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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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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To Kill A Mocking Bird By Harper Lee In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a well respected lawyer named Atticus Finch agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a white woman. Despite being scolded by the racist Maycomb community Atticus defends Mr. Robinson because he believes in justice and strives to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of this crime. This novel depicts what it was like to live in a racist white community in the
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2 Way Mirror Many people look at themselves in the mirror everyday to see how they look from the outside. How about the inside? Many human’s today have different appearances then their reality. Harper Lee‚ author of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ drags on the story with many instances where appearances contrast with reality. She uses irony in her novel on several occasions to illustrate the difference between appearances versus reality. Harper Lee demonstrates that reality is not always how it appears
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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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compared to others. Prejudice is a habit that one develops with experience and the effects of a negative surrounding environment. During the 1930s‚ prejudice was a more critical issue‚ as demonstrated in Harper Lee’s award winning novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the novel‚ there are various situations of discrimination. However‚ few characters in the novel portray egalitarianism‚ which is a belief that favors everyone equally. One remarkable character that portrays egalitarianism is Jean
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee focuses more on the aspect of racial discrimination rather than “poor white trash” discrimination (Hovet 187). It is so conspicuous that a man loses his life because of it. While the discrimination is more prominent regarding race‚ the Finch family is also greatly discriminated against throughout the novel. Racism is very prominent in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ as evidenced when Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is accused of raping a white woman in
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be defined by many things‚ people‚ and actions but courage to me is defined the mind‚ or the spirit of one individual that allows one to face danger‚ difficulty‚ or pain without fear. Acts of courage are extremely prevalent in the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Courage is prevalent in all phases of the characters lives‚ and they have to act upon that in all phases. Throughout the entire course of the novel you will see courage in almost all the characters‚ but I see the most courage out of three characters
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To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee “First of all‚” he said‚ “if you can learn a simple trick‚ Scout ‚ you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. 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.” (p.39) (p. 30 in old edition) In this quotation‚ Scout is chatting with Atticus and Scout tells him that if it was ok with Atticus‚ she wasn’t going to go to school. She says that Atticus should
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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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