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    misunderstood citizen of Maycomb‚ who all in all‚ ends up being a harmless stranger trying to help‚ resembles a metaphorical mockingbird.

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    The Most Courageous Sometimes it is hard to show courage. It does not come easy and is only for the brave. Atticus Finch is a caucasian man living in the 1930’s in Maycomb County. Atticus Finch lives during a time when racism and prejudice towards African Americans is very present in the town. Atticus Finch fights in trial‚ for an African American who is wrongly accused of rape of a young white girl. He is up against a jury filled with all white men during a very prejudice time. In the 1930s it

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    person he shot at in his collard patch was a Negro. He said‚ “If anybody sees a white nigger around‚ that’s the one.” However‚ the trespassers were actually Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill. Another example of “Maycomb’s usual disease” is shown when most of Maycomb calls Atticus a “nigger lover” for defending Tom Robinson in the trial. Even children and Atticus’s own flesh and blood were saying it. In their eyes‚ they saw Negroes as the dirt beneath their feet‚ and for Atticus‚ a white man‚ to defend Tom‚ a

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    Mockingbirds may seem like a regular bird but in Maycomb they resemble innocent and harmless people. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book that focuses on racial barriers and prejudice and social class. The story takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama where discriminating behavior is more or less accepted in the society. The book is based around Scout and Jem Finch as they face the years of growing up. They learn to see past the childhood innocence and to see the true horrors of their hometown.

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    Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird‚ gender‚ race‚ and class prejudice play a huge role in the way the citizens of Maycomb act. Gender prejudice plays a big role in this book because Aunt Alexandra is always telling Scout to wear a dress and be more like a girl. Just because she wears overalls and plays outside with the boys‚ Aunt Alexandra thinks that she acts more like a boy than a girl. Another gender prejudice is that women aren’t allowed to serve on the jury. When Jem asks Atticus why men and women

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    an outsider. Firstly‚ Atticus does not hunt‚ fish‚ gamble‚ drink‚ or smoke like a majority of the fathers and men in Maycomb do. As stated in the novel‚ “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting‚ he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (Lee 118). Not doing one or two of those activities to the maycomb people would most likely not be hugely thought of as strange‚ but not doing any of them would definitely be a sign that

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    Tom Robinson is a 25 year old black man that lives on the outskirts of Maycomb ‚ Alabama with his wife and children. He was a member at his church which informs that he was religious and respects god. He always was polite and always thought of doing things for others out of passion and kindness. Tom is physically handicapped ‚ like a bird with a broken wing ‚ but his race is probably bigger “disability “ in the Maycomb community. He recognized Mayella the woman that accused him raping her in

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    1930’s in the south. The only person to stand up for equal rights‚ and for a man’s innocence. Just standing up and defending a black man‚ earned him respect from most of his community. The man’s name is Atticus Finch‚ father of two and lawyer of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. The one who he was protecting went by the name of Tom Robinson‚ also a father and husband. Atticus was an inspirational‚ honest and hard working man. He had made a great impacting speech in the

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    redistribute land amongst Roman citizens. Though controversial‚ Tiberius’s plan was brilliant and well thought. However‚ the actions Tiberius took to have his plan made into a law were dishonorable and unruly. When Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus became tribune‚ one of his first actions were proposing a law which would have regulated the use of the public lands of the Roman people. Rome had fought countless wars against their neighbors. Thus‚ Rome had acquired a lot of land. “The core of the measure was…that

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    To Kill A Mocking Bird – Chapter Questions 1) What do we learn about Atticus Finch‚ his children and the town of Maycomb in the first chapter? a) Atticus Finch is a wise‚ single father. He is a qualified‚ intelligent and distinguished lawyer practising in the south of Alabama in a rural town named Maycomb. Atticus has a high moral integrity and is bred from an upper-class background. He has a brother named Jack Finch and a sister named Alexandra. Atticus has two children named Jean-Louise

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