To Kill A Mocking Bird - Atticus Finch As one of the most prominent citizens in Maycomb during the Great Depression‚ Atticus is relatively well off in a time of widespread poverty. Because of his penetrating intelligence‚ calm wisdom‚ and exemplary behavior‚ Atticus is respected by everyone‚ including the very poor. He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb‚ a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble. But the conscience that makes him so admirable ultimately causes his falling
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Mad Dog in Maycomb County Ms. Jean Louis‚ her brother and Dill were walking home. When asked what they were doing‚ they stated “we were looking for things to shoot with our air rifles. As we were walking down the street we saw Tim Johnson looking crazy mad.” According to witnesses he did not look well. The children ran home to tell Calpurnia. When they told her what was going on‚ she got on the phone and told the operator‚ “Tell everyone to stay inside and lock the doors.” Heck Tate and Atticus
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Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed‚ many white people who lived in the southern states of America. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he sees right‚ and defends the innocent represented by Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus is a man
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Mr Tate Mr. Tate said that on the night of November 21st Bob Ewell brought him to the Ewell house‚ where he found Mr. Ewell’s daughter‚ who had been badly beaten. When Mr. Tate asked her who did it‚ she said Tom Robinson‚ and when he asked her if Robinson had raped her‚ she said yes. However he did not call the doctor to check the injuries. When Atticus asked which Mayella’s eye was the black eye‚ he confirmed the girl’s own right eye was injured. Mr. Bob Ewell Mr. Bob Ewell said he came home
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Fear and Ignorance Keep Prejudice Alive I do think that fear and prejudice do keep prejudice alive. I think that way but I also think there is more to it. But 2 components to prejudice are fear and ignorance. Ignorance makes you not want to listen to other people’s circumstances and where they are coming from or even why they feel that way. Also fear can make people want to stay away from some one or something and that can create prejudice. Sometimes people don’t even know why they
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decision to ban “To Kill a Mockingbird”. After all‚ what can you expect from such short-minded people? Such people that regrettably are put in the position to judge what books are moral and fit to be read by young adults. Is it the book’s display of what really happens in the world‚ or the book’s lessons of protecting innocence and standing up for what you see as right‚ that makes this book so disgraceful‚ that we must shelter young minds from? By what standards is “To Kill a Mocking Bird” immoral? I never
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The Theme of Prejudice in To Kill A Mocking Bird To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated from the viewpoint of Scout‚ a young girl of about six years old who is the daughter of another central character‚ Atticus Finch. Atticus is the voice of justice and rationalism speaking out in a town full of highly emotional and ignorantly prejudiced people. A lawyer‚ the integrity of Atticus never wavers throughout To Kill a Mockingbird as we are shown one of the few figures who truly holds justice and moral beliefs
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"To Kill a Mocking Bird"‚ is a great book by Harper Lee. It is one of the best books I read. Because it has a moral that benefits people and teaches them how to deal with life. There are many themes in this book‚ but the main one and the most important one is‚ "Prejudice". This book deals with many lessons in human nature; it also expresses many issues that affect most people throughout their lives. The main character in this book is "Scout". She is the most one affected by these lessons. Scout
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Comparative Essay “The Help” and “To kill a Mockingbird” are two astonishing reads. These novels are a must read because they hold Multitude amounts of knowledge.The Two books have numerous amounts of similarities. These novels possess heaps of morals in which plenty could acquire knowledge from. “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Help” are two marvelous literatures in which character similarities are delineated through the novels‚ how poverty is portrayed through characters‚ and also ultimately how
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To Kill a Mockingbird – Section One Study Questions. 6) What satirical points are being made about education through Scout’s experiences in school? I feel a major satirical point about Scout’s education is the fact that she is ridiculed for learning some place other than school. It’s as if her teacher feels Scout is messing her learning system. She is "introducing a new way of teaching" one which involves the teacher waving cards at the students with simple words printed on them. Scout
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