To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize‚ and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors‚ as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936‚ when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor‚ despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator’s
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To Kill A Mockingbird The novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a story about innocence‚ knowledge‚ prejudice and courage. In the beginning the main character‚ Scout‚ starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times around her‚ as the story goes on she gains knowledge of these times by fellow kids around her accusing her dad of being a "nigger lover" which then‚ it was an insult. Her dad was being courageous of a black man being faulsey accused of raping a white girl. Her
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To Kill A Mockingbird Maycomb‚ Alabama is a small Southern town that suffers terribly through the great depression. In Maycomb County there lives a widowed lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch and his two children Jeremy (Jem) Finch and Jean Louise (Scout) Finch. Atticus takes a job defending a black man in this town full of racist people‚ but Atticus doesn’t realise what kind of danger he would be putting his children in. His attempt of treating people equally no matter their skin color or race will
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Dill‚ Jem and I snuck out of the house to follow Atticus to the town center. Eventually‚ we saw Atticus sitting in front of the jail. Jem said we should go home‚ but just as he said that four cars drove up by Atticus and a bunch of men stepped out. They told him to step away from the jail. Just then‚ I ran toward Atticus‚ Jem and Dill came out after me. I heard one of the men tell Atticus he had fifteen seconds to get the kids out of here. Then I looked up and noticed Mr. Walter Cunningham in the
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After reading Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ I was particularly drawn toward one protagonist in particular that to me portrays a model for all mankind; that character is Atticus. His morals are his defining feature and to his children‚ he is a valuable teacher. Despite the novel’s lack of Atticus’ physical description‚ his attitude displays that he is a person he would always do his best to look clean and respectable. From his attitude you the reader discover that he is a person who
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Analysis of “To kill a mockingbird” Saryuna Rinchino‚ gr. 02193 The story under analysis is an extract from a novel “To kill a mockingbird”. The book was written by Harper Lee in 1960. Harper Lee was born in 1926 in the state of Alabama. In 1945-1949 she studied law at the University of Alabama. “To kill a mockingbird” is her first novel and after being published it was highly acclaimed and even was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961‚ one of the most important awards in literature. The book became an
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favorite character from a book or to the book in general. To kill a mockingbird main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ Atticus‚ Calpurnia‚ Tom Robinson‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Mayella have many songs that connect to their traits and the situation there in. The song “Not Afraid” by Eminem represents the traits Jem portrays in the book. A line that represents Jem is “I’m not afraid to take a stand”. This line portrays Jem because it represents someone being brave‚ in the book Jem portrays being brave in many chapters. An
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Chapter six begins with the night Dill leaves Maycomb‚ we know school is coming soon and Scout and Jem are sad to see Dill go. As Scout put so bluntly; “ “We’re gonna miss you‚ boy.” I sad” (Harper Lee pg.51). During this chapter an important event takes place. Jem‚ Dill‚ and scout sneak over to the Radley place and are frightened by the shadow that they see in the window shutter‚ they run away and Jem loses his pants on the gate! Nathan Radley had scared them away by shooting a shotgun. They tell
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay This essay is on the novel ’To Kill A Mockingbird’. In the novel there is many situations that are injustice. In the town of Maycomb Alabama‚ there are many different races such as‚ the Negros (Calpurnia )‚The whites (Fintch’s)‚ and the pale skinned (Boo Radely) . They all come from the same place‚ and have the same color blood but yet they are all rated and treated like they are from different planets. The town of Maycomb proves this by looking at people differently
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Quote- To Kill A Mockingbird Outline Introduction Being prejudice is not something we are born with‚ it is something children learn from their elders. II. Paragraph 2- Parents Children look up to their parents and follow in their habits‚ so parents with racial‚ prejudice views will have children with the same ideas and views. III. Paragraph 3- Teachers Children listen to their teachers everyday‚ so teachers have a great influence as to what their students think
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