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    Company of India Ltd. Pp 311-323. 3. Dunphy‚ G. 2004. Meera’s Mockingbird‚ from Harper Lee to Meera Syall. Neophilogus. pp 637-660. 4. Hovet‚ T & Grace-Anne. 2001. Fine Fancy Gentlemen and Happy Folk: Contending Voices in To Kill a Mockingbird. Southern Quarterly: A Journal of the Arts in the South. Pp67-78. 5. Lee‚ H. 1960 (rpt 1966). To Kill a Mockingbird. Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills. 6. Miller‚ C. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Corruption on Innocence. www.umn.edu/millerc/teachingenglishhomepage/teachingunits/tokilll

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    Changing Perspectives Prejudice and racism are major issues in everyday life. They can sway a person’s perspective‚ on a situation or individual‚ towards one way or another. In Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout’s perspectives change as she experiences prejudice throughout her life. Her viewpoints about Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ and Tom Robinson change as she matures. Scout’s ideas of who Atticus Finch is change from the beginning to the end of the novel. At first she is ashamed of her

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    Stereotypes in To Kill A Mockingbird: How the Stereotypes Enhance the Theme of the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ many characters are stereotyped into whom they are not‚ to emphasise the theme of the novel‚ as well as teach the audience of the moral lesson that is learned from this novel; to be a less judgemental society and to be willing to accept others of different cultures and races by creating moral education. This technique of using stereotypes

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Webquest Group 2: The Scottsboro Boys 1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did they get into so much trouble? The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine African-American teenagers who were tried for raping two white women in 1931. 2. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys’ original trial take place? How do you think this affected the outcome of their trial? The Scottsboro Boys’ original trial took place in Northern Alabama in the year of 1931. The outcome of the trial was

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    Jacquelyn Thompson English 3 Honors Lynn Blair 1/30/2013 To Kill a Mockingbird The depth behind this novel is too see how Scout has progressed throughout the course of two years. Slowly but surely‚ she realizes the life lessons that have been waiting for her all along. She does this with the help of her family and her community. One man importantly sticks out the most‚ and his name is Arthur Radley‚ but Scout and the children like to call him ’Boo ’. Lee incorporated Mr. Radley to really

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    The novel “To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is set at a time when prejudice was rampant in society. Prejudice can be defined as preconceived opinions that are not based on reason or actual experience. People had preconceived ideas about everything. Atticus Finch considered prejudice to be “Maycomb’s usual disease” as it had always been there‚ and had infected so many people. The book is set in the 1930s‚ a time when the legal system of segregation of black and white people was in effect and any

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    Interpretive Essay To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel about a young girl‚ her brother‚ a close friend their adventures in finding Boo Radley‚ and growing up in a prejudiced society. The book’s main character‚ Jeane-Louise Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ is shown how cruel and unfair the world can be‚ especially southern Alabama during the Great Depression. The reader is given a very good idea of how difficult courage was to come by at this time. To Kill a Mockingbird portrays great courage‚ for

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    ELA 10-1 To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide Chapters 1 - 3 Name ___________________ The Facts Chapter 1 “That was the summer Dill came to us.” 1. In what state does the novel take place? _____________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the children’s father‚ Atticus Finch‚ do for a living? _____________________________________________________________________

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    Empathy for others and understanding different perspectives are very important thematic topics in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the story Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both ridiculed for being different. Tom Robison is ridiculed for being black. Many people assume he raped Mayella Ewell just because he is black. Boo Radley is often ridiculed because he rarely leaves his house. Since he rarely leaves his house people assume that he is a terrible person. Although these characters are assumed to be awful

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    The Southern Gothic Motif of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Thesis: In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the various types of outsiders and the small town of Maycomb contribute to the novel’s Southern gothic motif. All throughout the book Lee introduces us to different kinds of outsiders willing to make a change. During the Tom Robinson trial‚ Link Deas tells Bob Ewell‚ “…if I hear one more peep outa my girl Helen about not bein’ able to walk this road I’ll have you in jail

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