Emir Erisen Mr.Orourke English 9 17 Dec 2012 Mockingbirds and Scout Mocking birds in real life what they do is basically nothing but to sing for us. They do not harm any crops‚ corns etc. They do not hurt anything or anyone. In other words Mockingbirds are innocent. That is why in Harper Lee “To Kill a Mockingbird” Mockingbirds symbolizing scout. Scout and Mockingbirds are both similar. They are both innocent. A mockingbird does not harm anything or anyone. Scout wants well for ever one.
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"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" correlate to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee in its themes of innocence and exposure. “The Lamb” discusses the topic of childhood innocence and in the novel is delineated through three characters- Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill. They are mockingbirds who only see good things. Due to this‚ they have a black and white perspective of the world. Lee exhibits their view during the trial. The children believed that the jury would acquit Tom Robinson. There was exculpatory evidence
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Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most influential civil rights activists and paved a path for many African-Americans in his lifetime. In “A Letter from Birmingham City Jail”‚ Minister and Civil Rights activist‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. conveys the unequal treatments of African-Americans and how he and the African-American community are trying to change it. King Jr.’s Purpose is to explain how the African-Americans are working towards racial equality and to explain the racial inequality that
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Australia have been shattered by divorce‚ children are home alone while single parents work‚ crime is commonplace and truth is relative. Has today’s society allowed us to dictate our values and standards in our own home? In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ family is destiny. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of lawyer Atticus Finch‚ who defends a black man accused of raping and beating a white woman but even through this hard time still has the ability to see past the ill in people and teaches his children the
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Similarities and Differences in To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird has a novel and a film. The novel may have many similarities to the film‚ the film might be a little different‚ but this is what they share in similarities. In the novel and the film they both have Scout as the narrator‚ and it is being told from Scout’s point of view. When Atticus shot the mad dog‚ that was in the novel as well as the film. In the novel Boo Radley left gifts in the hole in the tree‚ and when his brother
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Growth and Struggles The inner struggle of growing up and society’s incredible influence on young peoples’ every thought and decision are strong themes in Annabel and To Kill a Mockingbird. Both novels explore the protagonists growing up with obstacles‚ the process of overcoming them and finding who they are. It is necessary for young people to balance personal needs with social pressure and learn how to be accepted in society. Making friends‚ spending time with influential adults‚ and growing
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Society: Then and Now Individuals within today’s society love to compare themselves to everything‚ in order to feel superior over others. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ portrays a small town in Maycomb‚ Alabama where the entire county accepts racist acts. Her book is set place in the 1930’s when Jim Crow Laws had a great effect on the way people live. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer‚ teaches his young children many messages overlooking the racial tensions. His two children‚ Jem and Scout
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makes people evil. I chose to show Clay Derby from Copper Sun‚ Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird‚ and a character from The Lottery to show this. These three people all showed a lack of empathy and I drew a head that was split into the three people. The blindfold that is covering their eyes symbolizes the blindness to others’ feelings. Their selfishness is something that you don’t just see in books‚ but it relates to real life. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Bob Ewell shows an evil side
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disobedience acts without the use of physical violence. “The Letters from Birmingham Jail” and “The Negro is Your Brother” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr was an open letter. It ultimately backs up the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. It stated that blacks had the moral duty to break up these Jim Crow laws. Such laws at state and
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Yousafzai a Pakistani female activist for female education once stated “We should all consider each other as human beings‚ and we should respect each other.” The idea of accepting others who are different than us is discussed in the text “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the Colin kaepernick article. Those who believe that we do not get along well with one another argue that because they view that life on earth and the society is racist and bias towards each other. It is clear that individuals can accept
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