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    the same journey to discover true courage that Jem and Scout do throughout the novel. They do this by first having a complete misconception of courage and gradually progressing to being courageous themselves‚ without really realizing it. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates that true courage is often not appreciated right away through Jem and Scout’s journey to understanding what it really means to be courageous and heroic. At the beginning of the novel‚ Scout

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    Mariano Marcos State University GRADUATE SCHOOL Laoag City Jamaica B. Vizcarra Prof. Ronald Candy Lasaten MAED-LL Student Professor TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: THEME ANALYSIS To Kill a Mockingbird is a modern American literature written by Harper Lee which gained popularity and positive acclaims because of its authenticity and content. This novel is based on the life of the author when she was 10 years old and what transpired in her hometown during that time. Its great impact

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    my reading novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ the article “obedience of Rwanda” and the “Gang rape raises questions about bystanders”‚ all of the text examples above identify the answers the readers need. Would the action of the observer change anything? Should people have responsible to the situation? People offer to help the victim because they know how horrible the event and the consequence will be. In the novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ Boo

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    is a disease‚ and everyone catches it at some point. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a widower named Atticus Finch with his two children Scout and Jem‚ are in the prime time of segregation‚ the 1930’s. Atticus is a very serious lawyer that is presented with an intense rape case. Scout and Jem are tasked with the process of growing up. The most important messages in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ are growing up‚ individual Vs society‚ and the dangers of ignorance. Growing

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    Perspective plays a huge role in every story‚ event‚ or situation told. If you compare the views of a child to an adult‚ you will see that they differ greatly. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is told through the eyes of a child growing up. As the story progresses a profound understanding is seen‚ an understanding that adults have long surpassed‚ something only children are able to grasp. That is why through the actions of Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill the statement “children can see truths to which adults

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    Although American society has evolved from the one depicted in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ today’s society needs to be reminded that social and racial inequality is still present. Lee illustrates the prevalence of discrimination and racial profiling in America’s 1930’s. That is still the case in world today. Attitudes towards inequality in a negative way can bring out an ugly side of a person‚ one message Lee shows in her novel. An example of a negative attitudes towards minorities

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    Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." To Kill a Mockingbird has a lot of analogies‚ but the novel mostly shows the characters growing and stepping into to young adulthood. In the novel the character Jem shows to be the one who changed the most.There are many reasons to how Jem evolves in the novel To Kill a

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel of “ To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ mockingbirds are used to represent the destruction of  innocence. Throughout the book‚ a number of characters such as Jem‚ Tom Robinson‚ Dill‚ Boo Radley‚ and Mr. Raymond can be identified as mockingbirds. Innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Tom Robinson is being accused of raping Mayella. Which is Bob Ewells daughter. Tom was proven not guilty to the court but since he is a man of color

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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird is used to symbolize and show innocence. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are the two main characters who symbolize a mockingbird the closest. The symbolism of the mockingbird show how innocent they are and they are unjustly harmed. Tom Robinson shows that he is a better example of a mockingbird due to he was trying to be helpful and was punished for it and he was based only on the color of his skin. Although some may believe Boo is a

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    Mark Lockard Zayn Adv. Lit/Comp 3rd 22 April 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Chart About the Author-Harper Lee- * She grew up in Alabama during the Great Depression * To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee’s first novel * She based the novel upon actual childhood events in her life * Lee’s mother died from severe illness when Lee was young and a mother is never mentioned in the novel Setting- * Maycomb‚ Alabama * The Great Depression Similes- * Page 10- “It drew him as

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