To Kill A Mockingbird Short answer questions: (chapters 12-16) Brittany Ruddock 1. Calpurnia was ecstatic to take Scout and Jem to church with her‚ she had them dressed up in extravagant clothing‚ making sure that everything was matching and flawless. “When they saw Jem and me with Calpurnia‚ the men stepped back and took off their hats; the women crossed their arms at their waists‚ weekday gestures of attention” (p.118) Jem and Scout felt like
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay Harper Lee shows in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird character is not determined by race or social standing but the qualities and traits from which the person possesses. Tom Robinson‚ Atticus and Boo Radely are portrayed to be the mocking birds in the book. Harper Lee shows that Tom Robinson is a major target of racism throughout his time in the book. Tom’s true character has been overthrown just from the color of his skin. People make decisions
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Outside the courtroom Scout and Dill meet Mr Dolphus Raymond who is different to most of the residents in Maycomb as he tries to avoid conflict in many ways. Dolphus Raymond owns alot of land and comes from a repected Maycomb family‚ despite this he doesn’t behave like white people‚ there’s alot of gossip about him because he’s different. Everyone thinks that Dolphus Raymond is a drunk‚ but Dill discovers ‘it’s nothing but Coca-Cola’ that he drinks. He pretends it’s whisky so people can blame his
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How does Harper Lee create tension in chapter 11? All the way through the book‚ Scout talks about an elderly‚ horrible neighbor‚ Mrs. Dubose who is Restricted to a wheelchair.’’ If she was on the porch when we passed her wrathful gaze would rake us ...’’ this merely expresses the hatred she has towards these two children. It was impossible to go to town without passing her house unless we wished to walk a mile out of the way. ‘’ This demonstrates to the reader that anywhere they want to go they
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Empathy Speaker: Scout Chapter: 24 Page #: 307/ 308 Quote: In the sudden silence that followed‚ Miss Stephanie Crawford called from across the room‚ “Whatcha going to be when you grow up‚ Jean Louise? A lawyer?” “Nome‚ I hadn’t thought about it…” I answered‚ grateful that Miss Stephanie was kind enough to change the subject. Speaker: Aunt Alexandra Chapter: 24 Page #:315 Quote: “Didn’t they try to stop him? Didn’t they give him any warning?” Aunt Alexandra’s voice shook. Speaker: Jem Chapter:
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summaries Part 1‚ Chapter 1 The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch‚ who is almost always called by her nickname‚ Scout. Scout starts to explain the circumstances that led to the broken arm that her older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; she begins by recounting her family history. The first of her ancestors to come to America was a fur-trader and apothecary named Simon Finch‚ who fled England to escape religious persecution and
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Speech We as white people in 2010 treat black people as equal as we treat another white person. Back in the 1930s this wasn’t the case. Prejudice towards black people was happening almost everywhere‚ especially in the state of Alabama. This was where Harper Lee had decided to base her novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. She wrote this book to show the people the racism‚ discrimination and prejudice towards black people. My setting is based during the aftermath. I refer to
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The most obvious form of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism; however‚ there are other types of prejudice and discrimination that typify relationships among the novel’s characters. Scout‚ for example‚ is ridiculed in “To Kill a Mockingbird” because she is a tomboy. Boo Radley is ostracized despite the fact that hardly anyone knows him. Reverse racism is also present in the novel‚ as evidenced by the threats against Atticus Finch and his family as he defends Tom Robinson.In current day
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different forms of prejudice but the four main ones to me are as follows. Sexism (the unfair prejudice against someone because of their sex)‚ ageism (the pre conceived idea that they are not worthy due to someone’s age)‚ socio economic prejudice (the discrimination against someone due to their wealth/class/job place in society etc) and last but not least racism (the prejudice targeted towards someone because of their racial background‚ whether that be white‚ negro‚ Asian etc). Personally prejudice to me
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To Kill a Mocking Bird review To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It became immediately successful as Lee used many of her own experiences as a child throughout the book. Also‚ the novel is renowned for its warmth and humour‚ despite dealing with many political issues such as prejudice and racial injustice. To Kill a Mocking Bird also shows other serious issues like rape and racial inequality that were a big problem at this time. The story is narrated by a young
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