Primrose English 1‚ Period 3 Triumph Through Adversity “Success is never final‚ failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” (John Wooden). To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is primarily a novel about growing up under extraordinary circumstances in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The narrator‚ Scout Finch‚ lives with her older brother Jem and father ‚Atticus‚ in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Maycomb is a small‚ close-knit town‚ where everyone knows each other. Atticus
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>Atticus Finch Quote 1 "Atticus‚ you must be wrong...." "How’s that?" "Well‚ most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong...." (11.54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings‚ Uggs‚ and chain wallets‚ it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him those lessons. He already knows that individual conscience is a better guide to justice than majority opinion. The theme of justice plays a major role in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally‚ justice
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someone from a burning building. Similarly in Harper Lee’s influential time less novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are numerous characters that helped to establish the theme of courage. The three primary characters that did this they are Tom Robinson‚ Mrs. Dubose and finally Atticus Finch who is one of the most inspirational characters in the novel. Tom Robinson may have been as innocent as a Mockingbird but do not be misled as he had the courage of a lion. Tom Robinson is only a young man
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right kind of environment‚ one can establish a rectified set of moral values in the process of growing up. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates through characters of various background that maturation can lead one to develop just morals if he or she is exposed to the right type of environment. Scout and Jem Finch are able to develop a sense of empathy‚ selflessness‚ and honesty because they are raised by Atticus and are exposed to people in their family who exhibit these traits. Scout’s
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Racism and To Kill A Mockingbird In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ racism proves to be a major theme. The touchy subject of racism has hung around the world for practically forever and has not ever fully ceased to exist in any society; it has only been toned down over time. Judging people on just the color of their skin‚ is a huge roll in this book just as it was in the 1900’s when segregation was flooding throughout the United States‚ as it is shown in the picture on the
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despite the wide spread racism of that time. Incorporating a sentimental and thought provoking plot‚ combined with exceptional cinematography and award winning performances‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is a timeless story of character‚ prejudice‚ and a coming of age. Based on the classic novel‚ by Harper Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is set in a small Alabama town in the 1930’s. This complicated and sophisticated story is presented simply; a mesmerizing feature is the ability of the grown up Scout to
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Living as one of 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
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others didn’t agree with him‚ he supported Martin Luther King Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and the setting of this book was during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in this book and he is put to test when he is given one of the hardest cases of his career as a lawyer. Perseverance is shown in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. This book was written by Harper Lee and its setting is in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the late 1920’s
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Stereotypes The story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is a very fine novel which exemplifies the life in the south and the human rights and values given to everybody. The book especially took the case of prejudice to a serious extreme. From the title‚ a mockingbird through the eyes of Harper Lee‚ is a person who has fallen victim to vicious stereotypes. The title To Kill a Mockingbird explains itself quite clearly in the end of the novel when Tom Robinson‚ one of the mockingbirds
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thing amongst the human-race. Almost everyone has had a problem once or twice in their life. For example‚ not everyone can agree on everything. Arguments amongst people aren’t rare‚ and almost every person has been a part of one. Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird had this exact adversity in her life. When she first went to school‚ she found different kinds of classmates with different views and opinions. She even butted heads with her teacher when she told Scout to stop reading. But‚ little did she know
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