Two of the main characters of the book‚ Scout and Jem‚ see the citizens of Maycomb through their eyes‚ facing the prejudices amongst their society. The innocent children do not understand why the people of their community act
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I realize Harper Lee titled the novel To kill A Mockingbird because killing a mockingbird was a supposed mortal sin because it did nothing harmful but brought joy and gave people something without anything in return‚ it gave it’s beautiful music that brings happiness to all. Reworded the title is to kill a peaceful soul as in Tom Robinson. Tom was helping Mayella and getting nothing back‚ not saying that he expected something but just because he was doing it out of the kindness of his heart‚ much
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Maycomb‚ due to their actions and perspectives towards black people and people who support black people. The novel portrays 4 characters that definitely resemble the background of a mockingbird. These 4 people are Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley and Jem and Scout Finch. Tom Robinson is a mockingbird in the novel because he is an innocent man and who is vulnerable to the prejudice of the community. This is because he helps Mayella Ewell out of the goodness of his heart and asks for nothing in return because
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Negroes over white people. When Scout and her friend Dill decide to take a breather from the tense happenings of the courtroom‚ they come across Mr. Raymond lying on the grass. He offers Dill a sip from his paper bag to quieten his nerves and despite Scout’s misgivings‚ Dill complies‚ only to make the astonishing discovery that the drink was “nothing but Coca-Cola” (Lee 267). Perplexed about a “being who deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself” (Lee 268)‚ Scout questions Mr. Raymond on the rationale
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kill mockingbirds for sport‚ people kill innocence without the awareness of their action taken against the blacks. "…She (Calpurnia) says they’re clean-living folks."(75) This statement appears during a conversation between Atticus and his daughter Scout‚ and holds a certain amount of importance
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not mean‚ or crazy in any way and also saves the lives of Jem and Scout. These issues are explored further throughout the novel. Racism is commonly portrayed throughout the novel‚ Harper Lee uses many different situations and events in the novel‚ to discuss the issues of racism. Through the symbol of the mockingbird‚ Harper Lee expresses the issue of racism with the mockingbird as a symbol of racism. As Ms Maudie explains to scout how it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird‚ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing
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It tells the story of the events in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb through the eyes of a young girl‚ Scout Finch. The book centers
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and the necessity of acting boldly. The characters Atticus‚ Scout‚ Arthur Radley and Mrs.Dubose display an act of courage as they are faced with feasible but difficult
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courage as something physical. Provide examples from the text and explain how Jem‚ Scout and Dill would define courage. The definition of courage is “the ability to do something that frightens one” or “strength in the face of pain or grief.” In the beginning of the book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird” the readers were introduces to several different characters. The three character were Jem who was “ nearly ten‚”(7)‚ Scout “ almost six‚”(7) and Dill “ goin’ on seven” (8) Each character viewed courage as
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shoes. This theme presents itself multiple times throughout the novel in many different ways. One of the most obvious of these ways is with all of the stigma and gossip surrounding Boo‚ or Arthur Radley. From just the name we can see how widely misjudged he was‚ Boo‚ his name implies that those who don’t know him think him to be a monster‚ a spirit that is only talked of-not to. Of course‚ Mr. Radley is not a monster‚ far from it in fact. By the end of the book he is actually the one to save the
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