In the short story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which is taken place during the great depression there lived a young girl named Scout. Scout was a young girl that lived in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the early 1930’s. She lived in a society where she was taught to be racist and naive. But over time she grew to be more understanding and lady-like. For instance she started to open to people she never would have‚ like Boo Radley. She became loving and an open girl rather than judging people who weren’t exactly
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Character Identification “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”--Atticus Directions: Describe the following characters. (e.g. characteristics/qualities‚ appearance‚ personality traits‚ values/ethical principles). Use evidence from the novel to support your claim. **This will help you complete your final project** Pages 1-50 Scout (Jean Louise) - Scout
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How Does Harper Lee Bring Out Different Aspects of Atticus? Within her book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee is able to bring out a number of aspects of Atticus Finch’s character‚ such as being empathetic‚ brave‚ and well-respected. Atticus Finch is not only a father‚ but a role model to his children Scout and Jem. They look to him for advice. This becomes evident when Scout turns to her father‚ refusing to attend school‚ exemplifying Burris Ewell. Atticus then tells her that she must abide by the
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In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is a significant character as he is a white man who stands up for a black man in a time of racial prejudice and a strong hatred for negroes. He influences the views of the people of Maycomb‚ and his children’s development in the story. Atticus made an impression on me‚ as throughout the story he stands firm in his beliefs‚ and ultimately wins back the respect of society and his children. Before the trial of Tom Robinson‚ a black man convicted
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As the famous French Enlightenment writer‚ Voltaire‚ once said‚“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” This quote relates to the main theme in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ since a major theme is not to deliberately harm people who are helpless and who don’t harm others in the society. In the book both Atticus and Miss Maudie agree that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because in society mockingbirds bring happiness and they don’t cause harm
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In the Book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ you follow a little girl called Jean Louise Finch aka Scout in a town called Maycomb in Alabama. In which she does various activities with her brother and we see her grow.I believe the main idea in To Kill A MockingBird which means to kill innocence. Mainly in how a person grows‚ and in how their view of the world changes as they learn more about it. So far we have seen Scout go through the first grade and then go into the second grade. In this time
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HARPER LEE’S VIEW OF THE 1930’S AS A CHILD Harper Lee is well known for her great contributions towards modern society through her astounding book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is read world-wide‚ in high schools and colleges because of its in-depth look at the social classes in the south during the 1930’s. The book was influenced by society‚ in particular the social order of the south during her childhood. Lee grew up during this time of controversy which is why she writes so passionately about
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Flashback Narration A flashback narration is a creative tool used by authors to often give background or context to the current events in the story. Stories like‚ To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee use flashback narration to show different perspectives between innocence and of age. Primary to the book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout begins telling the story of how Jeremy Finch (Jem) broke his arm and indicates that throughout the years they had sometimes discussed the events leading up to his incident
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getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." Chapter 11‚ Page 118. Harper Lee portrays courage in this manner‚ to explain for Atticus defending of Tom Robinson later on in the story. Harper Lee also portrays courage in this way‚ such that she tells the readers that courage is not of a physical thing‚ like shooting the mad dog‚ but rather‚ on a more intellectual scale. The one
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Mockingbird’s are not only symbols of innocence; they are also symbols of happiness and to kill them is evil. This concept‚ the senseless persecution of an innocent individual‚ is central to Harper Lee’s novel. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both mockingbird figures‚ innocent yet condemned through the prejudices of society. The symbol of the mockingbird‚ with its associated ideas of a fragile‚ albeit beautiful innocence appears when Atticus tells Jem and Scout they may shoot all the bluejays they
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