To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summaries Part 1‚ Chapter 1 The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch‚ who is almost always called by her nickname‚ Scout. Scout starts to explain the circumstances that led to the broken arm that her older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; she begins by recounting her family history. The first of her ancestors to come to America was a fur-trader and apothecary named Simon Finch‚ who fled England to escape religious persecution and
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay In the book “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee‚ many different events take place. It all starts with Jem and Scout Finch who live with their father Atticus in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Jem and Scout along with their friend Dill‚ wonder about their suspicious neighbor Boo Radley. Meantime Atticus defends Tom Robinson a black man who was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. Her father then attacks Jem and Scout to get revenge on Atticus. Miraculously‚ Boo Radley
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay Harper Lee shows in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird character is not determined by race or social standing but the qualities and traits from which the person possesses. Tom Robinson‚ Atticus and Boo Radely are portrayed to be the mocking birds in the book. Harper Lee shows that Tom Robinson is a major target of racism throughout his time in the book. Tom’s true character has been overthrown just from the color of his skin. People make decisions
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English Monologue Script & Bibliography Script I really hope that I will be able to teach the children something important by taking them to my church today. I am going to dress the children up all neat and nice to show all my friends‚ I take pride in my work. There is so much racial prejudice in Maycomb and I don’t think it is right for the children to think that we are so different‚ especially with Atticus defending Tom Robinson in his court case and all. It was time for Scout and Jem
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Scottsboro Incident Summaries In 1931‚ nine black boys were arrested because they got into a fight with a group of whites and threw them overboard. The local sheriff had the boys arrested‚ and also two white girls that were on the train. The two girls were scared that they were going to be blamed for vagrancy‚ so they said that they were raped by the nine Negros on the train. In no time‚ the blacks were set to jail and were put on trial. The two girls came up with a bunch of lies about being
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Theme and the Real World Racism has a rich and varied history. Though it has changed in the United States to a lesser extreme‚ it is still present. This horrendous problem causes many more problems within itself; like family strain‚ arguments or confrontations‚ and the public view of stupidity. The strain on a family could be minute or extravagant‚ there’s numerous ways in which it is created. It could be a parent not approving another raced friend or even a family itself being harassed
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Chapter 1 1. A.) “During his first five years in Maycomb‚ Atticus practiced economy more than anything‚ for several years thereafter he invested his earnings in his brother’s education. John Hale Finch was ten years younger than my father‚ and chose to study medicine…He liked Maycomb‚ he knew his people‚ they knew him‚ and because of Simon Finch’s industry‚ Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town.” Page 5. B.) “Maycomb County had recently been told that it had
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Speech We as white people in 2010 treat black people as equal as we treat another white person. Back in the 1930s this wasn’t the case. Prejudice towards black people was happening almost everywhere‚ especially in the state of Alabama. This was where Harper Lee had decided to base her novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. She wrote this book to show the people the racism‚ discrimination and prejudice towards black people. My setting is based during the aftermath. I refer to
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Mockingbirds in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be
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