the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee fear plays its own special role in the lives of the people of Maycomb. The role that fear plays ranges from the spooky radley place to being followed late at night after a pageant. Atticus‚ one of the main characters‚ is a lawyer who is asked to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of rape. The townspeople of Maycomb are very racist towards the blacks. Given that Atticus is going to defend a black man in court that can be very fearful
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situation and some of his traits. To start‚ “Dem waan mi lay flat like the tar”. This represents Toms situation because the people of Maycomb wants to kill him for the accusation that he raped Mayella. Also the line “MI nuh want haffi go shoot my enemy‚ Still I don’t wanna be a memory”. This represents how Tom Robinson didn’t want to be aggressive toward the people of Maycomb but he also didn’t want to die or go to jail. The song A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke represents Tom Robinson. First the
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Charles Baker Harris‚ known as Dill is a young boy who resides in Meridian‚ Mississippi. Dill stays in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the summer with his aunt‚ Miss Rachel and becomes close friends with the Finch kids. Dill Harris begins out as an optimistic child who shares his tales and rumors of stories he hears. As the book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ progresses‚ Dill strays from his creative‚ childish mind and soon realizes what the real world holds. After a new father comes into his life and the trial
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Atticus is one of the few people in Maycomb who is not prejudice. He does his job well as he is not afraid to stand up against what the society like. "I am simply defending a Negro-his name is Tom Robinson." Atticus is saying this quite proudly‚ showing respect towards the Negros. This states to us‚ the role model that he is. Atticus is always teaching his kids good morals‚ moreover how to think. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you
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chosen to compare are the USA Today and the International Herald Tribune. They are dating from Friday‚ May 29‚ 2009. First impression What strikes out is that the front page of the USA Today is more exuberant than the International Herald Tribune. The page counts six small pictures and three clarifying graphics. The font of the headlines are more bulky‚ different and short in its titles. Comparing this to the International Herald Tribune‚ the IHT only counts three pictures on its front page and the
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a huge role in this‚ as his anger is controlling his actions. Since Scout hasn’t realized the power of racism yet‚ her emotion are just for Tom‚ not for the movement. Another example of tone in the novel is when Jem is trying to tell Atticus that Maycomb County needs to understand that Tom Robinson didn’t do nothing to the girl. “‘He didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life”’(pg.293). This quote shows how Jem’s tone towards helping Tom has changed from anger to reason
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folks won’t have ‘em ‘cause they’re coloured‚ so they’re just in-betweens‚ don’t belong anywhere’. From the innocent perspective of a child we are able to observe the Social structure of Maycomb County and understand that social inequality is so prevalent that is has become a way of life for those living in Maycomb
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Tina Johnson Mrs.Carson English II HN 11-12-10 Character Roles In To Kill A Mockingbird The characters in To Kill A Mockingbird represent the stereotypes of people who lived in the south. During this time blacks and whites lived in a segregated society. The influence of segregation had an effect on how characters interacted with each other. The children of Atticus Finch‚ Jem and Scout were deeply affected by the influence of the characters around them . Their influence helped
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Mockingbird‚ race becomes a theme when people choose to stereotype and label as an excuse for being afraid. To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of two children living in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Race is a theme when their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ a well regarded lawyer‚ decides to defend a black man accused of a crime. In Maycomb‚ race is a person’s exterior appearance‚ and false description of who a person is‚ rather than who they truly are. Everything related to Tom Robinson’s trial is fueled by fear
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in their shoes and live their life. Many times in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the characters are just misunderstood. Mr. Arthur Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Mrs. Dubose‚ among others‚ are misconceived‚ and unfortunately‚ most of the people in Maycomb don’t give them a chance. The characters in the novel often had a wrong idea about someone without even meeting or talking to them. If the characters could walk in one another’s shoes‚
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