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    subordinates‚ the townsfolk treat each other like family‚ with the exception of the Ewell family. In the beginning of the book Harper Lee illustrates empathy is learned through each character passing it on to each other as if it were a tradition. In one of the scenes where Scout(Jean Louise Finch) our protagonist has a confrontation with her teacher Miss Caroline ‚ Atticus gives her the most important advice. Atticus promptly tells scout can get better along if she can view though Miss Caroline point

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    things and we wouldn’t be this evolved in life. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ bravery is a key player in the story‚ if nobody was brave there wouldn’t really be a story to make this book. Just remember bravery is a part of everyone. One example of bravery is how people fight for what they believe in. Bravery is a main role in standing up for what you believe in‚ comparing this lesson to the story To Kill A Mockingbird is how Atticus represents Tom in the trial even though he knows he will not

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    Prejudice can be described as an opinion or judgment of a person based usually on race or religion before all the facts are known. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the terrible effects that prejudice has on people‚ including the main characters: Arthur Radley‚ Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. To begin‚ the awful consequences of prejudice are shown through Arthur Radley ( Boo Radley). Throughout Maycomb‚ Boo Radley is known as a “monster” for casually stabbing his father

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    Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact‚ much of the novel is made up of events based on prejudice. One such event‚ and perhaps the most important and major event in this book‚ is the trial of Tom Robinson. Tom has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. The truth is that Mayella‚ who has never kissed a man before‚ actually came on to Tom and was caught by her father. He became enraged and beat her. He then fabricated a story

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    Josh Nevett 9A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about courage in many different situations from many different characters. The definition of courage is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ etc.‚ without fear; bravery.” There are so many instances of courage in the novel that it is impossible not to consider it as one of the key themes of the novel. From childhood perceptions of courage such as completing a dare to the monumental

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    very traditional‚ keeping much of their former beliefs and activities as possible. However‚ there is a notable few that do not quite fit with the rest of the town‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch‚ Arthur “Boo” Radley and Charles “Dill” Baker Harris. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee skillfully shows how Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill were prejudice against Boo‚ when in fact; all these children are comparable to Boo even if they had not noticed so. Their personality differences

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    Now that we know Atticus is nice‚ next is a show with some similarity‚ in The Fosters twins got adopted when they were only little kids and since they wanted to get to know their biological parents‚ one of the towns named Jesus went or his mother’s home then the mother Stef found out and was confident that her kid was inside his mom’s house‚ she decides to enter and out of nowhere‚ she has been shot‚ but in reality her kid was never inside the house. Another cop could have taken the role of going

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    Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In this book‚ which is based on a white family and told through the eyes of the youngest child‚ “Scout Finch”‚ you learn about her residential city Maycomb‚ and its many issues with racism and social discrimination. You also learn about Scout’s father ‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is an attorney for a hopeless black man striving for innocence due to being falsely accused of rape. Throughout this essay‚ you will read about the characters of “To Kill A Mockingbird” and how they

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ numerous symbols and themes are present throughout the novel. Through the good and evil in a town such as Maycomb‚ nobility and courageous were not the easiest attributes to fulfill; however‚ for Atticus‚ Jem and Scout‚ these traits came quite easily with time. As Ambrose Redmoon had said‚ “Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear.” That quote directly relates to To Kill a Mockingbird and the Finch family

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    “To kill a mockingbirdAtticus finch is held up as the hallmark of what it means to have empathy and‚ as a parent he makes it his goal to instill that same feeling in his children scout and jem. He shows that he loves them and he takes care of them and he shows a lot of empathy. Atticus is really nice person to all his kids. As a parent he is always there for them and he does whatever it takes for his kids. In chapter 3‚ scout gets in a fight with walter cunningham jr because she thought that

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