The inspirational novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee shows us that good men can only do so much in places where evil flourishes. Throughout the novel we are faced with the reality of racial prejudice and injustice in our society and that ‘evil’ runs rampant in places particularly where good men do nothing. Only brave and just men like Atticus Finch attempt to stop the evil from flourishing. The novel also shows us the ultimate price of ignorance and failure to act- another person’s death
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as crop prices fell. Life was very hard during the 1930s. Since many people didn’t have jobs‚ it was hard to survive and buy food to feed the family. Poverty was a big problem in the US especially during the Great Depression. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ it was a story that happened during the 1930s that tells us how peoples were very poor and how hard it was for them to survive. For example in Chapter 1 of the book‚ Scout being the narrator explains how her town Maycomb was a tired old town
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refer to ideas beyond the words‚ and are used to develop themes by making the reader interpret an idea for him/herself. To Kill A Mockingbird written by harper Lee in 1960 is a prime example of how symbolism can be effectively used to develop a theme. Lee uses many symbols throughout the novel to present thematic ideas to the reader. For example‚ the symbol of The Mockingbird is used to symbolize moral injustice. This symbol is essential to understanding the message of the book and is even referred
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To Kill a Mockingbird and Injustice In her novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee tells the story of Scout and her father Atticus who is a lawyer. Atticus is a southern caucasian lawyer in the 1930s trying to represent a wrongly accused African American Tom Robinson. While racism was quite common in the 30s‚ Harper uses the trial of Tom Robinson to demonstrate the unjust treatment of African Americans Atticus is a white lawyer who was assigned the case of an African American Tom Robinson
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appearance. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The three biggest stereotypes that characters face are the stereotype of women‚ poor white families‚ and of course‚ people of color‚ particularly males. In the past‚ having a complete list of what a female should look like and act like was common. Women and even little girls were expected to behave in a certain way‚ and show their femininity and properness in whatever they did. The main character and narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is a girl named
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Andrew Phan Mr. Geil English 2H Per. 4 14 September 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” “Everything has it’s beauty‚ but not everyone sees it.” “Appearances can be deceiving.” No matter how you say it‚ looking beyond appearance is something you have to know how to do. If you don’t‚ you might as well associate yourself with the people living in Maycomb in the 1930’s in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel by Harper Lee‚ two children learn how to look beyond
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Themes of To Kill a Mockingbird “Real courage is when you know you’re before you begin‚ but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what” (Harper Lee). In the south during the 1920’s‚ life was hard on everybody before and during the Great Depression. Life was especially hard on the blacks. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was a huge punch in the face to people of the south. She showed how much our society during that time period was screwed up. In Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird many life lessons
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To kill a mockingbird is an insightful novel that effectively educates its reader about the discrimination and prejudice against African Americans that was occurring at the time. Through the pity and intensity of Tom Robinson’s trial the reader learns how the rights of African Americans were very different than the white Americans at the time. To kill a mockingbird highlights the pure injustice that Tom Robinson faces‚ when accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Due to these accusations Tom’s
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Discuss the nature of prejudice in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by studying the way in which Harper Lee presents the black characters and the social stratification of Maycomb society. ‘…that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’ – American Declaration of Independence‚ 1776. The American Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal‚ meaning that all
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