many people have to society’s ways‚ has a great impact on the way people think‚ believe‚ and hold‚ when faced with the issue of their ethical principles. Harper Lee‚ tackles this predicament and explains it through the ideas in her novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by showing how perspective affects the beliefs people attain to. Through Atticus Finch the heroine of the novel‚ and the father of the protagonist Jean-Louise (Scout) and her brother‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ Lee displays the wisdom of Atticus
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unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this? 5. Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus’s conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be? 6. Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story. Chapter 10 7. Scout says that
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Marshal Samuel Wilcox kicked the blackened remains of Benjamin Gross’s barn. A single wall stood‚ scarred black by flames. He kept his eye on the Pinkerton Detective‚ Hans Schmitt‚ while he examined Benjamin’s charred body. Wilcox stroked the hairs of his long gray beard. A pungent odor of death and flies began to collect. "Most likely the work of Comanche’s. Must have come from the west‚ from Indian Territory‚” Schmitt circled the body. The aroma had no effect on the detective. His palm under his
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In chapter 19 Tom is caught by Aunt Polly because he lied about a dream he said he had. He comes home and the first thing his Aunt says to him is “I’ve got a notion to skin you alive.” Tom is first confused‚ but soon find out she went to the Harpers and tried to tell Mrs. Harper what Tom dreamt about. Mrs. Harper said no no no‚ her son Joe Harper had told her about how Tom snuck back and listened to them talk. Aunt Polly was very sad‚ and mad. Tom tried telling her that he wished that she would’ve
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SUMMARY: Tom Jones receives two letters in this chapter. The first one is from Lady Bellaston. She tells him she should despise him for his behavior at her house and for loving a country girl. She also warns him that she can hate as passionately as she can love. While Mr Jones was thinking how to reply to the letter‚ Lady Bellaston walks in with her dress in disarray. She asks if he has betrayed her‚ and he promises her on his knees that he has not. Suddenly Partridge announces Mrs. Honour’s arrival
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Innocence‚ or the loss of innocence‚ is a theme that permeates many great works of literature. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is no exception. The novel compares many of its characters to mockingbirds‚ a symbol of pure innocence. Two of the most prominent of the novel’s mockingbirds are Tom Robinson‚ a black man wrongly accused and convicted of rape‚ and Boo Radley‚ an outcast from society who spends his days like a hermit locked up in his house. Tom provides something beneficial to society
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the items inside the knothole in the Radley’s place. This scene is very important to me because it shows us how Boo Radley really is. We see him as someone who is unliked from people. They make him seem as someone who is unknown and scary. In this chapter‚ they make us see another side of Boo Radley we never would have seen. It starts off with Jem and Scout getting gifts from an unknown person in a knothole that is in a tree near the Radley’s place. At the end‚ we infer that it was probably Boo Radley
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So far I have read chapters one‚ two‚ and three in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” They have been quite interesting‚ and a lot has happened in these chapters. In this journal I will be predicting on if the kids will meet Boo Radley‚ and also evaluating on the Ewells. While I was reading the book I started to think that by the way they would talk about Boo Radley they would not be meeting him. There is an old story in the Maycomb town that Boo Radley was locked away for a good amount of time. The story
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The movie based on John Grisham’s A Time to Kill is a Hollywoodized‚ modern-day version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Both movies employ many of the same themes and plot elements; but the former movie is one-dimensional and predictable while the latter is innovative and purposeful. The movie version of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a classic film‚ whereas John Grisham’s adapted novel is merely another example of the money making efforts of Hollywood. Some of the movies’ more
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. These six chapters are about Jem‚ 13 and Scout‚ 9 dealing with the effects of Atticus’s case. Jem and Scout have always believed that Atticus is extremely boring‚ but he is actually quite the opposite. He could shoot really well and demonstrated his ability by shooting down old Tim Johnson. Furthermore‚ Atticus was gone and he didn’t want to leave the children home alone‚ so Calpurnia brought them to church. When they went to
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