their small population. He is on top of of his social class. And dedicates his life to make his kids not catch “the maycomb disease” which is racism and he thinks everyone is

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    In trying to understand language‚ linguists who study semantics have always been concerned with explaining the meaning of words in natural languages such as English. Several problems have surfaced from an examination of the various existing methods used to describe the meaning of these words‚ in particular dictionary definition‚ binary descriptors and referents. Context is also an important consideration when defining meaning. The dictionary definition of a word has been a problem because of its

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    Venus: Death of a Planet Objectives The mission’s major objective is the first global examination of the atmosphere of Venus. The very hot and dense atmosphere appears to be completely different from the one around Earth. Existing meteorological models fail to predict the behavior of Venus’ thicker blanket of gases. Venus Express’ objectives include the study of the huge greenhouse effect on Venus (the strongest found in the Solar System); the hurricane force winds that permanently encircle

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    Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed‚ many white people who lived in the southern states of America. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he sees right‚ and defends the innocent represented by Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus is a man

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