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    In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee makes it evident that there is a distinct social hierarchy in Maycomb‚ and everyone in Maycomb inevitably judges those who are not a part of their “class”. Specifically‚ in the novel many wealthier white families look down upon those who were of African American descent‚ whether the wealthier families were racist or not. In the book‚ Jem is raised by Atticus to be accepting‚ yet without purposely trying‚ Jem shows forms of ignorance toward others because of the barrier

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    or offend any around it but rather tries to make life more pleasant. realization of the true evils of their community. Such as‚ false pretenses surrounding the innocence of two characters‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson‚ for which the community of Maycomb had long labeled and ridiculed for either their color or peculiar behavior patterns. Lee writes this novel about personal experiences she has growing up. Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the brilliantly written To Kill a Mockingbird

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Literacy Analysis Essay In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee tells the reader about the people living in Maycomb County. Throughout the three years we follow these characters; we see how they interact with each other and learn how love and hate are complex emotions. This essay will examine love for family‚ romantic love‚ and love for community in order to show how complicated the emotions of love and hate can be. Jem and Scout are growing up in a loving family

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    Harper Lee‚ talks about perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise or Scout on series of events that happen in the town Maycomb‚ Alabama. Her father and a widower‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer with high moral standards and with the help of Calpurnia‚ a black cook‚ Scout and Jem discover the extent of racism in their home community while witness many events such as snow in Maycomb‚ neighbor house burning down and rape trial between a white woman and a black man and these events significantly change

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    the novel were to be rewritten from another’s perspective (such as Jem’s or Atticus’)‚ the main concept of the book would be altered. The narrative of Atticus Finch would influence less of an impact; his knowledge and experience with the town of Maycomb would weaken the depth of Tom Robinson’s case. Just like Scout’s—Jem’s outlook would also call attention to the problematic practice of racism. However‚ his sense of understanding the immorality of it is more mature than her. His narrative would

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    Roberts 1 Crystal Roberts Mr. Malboeuf ENG 1D1-05 May 30th‚ 2013 “It takes one step at a time. Small changes eventually add up to huge results.” Life lessons are important in the way life is understood. Without life lessons to teach the importance of life there would be much suffering and unhappiness. To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel written by Harper Lee. It was written in the early 1960’s about a young girl named Scout and her family about the racism that was provoked in the town

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    differently in Maycomb. As Atticus explains‚ "She was white‚ and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle‚ but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it‚ but it came crashing down on her afterwards" (268). From this quote‚ we learn that people in Maycomb are disgusted when they thought Mayella attempted to kiss a black man and were even saying that it’s unspeakable to do in Maycomb. This just shows

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    In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses a multitude of characters to assist Scout as she slowly matures to the likeness of Maycomb County. During the third chapter‚ Lee takes advantage of Atticus’s role as a father to drop a bit of advice for Scout’s future. The piece of moral advice Atticus passes down can be found in this specific quote‚ “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.” (pg.

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    morals and he never went contradicted these. All these morals that he sustained throughout his short life were all ones that benefited the society‚ except for the fact that it was due to these morals that he died. He meant and did no harm to anyone in Maycomb and his services to the country were much greater than anyone would expect from someone like him. He did nothing but good to the community. We will all forever be in debt to his soul. Tom was a loyal worker of mine before he passed away. He has been

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    To Kill A Mockingbird – Essay Many people don’t realize it‚ but our world matures with age‚ and the people along with it. Society’s attitudes towards things‚ its moral education‚ and its general opinion on the world have all changed to adapt to the problems of today. In Harper’s Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Lee shows how the world was before our moral development‚ and the evilness that the world once lived in. To Kill A Mockingbird shows the causes and effects of injustice through oppression of

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