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    The values of a society are often highlighted through its actions toward specific characters. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses Dolphus Raymond to showcase the rampant prejudice in Maycomb. Mr. Raymond is forced outside of his home town simply because he loves a black woman‚ rather than a white woman. The reader can quickly infer that the citizens of Maycomb value white supremacy‚ and racial segregation over love. Moreover‚ society’s views towards mixed children are also demonstrated. The

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    4/6/2014 A classic novel is one that relates to and questions aspects central to our lives‚ and can be related to for generations to come. To kill a mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ 1960) elevates itself to become a timeless classic through its portrayal of profound themes and narrative messages that impact readers across all demographics. It is a compassionate story that not only educates and thrills the reader‚ but also ultimately inspires them to re-evaluate their presuppositions‚ and learn to denote

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    I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. These six chapters are about Jem‚ 13 and Scout‚ 9 dealing with the effects of Atticus’s case. Jem and Scout have always believed that Atticus is extremely boring‚ but he is actually quite the opposite. He could shoot really well and demonstrated his ability by shooting down old Tim Johnson. Furthermore‚ Atticus was gone and he didn’t want to leave the children home alone‚ so Calpurnia brought them to church. When they went to

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    Racism and discrimination often steps in between righteousness and justice‚ causing wrong to become right. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ A lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch is asked to defend a black man by the name of Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. She lives with her father Bob Ewell and several children near the dumps of Maycomb. The Ewells are often seen as savages. It doesn’t make sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson‚ he should

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    power of education can make a human being to become wiser as well as intelligent. It creates more opportunities for new perspectives and eliminated prejudices. As children‚ we look up to our parents for moral life lessons and influence us as grow up. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird clearly demonstrates Atticus’s moral lessons of prejudice; empathy and true courage have shaped Jem and Scout in their childhood. Atticus decided to accept the challenge defending for Tom Robinson‚ a black

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there have been hidden meanings and rules of society. What are all the hidden messages throughout the story? What are the rules of society? To Kill A Mockingbird started out about a little girl named Scout with her brother Jem. Atticus is their father who is a lawyer and is very wise. Scout was a complete tomboy and was a very adventurous little girl. With learning “what it means to be a lady”‚ she honestly does see what

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In the book “To kill a mockingbird”‚ the character Atticus is criticized openly through the whole book. Although Atticus is criticized he is a very respected man throughout the town of maycomb. Why is this true? What makes him an admirable character? I’ll tell you why Atticus is so looked up to and why he is such a respected man‚ in the following text. Even though he is criticized‚ Atticus has managed to stay a respected man in the town of maycomb. How? Or better yet why

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    Moshe Bensalmon December 15‚ 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Test In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ uses Atticus to teach the reader a lesson. One of these lessons is that ‘most people are finally good when you finally see them’. The characters that the book focuses on with regards to this lesson are Bob Ewell‚ Mayella Ewell and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus keeps telling

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    SHORT PLOT/CHAPTER SUMMARY (Synopsis) The novel To Kill a Mockingbird mainly revolves around a small family of three -- Atticus Finch‚ an attorney‚ and his two children‚ Scout and Jem. As the novel proceeds certain characters are linked with the three main characters to form a dramatic story of events‚ attitudes‚ prejudices and values. The novel is set is the quiet town of Maycomb; but the serenity is only superficial. The town is comprised of three communities: the white folk‚ the black community

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    Stephen King’s presumptuous article‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies"‚ inspects the inner‚ mentally psychotic adaptation of human beings‚ and explores our obsessive attraction to gruesome and tantalizing  horror movies. He believes that we are all secretly morbid and insist on using scary films to produce our psychotic relief from the demanding civilized society we live in; King states‚ " I think we are all mentally ill; those of us outside of the asylums only hide it a little better ". He values the

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