There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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Chapter 9: 1. a) Atticus says it’s a word common people use. It just makes people feel bad and forbids his children from saying it. He said he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up in town. Also‚ he does it to show his children a good example. Lastly‚ he stuck to his conscience and stood up against the entire town. c) It’s about courage‚ in relevance to his taking of the case. Scout was using vulgarities. Atticus was saying this to Uncle Jack; that she’d grow out of it soon. He’s explaining to
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Judy Trinh Ms. Rubenstein Academic English I 8 April 2013 Lynching & Lynch Mobs Discrimination is a terrible and unfair act. White men and women are treating African Americans differently because of their skin color or race. Not only did lynch mobs lynch African Americans‚ but they also lynched and abused Chinese‚ Japanese and Italian immigrants. How are they harming other races with discrimination? They harm them by verbally and physically abuse them like kidnapping‚ beating‚ punching‚ shooting
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To begin with in chapter 8 it talks about a boy named Walter he starts school at Stuyvesant high school but the only problem was a all boys school and it was strange to him in some ways but he could deal with it. ’’But in the book it was an all boys school’’ In chapter nine Walter talks about trying harder in school with his grades. On page 132 Walter said ’’I resolved to do better the next year. ’’ However Walter had to get a job that involved a pushing hand truck. Walter saved money up from his
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Juan C. Cabello Curiel English II / Period 3 Mrs. Pavey To Kill a Mockingbird Empathic Essay Nigger lovers‚ nigger lovers everywhere. As I walk to the damn courthouse it is all I see. They’re everywhere and they just stare at me as if I was the most horrible person in this town! I took a large sip of whiskey while I watched my daughter Mayella enter the courthouse long before me. I really just don’t understand why I even have to go through this entire nightmare. People need to just don’t
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CHAPTER 4 What items do the children find in the Radley tree and what do they decide to do with them? Who do the children believe is leaving the gifts? What are your thoughts on who this person is and why they are leaving the gifts? The children found chewing gum and Indian-heads‚ and they decide to keep them and see if they belong to anyone at school. Scout is oblivious to who’s hiding spot it is‚ she just wants the loot. While Jem‚ being older‚ thinks more and has come to the conclusion that it
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To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how
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In the beginning of chapter 28‚ Jem and Scout walk to the high school for the play. As they walk through the dark field‚ Cecil Jacobs jumps out to scare the two. They finally reach the high school and Scout puts on her ham costume. Scout falls asleep and accidentally misses her cue to go on stage‚ making Mrs. Merriweather very furious. Scout keeps her costume on for the rest of the night as a way to punish herself. Jem and Scout begin to walk home after the carnival. As they walk home‚ Scout realizes
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Symbolism of the mockingbird Analyse how symbolism was used to convey an interesting idea in the written text In the written text “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee the used of symbolism is used to show the idea that mockingbirds are. Symbolism is used in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The theme of prejudice(1) in the novel can be best seen through the symbol of the mockingbird. Atticus advised his children that if they went hunting for birds to "shoot all the bluejays you want‚ if you
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ reveals the development of Jem’s character throughout the novel. The reader watches Jem undergo a metamorphosis during the three years that the novel spans. Boo Radley‚ Jem’s family‚ and the Tom Robinson trial‚ shape Jem into what he becomes by the end of the book. At the beginning of the novel‚ Jem was an immature little boy‚ and was curious about Boo Radley. Because he was a young child‚ Jem was fascinated with the unknown. Hence the many plots he came
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