Interpretive Essay To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel about a young girl‚ her brother‚ a close friend their adventures in finding Boo Radley‚ and growing up in a prejudiced society. The book’s main character‚ Jeane-Louise Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ is shown how cruel and unfair the world can be‚ especially southern Alabama during the Great Depression. The reader is given a very good idea of how difficult courage was to come by at this time. To Kill a Mockingbird portrays great courage‚ for
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This is the case in Harper Lee’s character of Jem in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. All characters display their growth and have come to terms with themselves. Still there is one character who exhibits maturity more than anyone else. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee‚ uses the character of Jeremy Finch to portray the motif of his “being a gentleman” and the events in Tom Robinson’s trial to show the moral development of his Bildungsroman. Jem entered his Bildungsroman when he proclaimed
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY Within the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ courage is represented in a number of ways from a range of characters. The novel follows families in the town of Maycomb and shows the different ways they stand up for or against racism. A court case with one of the white men in the town defending negro man ‘Tom Robinson’ challenges the values and attitudes of many of the people living in Maycomb. In the novel courage is presented as people not only being able to fight
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Throughout the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the characteristic of empathy is ever present. This unique quality is developed through Jem and Scout in their dealings with the characters of Walter Cunningham and Mrs. Dubose. One characteristic shown of Jem and Scout is their ability to empathize or “….climb into their skin and walk around in it.” (pg 31). During the novel Jem develops a high level of emotional intelligence that allows him to understand the situation of others‚ as
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what another person felt in a certain situation‚ she had to think how that person would be thinking. Second‚ Atticus has empathy for Boo because people are always telling stories about him and giving him a bad reputation. Atticus knows when Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill are playing a game about Boo’s life‚ he tells them to stop because he does not want the kids to believe what other people tell them all the time‚ they need to learn that not everything another person says is true. Finally‚ Atticus shows empathy
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Chapter 1-11: To Kill A Mockingbird Review Chapter 1: • The reader is introduced to the narrator‚ Scout‚ who describes her family’s history and her town‚ Maycomb. She and her brother‚ Jem‚ are also introduced to Dill‚ and the children share stories and fantasies about the mystery man next door. Chapter 2-4: • The first day of school does not go well for Scout. • Scout learns a lesson in manners when Walter Cunningham comes to lunch and a lesson in compromise from Atticus. •
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My report is on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which is about a young girl from a sleepy town in Alabama where she finds friendship and her father showing heroic traits even though he’s struggling with his morals. Scout Finch‚ who is the narrator of the story‚ lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus‚ in the small friendly town of Maycomb‚ Alabama circa 1930s with lots of old ladies baking cakes and town sheriffs saying homely things. Oh‚ and also morphine-addicted
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay It catches my attention how Jem and Scout change during the course of the novel. Jem’s the brother of Scout‚ and is also the oldest. In the begginning of the book‚ Jem’s first thought of bravery meant being able to touch Boo adley’s house‚ only because in his whole life he has never backed down from a dare. As the story progresses on‚ he slowly starts realizing there is more to that than just touching Boo Radley’s house. Jem realizes true bravery through his experienc
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To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Lee takes you back to the 1930’s in the Deep South where color of skin mattered and when a white man’s word went against the word of a Negro‚ prejudice wins. Harper Lee articulately created a portrayal of a small town where nobody was exactly good or evil. Atticus shows us what real courage and goodness looks like. His character’s core values remain the same during the whole story and are unchanged throughout the entire book. When
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Tolerance In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem and Scout mature from innocence to knowledge as they develop a bond between themselves and those who are different from them. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb‚ an old southern town in the 1930’s‚ when racial tensions run high and prejudice is at its peak. People in Maycomb consider anyone with a different ethnicity‚ economic status‚ or even a different mindset‚ an outsider and ostracizes them. In the story the Finch children‚ Jem and Scout‚ are disillusioned
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