woman who was raised by affluent parents who helped guide her to the right path in life. She is a young journalist who is out to save the world. There are two other characters who are the direct opposite of Alice‚ whose names are Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. These are two teenage girls who have little education and live in poverty. When the lives of these women cross paths‚ they each try to understand the others’ lives. Even though Alice is sympathetic and caring‚ she is still distanced from the life
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case. Jem cries due to the fact that Atticus had real evidence‚ yet the jury chose to be biased and voted an innocent man guilty‚ only because they had relationships with the Ewells. Dill cries because of how mistreated Mr. Robinson is‚ only because of his skin. He finds this unfair on how the opposing lawyer treats the Ewells with respect since they are white‚ but not Robinson since he is black. Lastly‚ Boo Radley shows a great amount of innocence in the beginning and the ending of the book. Though
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never gave up one Tom and knew that he wasn’t guilty of a crime he couldn’t possibly commit. He handled the after effects calmly by not responding to Mr. Ewell who spit in his face and instead said‚ “so if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating‚ that’s something I’ll gladly take”.(pg. 292-293) Even after Mr. Ewell tries to kill Jem and Scout‚ Atticus is still there to teach them about humanity saying that‚ “most people are Scout‚ when you finally see them‚” responding
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book‚ ranging from strict town morals‚ justice‚ all the way to racism and death due to racism. I have chosen to outline some of the ways in which Harper Lee uses three minor characters‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Heck Tate and Dolfus Raymond‚ to help emphasise and explore some of the major concerns in the book. Mayella Ewell is the first minor character I shall discuss; a beacon of racial prejudice and the injustice of the courthouses. She is considered to be trash along with the rest of the Ewell’s; despite
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Person | Symbol | Explanation | Bob Ewell | | Bob Ewell is represented by a stick of dynamite because he is always potentially dangerous and he can at any time explode and hurt someone. | Dolphus Raymond | | The paper bags had coke bottles in them but Mr. Raymond led to believe they were full of whiskey so he can keep his lifestyle with the black people. | Calpurnia | | A Bible represents Cal because she brought Jem and Scout to First purchase and because she taught Scout to write out of
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Scout’s youthful innocence. Dill: Friend of Scout and Jem Atticus: The proud‚ moral‚ respected father. Tom Robinson: The black man who was accused of raping Mayella but apparently innocent rapist. Arthur "Boo" Radley: The mysterious reclusive neighbor. Mayella Ewell: The daughter of Bob Robert E. Lee “Bob” Ewell: A poor white man Plot The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator‚ six-year-old
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nine black teenagers were on a train and some of the black teens fought with several white guys. The train was stopped when the conductor found out a fight broke out‚ and when nine black teenage boys and two white women (Ruby Bates and Victoria Price) got off the train‚ Ruby Bates and Victoria Price claimed that the black males raped them. At the time‚ many people were racist against black people and many thought that they actually did the crime. So the nine black teenage boys got an unfair‚ rushed
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People said they were Mayella Ewell’s. ” Mayella Ewell symbolizes the geraniums in more ways than one. Geraniums can mean preference or gentility. Mayella prefers a more gentle lifestyle. She’s just a young girl that doesn’t know any better. Mayella wants more for her life and for herself. Geraniums can also mean stupidity. Mayella wasn’t necessarily stupid but she just wasn’t raised to know right from wrong. “I got somethin’
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). Scout learns to have compassion and empathy on some of the most unexpected characters including Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Boo
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ two siblings‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ learn about their town‚ Maycomb County‚ through their father‚ Atticus Finch. Atticus defends an African American named Tom Robinson against their opposing side‚ Bob Ewell accusing him of raping his daughter Mayella Ewell. As a result of not meeting the criteria‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely not a timeless classic; not only does it lack complex life lessons‚ but it also includes an unrealistic character. One reason why this novel is not
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