A just society should have a system of laws and regulations that offer fair solutions. However‚ justice cannot occur when biased with racism. Harper Lee defines the fictional town of Maycomb as a rigid society in the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM). The justice system of Maycomb is extremely flawed as it persecutes the most vulnerable: Tom Robinson; Mayella Ewell and; Arthur Radley. Tom Robinson is convicted of a crime that he has not committed‚ simply because of his race ; Mayella Ewell faces
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is not perfect. People are born into a society that is filled with prejudice. Others judge a person without knowing the person. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ rumours‚ fear‚ and ignorance are what feeds the prejudice in this community of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley and Atticus Finch are victims of prejudice of their small town. These people are being discriminated and segregated from the community. These characters are seen as Mockingbird figures in their community because
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justice‚ racism and truth that are addressed in the novel. As a lawyer in Maycomb county Atticus is presented as the model of his profession‚ defending anyone brought to court so as to uphold his value in his person’s right to a fair trial. As a father to Scout and Jem he teaches them to differentiate between right and wrong‚ by encouraging them to reflect on what they observe in the racist actions of the people in Maycomb over the course of the narrative. In his conversations with his children Atticus
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to portray a dangerous setting such as Maycomb because she grew up in a dangerous environment. In order to decipher the novel‚ readers must analyze and comprehend Atticus Finch‚ Bob Ewell‚ symbolism‚ stereotype‚ coexistence of good and evil and the theme of killing a mockingbird. A classic masterpiece consists of genuine and unique characters. Harper Lee uses characters with these qualities such as Atticus Finch. Atticus is an important lawyer in Maycomb. With his strongly held convictions‚
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in To Kill A Mockingbird In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee places Atticus Finch very highly in terms of character. The rest of Maycomb‚ a 1930’s Alabama town‚ places him in a different light. They see him much lower on the same scale of character. Both of these opinions have a plethora of potential reasoning. Harper Lee’s maintaining positivity while Maycomb sees what they believe to be the negative side. Harper Lee may envision Atticus well due to his honesty to both his children and adults
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I have undergone a detailed study of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is set in the fictional town of Maycomb in the Southern State of Alabama during the Great Depression. A wide assortment of characters endure various difficulties however a prominent case that comes to mind is Atticus. Amongst the struggles this character faces are raising his children alone ‚ having to defend a black man in court and finally he must learn to cope with the attack on his children. The narrator Scout
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the patriarchal society. It is through the differences among Maycomb’s people and the prejudice against Tom Robinson that the “Master’s House” is reinforced in the novel. The distinction in social status is presented through the social hierarchy of Maycomb. In Audre Lorde’s The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House‚ she states: “But community must not mean a shedding of our differences‚ nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist” (Lorde 2). The relatively well-off
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they protect him as much as they can. Judge Taylor‚ ‚the local judge of Maycomb‚ is a white man who helps an innocent black man. Mayella Ewell‚ a low class resident of Maycomb makes the wrong decisions in life‚ but they are almost always driven by the fear of her father. Boo Radley‚ the basket case of Maycomb‚ harassed with negative words by other townspeople‚ but he never lets that
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small stories that are leading up to the main plot and is about a six year old girl named Scout Finch who matured in many different ways throughout the story. Scout grew up in the bigoted town of Maycomb‚ Alabama with very discriminatory and prejudiced people yet‚ she believed that all of the people in Maycomb were kind-hearted and could do no wrong‚ except the Ewell’s. She had not realized the discrimination in her hometown
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the many female characters in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Calpurnia plays a mother like roll‚ she has many views about the Tom Robinson case and the Maycomb town‚ and she has many of he characteristics and opinions shown in the novel. Calpurnia played a major roll in the novel because she was a mother like character‚ her views about Tom’s case and Maycomb illustrate what it is like where the book takes place‚ and last but not least her characteristics and behavior. Calpurnia plays a motherly roll
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