My report is on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which is about a young girl from a sleepy town in Alabama where she finds friendship and her father showing heroic traits even though he’s struggling with his morals. Scout Finch‚ who is the narrator of the story‚ lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus‚ in the small friendly town of Maycomb‚ Alabama circa 1930s with lots of old ladies baking cakes and town sheriffs saying homely things. Oh‚ and also morphine-addicted
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Examine the theme of racism/hypocrisy/courage in the novel. How is this theme demonstrated in the novel? What is harper lee’s underlying message about racism/hypocrisy/courage? What techniques does she use to communicate this? To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. It has become a classic of modern American Literature. Since it publishing date in the 1960s it has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The book is set in the American South state of Alabama in the 1930s. The main
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Bonds: Compassion‚ Sympathy‚ Understanding‚ Tolerance In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem and Scout mature from innocence to knowledge as they develop a bond between themselves and those who are different from them. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb‚ an old southern town in the 1930’s‚ when racial tensions run high and prejudice is at its peak. People in Maycomb consider anyone with a different ethnicity‚ economic status‚ or even a different mindset‚ an outsider and ostracizes them. In the story
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“I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.”~Eminem. So why would people believe that the society in which To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in would be dangerous? To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. They played a big part in this book Scout was the narrator and Atticus is the deadshot in this and Jem is just a typical boy that loves football‚horse playing around and hopefully gets to shoot a gun. But some people
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Misunderstanding in To Kill A Mockingbird In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird shows a lot of misunderstanding in the society the novel takes place in. The novel takes place in a little town called Maycomb. Jem‚ Scout and Atticus know everyone in Maycomb. There’s a lot of things to misunderstand if you know everyone in your society. They show it in a kid’s point of view because Scout and Jem are still young and are very curios about other people‚ and don’t know things that adults do. Adults can
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ A representation of Lee’s own childhood is represented through the narration of fictional character Jean Louise “ Scout” Finch‚ who is growing up in the small southern town of Maycomb ‚ Alabama‚ with her father‚brother‚ and housekeeper Calpurnia. The ‘sleepy Southern town’ is soon awakened by a trial that tests the ethics‚ morality‚ and judgment of its racism infected residents. Maycomb is a stereotypical representation of the southern United States
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In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout learns valuable lessons on the evil of prejudice present in her Southern town of Maycomb‚ on the true nature of courage‚ and on the dangers of judging others before "...climbing into their skin and walking around in it." Set in the mid 1930s‚ Scout Finch is a young girl living with her older brother‚ Jem‚ and her lawyer father. Being a kid‚ Scout has the simple duties of a minor‚ to have fun and to stay out of trouble. But along the way‚ she also learns
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Judy Trinh Ms. Rubenstein Academic English I 8 April 2013 Lynching & Lynch Mobs Discrimination is a terrible and unfair act. White men and women are treating African Americans differently because of their skin color or race. Not only did lynch mobs lynch African Americans‚ but they also lynched and abused Chinese‚ Japanese and Italian immigrants. How are they harming other races with discrimination? They harm them by verbally and physically abuse them like kidnapping‚ beating‚ punching‚ shooting
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By: Samuel Lloyd To Kill a Mockingbird Experiences Have a Strong Effect on the Perception of Reality ELA 10-1 Written response In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee readers should learn that the effect an individual’s experiences can have is very strong and quickly changes their perception of reality. Because experiences can provide different perspectives and change how an individual has to react in different situations. Resulting in an individual having a new angle of how to perceive the
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different obstacles that we have to overcome but overcoming this adversity is different for everyone. In the play King Lear‚ both Lear and Gloucester come to realise the mistakes they have made after faced with adversity. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ we watch Scout’s adversity of transition from a perspective of childhood innocence to one of adult perspective where there is evil all around. In the poem Home Burial‚ we witness the adversity brought upon by a child’s death and as a result
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