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    Bonds: Compassion‚ Sympathy‚ Understanding‚ Tolerance In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem and Scout mature from innocence to knowledge as they develop a bond between themselves and those who are different from them. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb‚ an old southern town in the 1930’s‚ when racial tensions run high and prejudice is at its peak. People in Maycomb consider anyone with a different ethnicity‚ economic status‚ or even a different mindset‚ an outsider and ostracizes them. In the story

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    Lee‚ Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York City: Grand Central Publishing‚ 2003 To Kill a Mockingbird is a fiction novel that takes place in a small town in Alabama during the Depression‚ and is narrated by a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. She is a rowdy little girl that has strong opinions‚ loves her family‚ and likes to play outside. Scout tries to get her father to excuse her from school because of the teacher that she doesn’t like‚ Miss Caroline‚ who doesn’t know the usual Maycomb

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character of Calpurnia further develops the theme of inequality. Being lower class‚ black‚ and female‚ Calpurnia is often faced with racism‚ sexism‚ and classism. Throughout the novel‚ it becomes evident that inequality is not always deserved. Calpurnia helps to develop themes of inequality in several ways; one of these ways is the disrespect she receives from others as a result of her social class. One of these characters is Scout’s Aunt Alexandra. At many points

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    Company of India Ltd. Pp 311-323. 3. Dunphy‚ G. 2004. Meera’s Mockingbird‚ from Harper Lee to Meera Syall. Neophilogus. pp 637-660. 4. Hovet‚ T & Grace-Anne. 2001. Fine Fancy Gentlemen and Happy Folk: Contending Voices in To Kill a Mockingbird. Southern Quarterly: A Journal of the Arts in the South. Pp67-78. 5. Lee‚ H. 1960 (rpt 1966). To Kill a Mockingbird. Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills. 6. Miller‚ C. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Corruption on Innocence. www.umn.edu/millerc/teachingenglishhomepage/teachingunits/tokilll

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    Book Review of: To Kill a Mockingbird Genre: Fiction/Realism First published in 1960 by William Heinemann Ltd. F Plot To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighbourhood walk-abouts and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand that the world isn’t always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems.

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    Mockingbird: The mockingbird represents innocence. Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport‚ people kill innocence‚ or other people who are innocent‚ without thinking about what they are doing. Atticus stands firm in his defense of innocence and urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally and figuratively. The mockingbird motif arises four times during To Kill a Mockingbird. First‚ when Atticus gives Jem and Scout air guns for Christmas and instructs them not to kill mockingbirds

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    potentially dangerous and he can at any time explode and hurt someone. | Dolphus Raymond | | The paper bags had coke bottles in them but Mr. Raymond led to believe they were full of whiskey so he can keep his lifestyle with the black people. | Calpurnia | | A Bible represents Cal because she brought Jem and Scout to First purchase and because she taught Scout to write out of the Bible | Dill | | A magazine represents Dill because you never know whether all the stories he makes up are true about

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    Jean Louise "Scout" Finch makes several progressions as a character from the beginning of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" to the end of part one. When Scout is introduced‚ she is shown as being a rude‚ hot-headed‚ quick-tempered little girl who sees nothing wrong with beating up the person who does her wrong. As she grows‚ she turns into a young girl who is still rude‚ hot-headed‚ and quick-tempered‚ but knows how to restrain her anger and not resort to physical violence. Scout learns about the

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    In the To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many characters who exhibit characteristics of a ¨mockingbird¨. The characteristics of a mockingbird can be viewed from various points of view of the reader. The traits I saw for a character to be a mockingbird are that they must show signs of responsibility and will take action against the beliefs of the other citizens of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The characters that most show the characteristics of a mockingbird are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Jem

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    ENG1D.-03 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay The Novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee‚ follows two young protagonists‚ Jem and Scout‚ as they mature and learn about the world. Growing up‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) and Jean Louise Finch (Scout)‚ are influenced by many different individuals. Two of the characters that influence the two children are Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra. In the novel‚ Miss Maudie displays to Jem and Scout: positivity

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