before To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author includes a quote preluding to the loss of innocence throughout the story. Charles Lamb said‚ “Lawyers‚ I suppose‚ were children once‚” (Lee) I believe Harper Lee chose to include this quote before the story started to lead into the theme of children losing their innocence. Through this quote she insinuates that the heartless people we have in society today (not necessarily lawyers) were once innocent children. Basically‚ throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper
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A Maturing Relationship Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ about Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill growing up in Maycomb County and their fascination and thoughts about Arthur (Boo) Radley is very exciting and interesting. The children’s personalities change drastically throughout the story as well as their views of Boo. Growing up is the process of shifting from a child to a young adult. Watching their views grow and their minds expand made the book appealing and fascinating. Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill
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The Innocence of the World Throughout the early to mid-1900’s‚ a lot of the United States was very racial and there was a lot of segregation towards Blacks. The book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee connects this horrific time frame with a story told from a child’s perspective. Jem and Scout lose their childlike innocence and gain an understanding about humanity through the adventures they go on when they are exposed to how the world really is. The first experience
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ has a particularly innate personality. Scout always does what she is told‚ unless she is with her brother Jem. When they are together she does whatever comes naturally to her. Scout is especially good‚ unusually intelligent‚ and remarkably unselfish. Scout has good intentions when planning her actions‚ most of the time. The one exception was when she acted profanely towards poor little Walter Cunningham
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ which was placed around 1920s and 1930s‚ there were many problems between African Americans and white people. The main factor in all of the issues was racism. The white community in America viewed the coming together as immoral. They were considered “separate‚ but equal.” People didn’t view the two races as equal. Separation actually isn’t equal‚ so they shouldn’t have been viewed that way. If they were equal they wouldn’t be separated. African Americans were
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Alvin Ailey once said “One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.”. The book is told through the perspective of Scout‚ who is a child‚ and how the racism in her community affects her and her family. In the time To Kill a Mockingbird takes place‚ numerous people believed that if you were black you shouldn’t have the same rights as white people. This was a horrible time for people of color because they were discriminated as it shows in the book with Tom Robinson’s case. The
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In Harper Lee’s "To Kill A Mockingbird‚" the author portrays killing a mockingbird as a sin and a moral. The author describes how the characters are introduced to evil and are convicts of evil. Scout and Jem are very clueless to all evil in the world. They do not understand because they have never seen evilness go on‚ they expect everyone to be good in society. Atticus‚ the father‚ is a guide for his children. He tells them right from wrong and he helps them know that evil does not win goodness
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Atticus Finch is a famous Maycomb lawyer as well as the father of the protagonist of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Jean Louise. Atticus Finch is a well-known white Maycomb attorney as well as the father of the book’s protagonist‚ Scout‚ and her brother Jem. He is a wise and caring father. Atticus is nearly fifty. His children call him "Atticus" rather than "Dad". He was once known as "One-Shot Finch" because of his skill with rifles (shown when killing a rabid dog). Atticus demonstrates great character
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Although much of the discrimination was directed towards blacks‚ there were plenty of accounts towards impoverished families by those that had money. Some people thought blacks were automatically dumb because of their color. The novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee has numerous accounts of racism and prejudice throughout the entire piece. The novel is set in the 1930 ’s‚ a time when racism was very prevalent. One subtle example of discrimination the reader sees is the treatment of Calpurnia
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There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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