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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about growing in the 1930s in the Southern United States. Scout Finch lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus (a lawyer) in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small town‚ and every family has its social standing depending on where they live‚ who their parents are‚ and how long they have lived in Maycomb. Atticus raises his children by himself‚ with the help of neighbors and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout is a tomboy who prefers to solve
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raping a white woman. This white woman made this accusation to cover up the fact that she came on to a Negro during the racist times of the Great Depression. Harper Lee creates a “timeless classic of American literature” in her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird through her use of a white man defending a black man and Heck Tate’s experience of protecting Arthur “Boo” Radley to demonstrate good and bad role models. Atticus Finch followed through and came close to winning the case‚ but unfortunately
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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout’s views and understanding of femininity changes. Although Scout is not the stereotypical female of her age‚ she receives different views of that matter through three different influential ladies in her life. Through them she realizes that being more feminine is not a negative changer in her life. Scout at first is tomboyish and does not do or like things a girl of her age is expected to. After Francis annoys Scout by called Atticus a “nigger-lover”‚ she
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to it all the way to the last word of the last page it truly is an amazing feeling. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many traits that make it a great piece of literature‚ but the three that make it an amazing piece of literature are that it is written in a unique perspective‚ it is written with interesting and vivid language‚ and finally because it is truly a timeless novel. To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that deals with many of the harsh issues in society in the 1960s‚ and because it is written
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Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird The coexistence of good and evil is an eternal question that has been bothering people for centuries. Many writers tried to explore the moral nature of human beings- whether they are essentially good or essentially evil. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is a superb example of such exploration of good and evil in a human nature. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926‚ in Monroeville‚ Alabama. It is a small quiet town very similar to Maycomb‚ where the
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To Kill a Mockingbird: To take advantage of someone weaker that You Harper Lee I. Introduction: This book seen through the eyes of Scout Finch‚ a 6 year old Alabamian in the 1930’s‚ during the depression. She has the honor to be the daughter of one of the towns’ bravest lawyers‚ Atticus Finch. Scout is without a mother and lives with her father‚ Jim‚ her brother‚ and Calpurnia‚ a cook from the Virgin Islands. II. Need Step: This broken down into three lessons that exclusively give
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To Kill a Mockingbird Compare and Contrast The excellent novel of “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a brilliant piece of American literature. Being an instant bestselling novel‚ it was also made into an award-winning film. Like most‚ the book and the film portrayed the same storyline and setting‚ but also produced significant differences as well. The themes in this story were deceptive appearances‚ racism and acceptance. To begin with‚ there were many similarities between the two masterpieces
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Inequality in the Court System To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ wrote this book in 1960 based on “the Scottsboro Boys” Trial of 1931 to 1937. This trial accused twelve Negro men‚ which Tom Robinson represents in the book‚ of raping a woman that is considered white trash [Mayella Ewell]. At the beginning of the novel‚ Harper Lee introduces a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is all about equality and angel-like moral
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To Kill A Mockingbird Courage and the development of maturity are two main universal themes‚ which teach people about life. There is courage in almost every single character in this book. Jem‚ Scout and Dill learn real courage in their childhood and are forced to face the reality at young age and understand it. Difficult for children filled with innocence in their heart‚ to understand the reality of unfairness. However‚ they did see it through people living in Maycomb and watching the trial
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