town and was especially effected by the Great Depression. Rural areas were poor and undeveloped‚ and black people worked for very low wages in the fields for white farmers. The novel is a Bildungsroman and is told in first person narrative from Scout Finch’s point of view. She is an adult when she tells the story but it is from
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also something that can be considered a way of walking in another’s shoes and having an idea of who they are as a person. The Story “ To Kill a Mockingbird” has provided a Character‚ Atticus Finch‚ as the father who educates his two Children‚ Jem and Scout‚ moral lessons. In the book and the play “To Kill a MockingBird” by Harper Lee‚ put emphasizes on the theme of putting yourself in other’s shoes or thinking as if it were from the other’s perspective. Prevalent in the play and book‚ Jem Finch learned
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against a white woman’s word. Mayella broke a time-honored code‚ she tempted a black man‚ and to restore her dignity she lied to the jury. "When it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s‚ the white man always wins." (220) During the hearing‚ Jem‚ Scout and Dill learn that Dolphus Raymond‚ who is the supposed town drunkard‚ hardly drinks alcohol at all. “He’s got a colored woman and all sorts of mixed chillun.” (163) Dolphus tells the children that he pretends to be drunk so the people of Maycomb
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Jacob Brune Ms Davis English 10 6 November 2015 My name is Jean-Louise Finch‚ daughter of Atticus‚ some people call me Scout. We are all here today to remember Atticus. He was the type of person who always said what he thought‚ no matter what the subject was over. When Jem and I got our first guns‚ he said “Shoot all the bluejays you want‚ if you can hit’em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” We are here to remember Atticus Finch‚ how kind and honest he was to everyone he talked
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racism is emphasized in the small town of Maycomb‚ where African Americans are misjudged. Although‚ this novel was published in the 1960’s when the American civil rights movement was underway‚ it was set during the period of the 1930’s. In the 1930’s in the small county of Maycomb‚ the mentality of most southern people were racist and discriminatory‚ and in this novel‚ these ideas are explored through a young girl‚ Scout. Throughout‚ To Kill a Mockingbird there was a theme of race. The central narrative
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eccentric and fail to obey to social rules they too will end up like Boo‚ isolated and remembered as a monster. It is this fear that keeps individuals from standing up for what they believe in. "Maycomb was an old town but it was a tired old town “ As Scout has said. This is a metaphor that inter connects
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In TKAM there was much discrimination and prejudice against innocent‚ harmless and kind Mockingbird type characters. The theme of discrimination and prejudice ran rampant throughout the town of Maycomb County in the 1930’s. Acts of hatred and misunderstanding took place all because of someone’s colour. The characters Arthur “Boo” Radley‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch all portray kind hearted mockingbirds who are innocent victims of discrimination throughout this novel. Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley
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People who are outsiders are misjudged because of their appereance and their attitude. They are misjudged because they look emo‚ have no hair‚ have messy clothes or shoes‚ can’t talk‚ can’t walk‚ can’t hear‚ so on and so foreth. I am going to bring this to the atention to others. I believe outsiders are those who are simply misjudged. Outsiders are not accepted into groups at school‚ sport teams‚ and even at their own home because they are misjudged by the people around them. People dont undersand
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At the beginning of the film‚ equivalent to Raimond; Scout is an innocent‚ good hearted child who has no experience with the evils of the world. However‚ as the film progresses‚ Scout has her first contact with evil in the form of racial prejudice‚ and the basic development of her character is governed by the question of whether she will emerge from that contact or be
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Shelby Anderson Mr. Kirkendall English 1 Honors 22 May 2016 The Impact of Racism "If there’s just one kind of folks‚ why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike‚ why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout‚ I think I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time‚ it’s because he wants to stay inside" (240). We don’t even realize it but our biased perspectives seriously mess
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