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    cover . In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird‚ the main conflicts are centered around prejudice. In the tiny town of Maycomb‚ everybody is set on tradition and there is no room for oddity. Atticus Finch breaks down the walls that everybody else builds up about first and lasting impressions‚ slowly but surely. Atticus Finch is a discreet example of practicing equality because he espouses the outcasts of Maycomb. When Atticus sees that Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill are mocking Boo Radley‚ the mysterious

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    BOOK REPORT To Kill a Mocking Bird To Kill a Mocking Bird is written by the author Harper Lee‚ and is about growing up. The main character is a girl named Scout Finch‚ who is about to turn six when the book begins‚ and eight when it ends. During the two years‚ she learns many things about people‚ and about life. Scout Finch lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus. The story takes place from 1933-1935 in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Atticus works as a lawyer‚ however

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    Danielle Morton Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ takes place during a racially intense time in history. Harper Lee’s novel was intended to bring a harsh sense of reality to the real world‚ and was meant to demonstrate how it really was during this time in history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighborhood meanderings and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand

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    Is to Kill a Mockinging Bird and the issues it explores relevant to today? Why or why not? The novel issues are still relevant to today. In modern 21 century racism‚ prejudice‚ racial issues and stereotype and narrow minded society are still present in today’s society. We can take for example when President Obama was first elected in 2009. There were numerous racial issues surrounding him; him being America first black President. Many narrow minded Americans did not want to welcome a change (which

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    by echoing the words that Zeebo‚ Calpurnia’s eldest son and the town garbage collector‚ reads from their only hymnal. During the service‚ Reverend Sykes takes up a collection for Tom Robinson’s wife‚ Helen‚ who cannot find work now that her husband has been accused of rape. After the service‚ Scout learns that Tom Robinson has been accused by Bob Ewell and cannot understand why anyone would believe the Ewells’ word. When the children return home‚ they find Aunt Alexandra waiting for them. Summary:

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    Erica Gillum English composition Mrs.Kilgour November 1‚ 2012 To Kill a Mocking Bird The book To Kill A Mocking Bird‚ by Harper Lee‚ takes readers on a journey though Scout Finch’s childhood. In the book‚ Scout‚ who lives in a racist town in Southern Alabama with her father Atticus and brother jem‚ must learn to deal witht the unjust jerdict of a black man accused of rape‚ a mysterious neighboor‚ and all of normal childhood trials all children go through. In the book there are three diffrent

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    Individually‚ people can be decent and kind; however‚ in a mob‚ people can be judgmental and cruel. In the classic by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ several mob scenes portray the cruelty carried in numbers‚ but also exhibits that that any one person within that mob can have the strength to overcome the crowd and have the will to speak out. In two specific mobs‚ one of the Cunnighams proves to have the scruples to say what they believe deeply believe is right. The first mob situation occurred

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Have you ever met one of those harmless‚ innocent gentleman or gentlewoman that would never do any real damage to society? In the book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” there were a few of these exciting characters. Examples would include the never before seen “Boo” Radley‚ the chivalrous Tom Robinson‚ and the prestigious Atticus Finch accompanied by his darling children. The main theme of this suspenseful novel was to teach the reader that you shouldn’t‚ in any way‚ shape

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    Some of the most important and powerful themes in literature are developed in death scenes. The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is set in the 1930s town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ a town with a lot of prejudice and racism. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows various themes‚ such as courage and racism‚ through death scenes. Mrs. Lafayette Dubose was one of the characters Lee uses to demonstrate the theme of courage. Mrs. Dubose

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    in the courtroom‚ including the following: Tom Robinson – An innocent black man that was trying to be nice and polite who was accused of rape‚ but I think at some point he should have said no to the invitation from Mayella. Mayella – The white lady who accused Mr. Robinson of rape. Seems like she didn’t have a life or much going on‚ she craved attention so badly that it ended up with trying to seduce Mr. .Robinson. Tom Ewell - the father of Mayella. He’s the only that started

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