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    Practise Essay- How does Part One of “To Kill a Mockingbird” show the importance of understanding individual difference? Harper Lee’s 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” conveys the importance of understanding individual difference through many aspects. Individual difference is the fact that every person is different from the other‚ that no one is the same and we all have our different views and opinions. This is portrayed through Miss Caroline’s unfriendliness towards Scout‚ the different

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    losing your innocence. In one book 3 children experience this kind of cruelty firsthand. Harper Lee’s purpose of writing this book was to show how the world may look fine at first but as you grow older you realize that not everyone treats each other kindly or fairly. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ the innocence of Dill‚ Scout‚ and Jem is taken away. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Dill is one example of someone loosing their innocence. One example of Dill loosing his innocence is when Mr.

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    Mr Ibell and class. Today I am here to talk about the aspects of prejudice in our lives. Through Harper Lee and Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ we can explore the significance of our past and examine the prejudice aspects in the texts. Through Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ we explore the power of the innocent and the importance of discovery in a prejudice community. When we explore Son of Mine‚ we can uncover the hardships of Indigenous Australians in the past through alienation. Texts have the capacity to challenge

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    Alabama‚ during the 1930’s was a place replete with prejudice and social hierarchy. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in this small‚ southern town and reveals the conflicts associated with the injustice of prejudice and social class. The main characters in Lee’s novel must face the pressures of this oppressive environment. Specifically‚ Tom Robinson’s trial robs the children of their innocence as well as sheds light on the effects of prejudice‚ and social class. Tom Robinson is the character

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    To Kill a Mockingbird 1. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Speaker: Atticus Shows his strong sense of character about doing what is morally right to do‚ regardless of what others think He is not persuaded by the rest of Maycomb’s racist ways. Racism is a prominent factor in the novel Sets a good example‚ he is a leader in Maycomb‚ and for his children “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy

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    Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that are not. This is emphasized as one of the main themes in Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Set in the South during the 1930’s in a small town known as Maycomb County‚ the one of the most important morals‚ the one that all humans are created equal‚ is justified. Prejudice can be shown on a scale from most extreme down to least: genocide‚ expulsion‚ slavery‚ segregation‚ assimilation‚ and assimilation. The

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    The theme of to kill a mocking is scattered. But the theme is in the title. The theme is a mockingbird. Atticus explains that it is wrong to kill a mockingbird because they are innocent and make music for people to enjoy. The reason that is important is because just because a man was black he was charged with a crime that they had no evidence on. Tom robinson is innocent and was charged guilty for rape because the city was racist. But Atticus tried his best and used his bravery but still didn’t come

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird was a novel that took place in a three year time span during the Great Depression. The main character in the novel is Scout Finch who lives with her older brother Jem and their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a lawyer. Scout and Jem befriend their neighbors nephew named Dill who visits his aunt every summer. The three become interested in the man who never leaves his house in their neighborhood‚ Boo Radley. They hear rumors about the man and in one summer they tell the

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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird is used to symbolize and show innocence. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are the two main characters who symbolize a mockingbird the closest. The symbolism of the mockingbird show how innocent they are and they are unjustly harmed. Tom Robinson shows that he is a better example of a mockingbird due to he was trying to be helpful and was punished for it and he was based only on the color of his skin. Although some may believe Boo is a

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    the rye” argues that children’s innocence should be protected for as long as it can be. Holden wants to be the catcher in the rye‚ Holden sees the rye field as this gigantic field that overlooks a cliff. The rye field is a gigantic field filled with children. Holden wants to be the person who catches the children before they go over this cliff. This cliff represents the”descent into adulthood” or the loss of innocence”. Holden wants the children to retain innocence for as long as they possibly can

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