Bear Matthews Engligh January 7th‚ 2016 Basalt High School Ms. Wagner Gender Roles in To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee surreptitiously investigated ethnic and class-based problems that delved into gender responsibilities. First‚ Harper Lee chose the name Scout‚ which unquestionably transcends both boys and girls. Scout then metamorphoses‚ although symbolically‚ from being a girl to a boy and then returning to her female role. In doing so‚ she imbues the social-cultural
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SOCIAL CLASSES IN MAYCOMB Even among whites‚ social hierarchy is evident. Each class looks down on the one below it- AS EVIDENT IN PG 249‚ “THERE ARE FOUR KINDS OF FOLKS IN THE WORLD..” There are many different social classes in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The factors that separate people into these social classes are their skin color and their occupation. First social class- Respectable White-collar workers; professionals For example‚ Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Jem are part of the highest social class.
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trials initiated‚ now known as the Scottsboro Boys trials‚ where eight of the nine innocent boys were found guilty and sentenced to death. At the time of the Great Depression‚ countless cases such as this occurred in the South. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates that the innocent are especially vulnerable to the injustices of our society by showing that segregation intensified the struggles of African Americans in the South. The leading causes of segregation in the South were
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The Effects of Discrimination Kaitlyn Hrasko “If you believe that discrimination exists‚ it will.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo. Discrimination has been around since the beginning of time. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the narrator‚ a young girl by the name of Scout‚ comes to realize all of the different types of discrimination. Her father Atticus is a lawyer and fights for the rights of others; Scout is taught by her father at a young age‚ that discrimination is erroneous. With the guidance
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have grandparents or great-grandparents that grew up during the time of segregation. During that era‚ racism was a prominent issue in many areas of the country‚ which was also the time when Harper Lee composed her book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch taught his children to treat others as they would want others to treat them. This meant that they would treat African Americans the same as they would act towards one of their own colors. Segregation was running
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Any good parent wants to protect their children‚ but how can Atticus Finch protect his own from “Maycomb’s usual disease” (Lee 117; ch. 9)? The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb‚ a small Alabama town‚ during the Great Depression era. Amidst the frenzy surrounding the trial of Tom Robinson‚ Jem and Scout Finch grow up and learn some uncomfortable truths about their beloved hometown and its residents. Prejudice is an unavoidable fact of life in Maycomb‚ no matter how
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feeling of excitement to their lives and agrees with Atticus’ beliefs of do not judge a person until you have lived a day in their shoes. Jem and Scout’s visit to Calpurnia’s church teaches them a lot about varying ways of life. It shows them that Calpurnia truly lives a life outside of caring for
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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Reading How To Kill A Mockingbird Anywhere you go in life you should always follow the moral of having to see things from others perspectives. This is a topic in a scene from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout‚ the main character‚ talks to her father Atticus about her teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ telling her about how Scout needs to stop reading at home. Harper Lee uses this scene to have Scout learn an important lesson which has to look at other people’s points of views in order to understand
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ explores how courage can be shown in multiple important characters during the novel. These characters include Mrs Dubose‚ Atticus‚ Jem and Maycomb County itself. Harper Lee cleverly depicted several forms of courage during the novel such as childish courage‚ moral courage. The first highly important character in the novel known for her split personality and great moral courage is Mrs Dubose. She was a morphine addict and was addicted to morphine
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