To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how
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The Character of Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird The narrator‚ Scout from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is a grown woman telling the story through her eyes as a young girl. Most of the book’s charm is gathered from the ironicness of her perspective of growing up in the depression era in the South. As the novel progresses Scout becomes more courageous‚ intelligent‚ and mature which helps her develop into a better person. Scout is a very courageous young girl. In chapter two
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you can see that Scout is an extremely dynamic character. At some points she seems like her normal 6 to 9 year old self‚ but throughout the book Scout shows herself as a very mature‚ wise adult. A prime example of these two personalities clashing is in the diction that Lee uses toward the end of the book when Boo Radley is saying goodnight to Jem after the Ewell attack and Scout narrates‚ “I was beginning to learn his body English” (Lee 372). This small dialogue shows both of Scouts personalities in
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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ has many interesting characters such as Atticus Finch‚ Arthur ’Boo’ Radley‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ Scout Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ Mr. Dolphus Raymond‚ etc.. However‚ Scout Finch is a character that has sparked my interest. The novel is written from Scout’s point of view. Scout is a young girl who has a very interesting train of thought‚ capturing my attention with her blunt‚ naïve point of view. Along with the capturing story‚ Harper Lee takes
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay A mother of a gay student that faced bullying stated in an article‚ that anyone who has “‘’hate in their hearts’” should accept people with differences because they are “‘going to be who they are’” (James‚ Boy Assaults Gay Student as Cellphone Captures Attack). In a perfect society‚ everyone would accept each other and not judge others based on appearance or social status. However‚ today many people still face the problem of acceptance. Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird
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pertaining to “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ include the essence of courage‚ the ability to “look the other way”‚ and finally the compassion to be able to see the world in someone else’s eyes. To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the depravity of American society and beliefs‚ and the capacity it takes to overcome it. Scout learns valuable life lessons through her own experiences as well as the people who surround her‚ and as a result is an understanding‚ unprejudiced girl. Scout begins as a young
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In the novel‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ the character Scout plays an important role; Harper Lee portrays her as straightforward‚ abrupt‚ impulsive‚ and even just plain rude. One example of this is when Scout says‚ "He ain’t company‚ Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham‚" (Lee 24) in reference to when Walter Cunningham was over at the Finch residence‚ and Scout disapproved of the way he ate his food‚ that is‚ with a liberal amount of syrup. This shows that she is unafraid to speak her mind. Also‚ it shows that
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Erisen Mr.Orourke English 9 17 Dec 2012 Mockingbirds and Scout Mocking birds in real life what they do is basically nothing but to sing for us. They do not harm any crops‚ corns etc. They do not hurt anything or anyone. In other words Mockingbirds are innocent. That is why in Harper Lee “To Kill a Mockingbird” Mockingbirds symbolizing scout. Scout and Mockingbirds are both similar. They are both innocent. A mockingbird does not harm anything or anyone. Scout wants well for ever one. She is not racist
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Scout is by far an interesting and unordinary child in the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the main character and narrator of the story. She is the youngest child of Atticus Finch who is a lawyer and Scout also has an older brother named Jem. What makes Scouts character so special is that she changes her qualities throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Scout is an innocent and kind-hearted six-year old girl‚ only because she has not encountered the true evils of the world. As
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To Kill A Mockingbird How does Scout come of age in To Kill A Mockingbird? In this book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee we talk about how Scout comes of age in chapter 24. The chapter takes place in a house during a tea party party. Scout admires the way Miss Maudie carries the plate with tea with grace. “ I admired the ease and grace with which she handled loads of dainty things ”(p.261). Scout is usually fighting and getting down right dirty instead of staying in the house and lady things
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