Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the book Mississippi Trial‚ 1955 by Chris Crowe are two different books surround by the same ideas. To Kill a Mockingbird was a book about a girl named Scout‚ whose dad‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer‚ who tried to win a case defending an innocent black man. Atticus did not win the case and Scout started to learn about injustice and what went on at that time in the South. Mississippi Trial‚ 1955 was about a boy named Hiram‚ who lived in the South with his grandpa because his parents
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the main character and narrator Scout Finch who is a feisty tomboy that comes to learn about the place she lives in which is in Maycomb county. By being more open to the real world‚ she comes to realize it’s not as perfect as she thought it was‚ and has a lot of good and bad things to offer. Not only that but she learns important lessons along the way from her childhood experience. She learns most of these lessons from the good and bad adults which taught her things like courage and compassion.
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Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets. “ chapter 5 p. 52 This quote is explaining how Atticus does not change through his perspectives on the events or Scout and Jem. Another key point would be that Atticus treats his children ( Scout and Jem ) like their adults. He uses all of his mature treatments on Scout and Jem‚ but also recognizes that they are children and make mistakes.
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an inborn joyfulness‚ as natural as instinct. Yet a mockingbird’s song dies as easily as the innocence of a child. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout and Jem are portrayed as innocents‚ uncorrupted by our world of prejudice and racism. Their world is simple‚ sensible‚ a child’s world. However‚ three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch‚ her brother‚ Jem‚ and their father‚ Atticus‚ are consumed by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. By
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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 father‚ she sees him as old and weak. Since he does not do the same things as her classmates fathers‚ she is embarrassed. She said‚ “Our father didn’t do anything. Atticus did not drive a dump truck for the county… or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of anyone” (Lee 102). Scout has no idea of what her father can
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important life lessons and later‚ start to use these lessons as they grow and mature. First‚ the children learn not to judge others until they have seen and experienced the world from their eyes. Next‚ the children learn how to respect other people’s privacy. Finally‚ they learn what real courage looks like. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the children’s early mistakes in judgment teach them valuable lessons‚ which help them make more mature decisions later on. Firstly‚ children judging someone with a different
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personalities were changed through the events of the novel and their father’s advice. This was hard on their father because their mom died when they were young. Jem learned about bravery and strength. Jem became more mature like his father. Scout became more like a girl. Jem and Scout learned that you cannot understand a person until you climb under his skin and walk around it. Jem’s bravery and courage changed throughout the novel‚ starting in the first few chapters. At first Jem learned about
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by Harper Lee‚ there is a character by the name of Scout. Scout is a young girl in a small town of Maycomb county. She is a tom-boy and would rather dress in overalls than a dress. Scout’s situation is similar to mine. We are similar in the sense that I am different than most people my age. What I mean by that is that I like different music than others‚ I have different aspirations‚ and my likings are very unique. In some situations‚ Scout acts differently than other kids her age. There are
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changed a lot throughout the novel. They have many different relationships in the book. Throughout the novel we read about Jem and Scout at many ages. We read about Jem from when he’s a child to a young adult and about Scout when she’s a child. We see them grow all throughout the course of the novel. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird the author shows how Jem matures. He is still a boy at this point (chapter 16-20) in the book but is reaching manhood. This shown through his reaction to the trial
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Mockingbird shows many examples about courage. Two very important characters Jem and Mrs. Dubose show courage throughout the novel. The first character to show courage is Jem. His courage changes as he matures throughout the book form childish courage to being mature. In the beginning of the book‚ Scout says that Jem had “never declined a dare” in his entire life‚ which shows childish courage because it is not bravery it is accepting to do things without looking at the outcome. Later on Jems courage
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