The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean LouiseFinch‚ who is almost always called by hernickname‚ Scout. Scoutstartsto explain the circumstancesthat led to thebroken arm thather older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; shebegins by recounting herfamily history.Thefirst of her ancestors tocometo America was a fur-trader and apothecary namedSimonFinch‚who fledEngland to escape religious persecution and establisheda successful farm on thebanks of the AlabamaRiver. The farm‚ calledFinch’sLanding
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leads to inequality for all minorities. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the effects of racism in a community and how it changes and affects the people in it. Racism‚ throughout history‚ has created inequality as well as affected the minds of the young. In To Kill A Mockingbird these two themes are played out in the small town of Macomb County and their effects are shown throughout the story. After a decision by the jury to convict a black man of raping a white woman‚ Jem breaks down and
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about courage. To what extent do you agree with this? <br> <br>Courage is the quality of mind that enables one to face danger with confidence‚ resolution‚ and gain a firm control of oneself. Many of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird showed courage in their own way. Courage can come in many different forms: physical‚ mental‚ emotional and moral. Courage is not the only main theme displayed in To Kill a Mockingbird; prejudice and education are also very important
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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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In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is portrayed as a respected‚ knowledgeable‚ and true person. I have a good deal of respect for Atticus Finch‚ mainly because of his outlook on parenting and basic respect for others. Atticus believes that you truly can’t understand someone unless you step into their shoes. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view" (Lee 34). This quote shows that Atticus is a caring parent and wants his children to learn
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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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this be important to consider while reading To Kill A Mockingbird? It might be important because the story reflects pat of her life. The father is a lawyer‚ the setting is Alabama‚ and even the characters are like the friends and relatives of Harper Lee herself. Even the era the book takes place in was the era that Harper grew up in. 3. How did her decision to move to New York make To Kill A Mockingbird a reality? What year was To Kill A Mockingbird published? When was it adapted to screen? She
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Qing-Si Yu Ms. Ridge ELA:10 January 4‚ 2013 1. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing bus sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird in this quote. He wants to teach Jem‚ Scout‚ and Walter that killing an innocent mockingbird is a sin. Atticus gives a hint that hurting an innocent person
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Prejudice In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ prejudice was applied in a realistic way. Harper Lee lived in the south during the 1930’s and knew what true prejudice was like. She illustrated that prejudice is hidden until people feel comfortable enough to express it. In the novel‚ the racism doesn’t grow‚ it is revealed. As Scout grows‚ she realises the amount of prejudice and bigotry in Maycomb. Prejudice is the most explosive theme in the entire novel. There were hints of
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To Kill a Mockingbird is the only novel Harper Lee wrote. This novel still is alive in the lives of the people who read it. People are affected by this great novel. This book also tends to affect those in schools that at first are not interested in reading this book. Harper Lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ shows many different symbols throughout the entire book. Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Scout Finch are symbols throughout the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
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