Andrew Phan Mr. Geil English 2H Per. 4 14 September 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” “Everything has it’s beauty‚ but not everyone sees it.” “Appearances can be deceiving.” No matter how you say it‚ looking beyond appearance is something you have to know how to do. If you don’t‚ you might as well associate yourself with the people living in Maycomb in the 1930’s in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel by Harper Lee‚ two children learn how to look beyond
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In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ the symbols of the mockingbird and the snowman helped to develop the underlying idea of social and racial prejudice in the text. This idea showed how prejudice can become ingrained within a community and how that can affect innocent people subsequently presenting the idea of innocence. Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of how prejudice‚ when ingrained within a person‚ can cloud and impair their way of thinking. This novel is set in the mid
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Atticus puts it‚ they were “tormenting” him. Later in the novel‚ they realised Boo Radley was vastly different from what they heard about him‚ instead he was someone who wanted to befriend them by gifting them and even saved them when Bob Ewell tried to kill them. This further brings out the injustice of the children’s prejudice as they had already judged Boo negatively‚ prior to knowing him when actually he was nothing like what the townsfolk told them. From this short episode‚ we learn that lacking a
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In the third chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus proclaims that “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. At the core of this statement is the idea empathy and that people are greater than who they appear to be on the surface. Applying this idea to characters in the book can teach us invaluable lessons. Empathising with Mayella Ewell’s situation can help us to comprehend why people act in
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they recover it only by the protection of the laws." This quote is saying that all men are created the same way‚ but society divides them based on false judgments. It says that the only way to achieve self equality is before the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ justice plays a substantial role expressed in Atticus’s opinions‚ Tom Robinson’s court case‚ and the death of Bob Ewell. Justice is expressed throughout the novel in the views and opinions of Atticus Finch. In the story‚ Atticus
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Symbolic Roles The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird portray stereotypes and classic roles. Scout is the epitome of an innocent child‚ and through her eyes we see events unfold that change her status and broaden her awareness of the world around her. Due to her innocence in the beginning of the novel‚ we have to view her as an unreliable narrator because her views on the situations in the novel are somewhat skewed by her inexperience with the evils in the world. Bob Ewell symbolizes the evils
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In "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ innocence is portrayed through the character of Scout. Her childish innocence shown throughout the book projects enormous effect on people and the outcome of various situations. The innocence shown also develops as the book goes on. First‚ it was the conflict at school where she did not quite understand what was going on. Second‚ there was the gang encounter where she showed them that there is much more to life. Scout’s curiousity portrays her innocence‚ as she seeks to
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay – Racism and Prejudice Harper Lee uses her book To Kill a Mockingbird to explore two major issues; racism and prejudice. Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. The issue of racism is explored through Tom Robinson and his court case‚ where Tom Robinson; a black man; was accused of raping a white girl‚ he is convicted purely because he is a black man and his accuser is white. Harper Lee uses Tom’s court case and
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thing amongst the human-race. Almost everyone has had a problem once or twice in their life. For example‚ not everyone can agree on everything. Arguments amongst people aren’t rare‚ and almost every person has been a part of one. Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird had this exact adversity in her life. When she first went to school‚ she found different kinds of classmates with different views and opinions. She even butted heads with her teacher when she told Scout to stop reading. But‚ little did she know
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in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally‚ justice would be blind to race‚ gender or other differences yet‚ as shown in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ it isn’t and for the most part‚ justice is not served. Many innocent characters‚ or mockingbirds‚ are subject to the injustice of the prejudice folks of Maycomb County and‚ consequently‚ are destroyed. These mockingbirds include‚ but are not limited to‚ Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Mayella Ewell and Jem Finch. Very little Justice is served in To Kill a Mockingbird because
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