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    The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is about a girl named Scout Finch who lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father Atticus‚ in the Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression‚ but Atticus is a wealthy lawyer and the Finch family is financially fine in comparison to the rest of society. One summer‚ Jem and Scout become friends with a boy named Dill‚ who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer. Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on

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    Preliminary Questions 1- What are some of the differences between folk and popular culture? Folk culture is usually homogenous in ethnicity‚ and pop culture can vary greatly. Folk culture is in more rural areas and have a smaller population than pop culture. Folk culture is also more consistent in what they do‚ Pop culture changes very often. (List at least 3 difference comparing folk and popular culture) How is folk culture diffused differently than pop culture? Folk culture is diffused by relocation

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    public class JavaApplicationStates { //Multi-dimensional array that stores state and state information private String state[][] = { {"ALABAMA"‚ "Nothern Flicker"‚ "Camellia"}‚ {"ALASKA"‚ "Willow Ptarmigan"‚ "Forget-me-not"}‚ {"ARIZONA"‚ "Cactus Wren"‚ "Saguaro Cactus Blossom"}‚ {"ARKANSAS"‚ "Northern Mockingbird"‚ "Apple Blossom"}‚ {"CALIFORNIA"‚ "California Quail"‚ "California Poppy"}‚ {"COLORADO"‚ "Lark Bunting"‚ "Rocky Mountain Columbine"}

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    events. In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ we watch as Scout changes her perspective. The book describes a series of events that changes their innocence‚ shaping their character and teaching them about human nature. Throughout the story‚ three main events and show this transformation‚ the trial‚ when she stands on Boo’s porch and Atticus. Harper Lee develops the idea that one’s loss of innocence often changes one’s perspective. During the trial of Tom Robinson‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill sneak

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    The novel ‘’To Kill A Mockingbird’’ [TKMB] and the film ‘’The Help’’ explore the ideas of discrimination‚ courage and power. Both texts TKMB and The Help show the main characters Atticus Finch and Skeeter Phelan different personality when they deal with discrimination. Both texts TKMB and The Help explore the ideas of discrimination. In TKMB discrimination is shown when an African-American man is accused of rape and has a unfair trial because the jury chose purely on what society thinks than the

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide and Activities SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - To Kill A Mockingbird * Chapters 1-3: 1. Identify Atticus Finch‚ Jean Louise (Scout) Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Maycomb‚ Calpurnia‚ Charles Baker (Dill) Harris‚ The Radley Place‚ Stephanie Crawford‚ Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and Burris Ewell. -Scout- Scout is the Narrator of the story. In the beginning she is going

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is primarily a novel about growing up under extraordinary circumstances in the 1930s in the Southern United States. The story covers a span of three years‚ during which the main characters undergo significant changes. Scout Finch lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus in the fictitious town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small‚ close-knit town‚ and every family has its social station depending on where they live‚ who their parents are‚ and how long their ancestors

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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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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Being a colored person in a white community can be very difficult. It is especially challenging for Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ and also minorities in real life. Every day‚ they are discriminated against‚ and it is very unfair. To Kill a Mockingbird has many non-fiction parts‚ which makes the novel better than many others. Harper Lee presented Tom’s trial in ways that can be easily compared to real life trials‚ such as the Scottsboro trial. Tom Robinson’s

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    court appointed lawyers are the people who earn the least money‚ that would be the blacks. Maxwell Green is no match for Mr. Gilmer who is experienced and in his 60’s. The case is a high profile case and the only reason Atticus is called in is because Tom has been charged with a capital crime‚ a crime that may be punishable by death. The concept of capital punishment is that a convicted criminal is executed by the state‚ in modern times it is reserved for murderers but in the past capital offenses

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