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    “Whoever does wrong‚ wrongs himself” In other words‚ when someone does something wrong it back fires and they end up hurting themselves. I agree with the above quote from personal experiences and from factual evidence I have found. Bob Ewell‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird and Macbeth‚ from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth demonstrate that by doing wrong it only hurts yourself in the end. Through the use of characterization‚ Shakespeare illustrates that by doing wrong only comes back to negatively

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    As the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ progressed‚ we start to see the significance Harper Lee puts on parenting. Harper Lee shows the importance of teaching your children the right thing through the parenting of Atticus‚ Calpurnia and the Radley Family. Atticus and Calpurnia have always been there for Jem and Scout‚ and have always taught them the respectful and polite actions. Atticus and Calpurnia’s parenting style is to teach young kids the right from wrong. To illustrate‚ Calpurnia said “That

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    a book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird was ten times better as a book because of all the background details it includes. The movie does “bring characters to life” especially with facial expressions and dialogue‚ which it did extremely well in the courthouse with Tom’s sweating and Mayella’s screaming at Atticus. But at what price? Movies have to condense everything including character introductions‚ causing audiences to not personally connect with a character. For example‚ with the movie Atticus the audience

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    The novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ has been critically praised as a landmark work and important piece of American literature dealing with such fundamental issues of society. The 1962 movie adaption has received similar proclamations of genius storytelling. But when compared side by side‚ does the movie truly stand up to the literary masterpiece and accurately present the themes and lesson intended by the author? After examining the restrictions on character and plot development by formatting‚ the

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch’s choice to represent Tom Robinson and completely fulfill his duties in a rape case has many severe consequences. Three of them are‚ Scout and Jem being ridiculed by their peers‚ Tom Robinson’s death‚ and Scout and Jem being attacked by Bob Ewell. As a result of Atticus’ decisions‚ Scout and Jem were mocked by their peers. An example of this was during Scout’s fight with Cecil Jacobs. Scout shares her experience with her brother‚ Jem‚ saying‚

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    wondered what Atticus was actually like? Atticus Finch is the father of the main character Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus is a very honest character who teaches Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill a lot of lessons about life and one of them is who people think that Blacks are lesser people‚ which is not true at all. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is courageous‚ wise‚ and accepting. Throughout TKAM‚ Atticus is very courageous

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    1 Mrs. Raymond ENG-1D-09 May 14‚ 2013 Atticus Finch: An Ideal Role Model in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird No matter which conditions they grow up in‚ almost all children and adolescents have someone that they want to be like. They have someone that inspires them and pushes them to do their best all the time so that one day; those children can achieve their dreams about becoming like their role model. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A MockingbirdAtticus Finch is an ideal role model to his children

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    Atticus is the father figure for his kids‚ Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Finch family lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. The kids spend much of their time playing with their gregarious neighbor‚ Dill‚ and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. When their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a widowed man and a respected lawyer‚ defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges against a white girl‚ he is in/at a detriment. The trial

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    Throughout the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses drama‚ compassion‚ and grammatical features to present the characters of Atticus‚ Scout and Jem‚ and the special relationship Atticus has with his children. In this assessment I will explore‚ evaluate and explain this bond that Atticus shares with his children. The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator‚ six-year-old Scout Finch‚ lives with her

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    In this essay i will be talking atticus and what he had to deal with without though the story. And conflix that Jem And Scout had get by and was some death in the novel. Throughout the novel Atticus works to develop Scout and Jem and and had to use his wisdom to teach them along the way. Atticus is a kind and loving father‚ reading to his children and offering them help if they needed it. But at the End Atticus thought Jem killed Bob Ewell but he didn’t. Atticus was showing bravery he took on

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