Reading How To Kill A Mockingbird Anywhere you go in life you should always follow the moral of having to see things from others perspectives. This is a topic in a scene from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout‚ the main character‚ talks to her father Atticus about her teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ telling her about how Scout needs to stop reading at home. Harper Lee uses this scene to have Scout learn an important lesson which has to look at other people’s points of views in order to understand
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First of all‚ power can be abused or used for good‚ power is to do something or act in a “peciluar way due to your rank. In the book “To KIll A Mockingbird” we see Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus Finch in a world of racism because Atticus is a lawyer who defends a black man named Tom Robinson se her but she from raping Mayella‚ a white lady who the daughter of the neighborhood drunk‚ throughout the book we see how society and racism shape various individuals. Despite of Atticus’ struggle to protect Tom‚
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Courage Characters with courage | Incidents which they display courage | Mrs Dubose | Morphine addiction * Resilience * Fight against the odds and circumstances * “She could have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony‚ nut she was too contrary…” * “She said she wanted to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody.” * “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re
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the culprit is a mockingbird. Mockingbirds are known to sing continuously throughout the year‚ and most people find their company pleasant. Even though mockingbirds are a territorial animal‚ they don’t want to harm anyone. To most people‚ mockingbirds are viewed as a symbol of innocence. This is because all they do is make music for others to enjoy. The symbol of the mockingbird is used throughout the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this novel‚ the characters’ understanding of
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spotlight in order to make a correct choice. Heroes will often feel the choice they made is correct. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harber Lee‚ many different characters show lots of heroism. The characters I feel that show the most heroism in the novel are Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley‚ and Atticus Finch. Tom Robinson is portrayed as heroic in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird because he stands up for himself‚ especially in court. Tom Robinson shows he is a hero during the trial because he shows
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Characterization is key to how authors build characters in literature. This is how authors can bring characters to life in a reader’s mind. These characters are then used by authors to show a theme in a story. In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ is using the character of Atticus to reveal a theme. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the world’s destruction of innocence. This is seen portrayed through Atticus through the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus can be seen as a type of
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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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D’Angelo‚ “If you believe that discrimination exists‚ it will.” The novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is set in the early thirties in the deep south of Alabama. Various characters are subjected to the old-fashioned ways of discrimination and inequity often found in such a setting. The main protagonist Scout attempts to grasp the concept and learns to live with prejudice in her life. Meanwhile‚ other characters struggle on a daily basis to find acceptance and‚ more prominently‚ justice
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Atticus Finch‚ the father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a great parent for a number of reasons. He is a good example to everyone around him. Atticus is an excellent parent who teaches his kids valuable lessons‚ the Golden Rule‚ and the importance of treating everyone equally. Throughout the book‚ Atticus teaches Jem and Scout valuable lessons that will help them later in life. One of the valuable lessons that he taught them was to care for those around them and especially each other
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the outcasts in a dominantly white area where the majority of white people hate you‚ can be hard to live with. The two stories “ To Kill A Mockingbird and “True Diary”‚ have a harsh setting that characters have to face. Arthur Spirit‚ commonly known as “Junior”‚ and Tom Robinson face these problems. They do seem to go through different circumstances‚ yet both characters different treatments from their own race. Finally‚ they both undergo numerous types of safety every day. Citizens in both settings
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