The Inequality in Maycomb‚ Alabama In the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ the character Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ is from a mature perspective looking back at her childhood. This novel is considered touching by many‚ and the novel takes place in the summer of nineteen thirty-three. Readers meet the characters Scout Finch and her brother Jem who lived in a fictional town in Alabama called Maycomb. During this time in the south‚ there was a lot of segregation between whites
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a mother at such a young age as Jem and Scout did. However‚ even harder is being left a single father balancing both work‚ and parental duties. Luckily for Atticus‚ Calpurnia is around to pick up some of the slack. Without Calpurnia‚ Jem and Scout would not be nearly as well behaved as they gradually become. Atticus’s career would also take a dive‚ with no one to watch Scout and Jem while he works. Finally‚ Calpurnia also takes care of exposing Jem and Scout to new things‚ something every parent should
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Brave New Motto Every community strives for stability and civilized behavior from their citizens. Stability and community both play a very big roll in a civilized society. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ the state motto: "Community‚ Identity‚ Stability" encompasses not only the state goal‚ but also the techniques needed to reach these goals. Community is the first part of the Brave New World’s state motto. Community is also the first technique used to achieve the state motto. States dividing
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mockingbird Essay Scout is quite a character in the book to kill a mocking bird. She goes through many adventures‚ yet many tribulations. She learns a lot of lessons‚ and is taught some values in life on what to do‚ and‚ what not to so. With her being a character with importance in the novel‚ it would be necessary for some of her character traits to be gone over. These are some traits that describe scout. Tomboyish‚ anyone who has ever read to kill a mockingbird knows that scout is a tomboy. She
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situations. Scout learns to do the right things and becomes Mature in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Throughout the Novel‚ Scout transforms Immature to Mature due to the types of situations she has been in. At the beginning of the Novel‚ Scout is Immature. Scout displays this trait when Scout says “I was born good‚ but had grown progressively worse every year” (Lee 67). Through this quote‚ it is clear that scout is very Immature and needs to grow up. Throughout the Novel Scout learns fighting
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relationship between others and so that life can be peaceful. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Scout learns about respect and compassion and how important they are to lead a good life. Through the characterization of Scout as a young girl who learns about the feeling of others‚ Lee demonstrates that people need to learn compassion and respect to understand the feelings of others. When Reverend Sykes tells Scout to stand up when her father passes‚ it illustrates the respect that the blacks have for
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ uses a young narrator‚ Scout‚ to explore the understanding of different topics through the plot of the novel. Scout is a keen listener‚ and learns about standardised racial inequality during the 1930s through the dialogue of her brother‚ Jem. Aunt Alexandra’s characterisation portrays to Scout how she is socially considered better than others because of her race‚ upbringing and her family. The author conveys gender oppression through Scout’s perspective
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most especially Scout is struggling with the issues of racism in their town. One of the key points is how Scout struggles to understand the circumstances around her and why they are occurring. Conflict #1: In chapter two‚ Scout has a misunderstanding with her teacher‚ Miss Caroline Fisher. The whole situation evolved from the fact that a student in Scout’s class‚ Walter Cunningham‚ did not bring a lunch to school. This then leads to
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understand the true definition of racism. Scout hasn’t experienced racism and is confused by it‚ because she is very young and hasn’t matured in knowing the true definition of racism. In the novel‚ Scout asks Atticus if she can go back to Calpurnia’s church on Sunday‚ Aunt Alexandra responds for Atticus and tells Scout she may not go. Aunt Alexandra tells her this because she thinks that the Finches’ are in a “higher” ranking than the African Americans. Scout didn’t see why Aunt Alexandra said no‚ as
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To Kill a Mockingbird In the story " To Kill a Mockingbird‚" Scout learns many different things about the human condition‚ and many people throughout this story help has been discovered for new traits. Characters such as Miss Maudie‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Tom Robinson help Scout discover who she really is throughout the novel. All these characters have an outlook on Scout because it gives her thoughts on ideas of life‚ and of peoples actions and beliefs.
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