To Kill a Mockingbird Exam 1 1. Boo Radley is Mr. Radley’s son and he lives on Jem’s street. His name is Arthur and he is described as the town’s phantom who only comes out at night. Boo joins the bad crowd and he resists arrest and helps his friends lock an officer in the courthouse outhouse. His father locks him up in their house as a punishment for Boo instead of him going to the state industrial school. Boo Radley has not been seen for fifteen years‚ but after he stabs his father with
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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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2013 The Power of Empathy In the grand scheme of things‚ each of us is working hard to see ourselves prosper. When we are fighting for survival‚ why should any of us take the time to feel for our fellow human beings? In her novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee implies that having the ability to feel for others or to show empathy not only benefits others‚ but can lead to personal gains as well. This is best demonstrated through the characters of Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout Finch. An obvious
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TKM Aphorism Project “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do.” (Lee 149). True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you‚ however‚ you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you‚ an inner force brings
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee explores the issues of racism through the eyes of children. She demonstrates how children learn lessons from the characters and the events that go on in the book. Harper Lee explores the life lesson of the importance of protecting innocence. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee explores the life lesson of the importance of protecting innocence through Jem and Scout’s interactions with Atticus. For example‚ Atticus tells Jem that‚ ‘“ I’d rather
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Haley Sheridan March 24‚ 2013 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Essay 7 When an author divides a novel into two separate parts he or she does it purposely to show either a large dynamic change in a character or little to no change at all. Harper Lee‚ author of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ separates her novel into Part I and Part II. Part I is more of an overview that foreshadows what is to come later on; she lets the reader get to know the characters and the setting of the book
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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Emma Krehbiel Compare/ Contrast Essay Mrs. Simpson/ Eng. 1 2-22-14 To Kill a Mockingbird/ Marigolds Compare/ Contrast Paper Jeremy Atticus Finch‚ also known as Jem‚ is a boy of 13 in the classic novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a curious and mature young man‚ who has to learn a few lessons along the way. Lizabeth is a young girl who lives in a poverty struck family‚ in the short story‚ Marigolds. Lizabeth is allowed to run free and not have to go to school. These two‚ what seems like
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Prejudice in How To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is the predetermined opinion of a person or thing. Keep in mind that How To Kill a Mockingbird does not try to convey the idea that the readers should treat anyone differently whether it be due to race‚ religion‚ sex‚ or social habits. The small community of Maycomb is a timeworn and ‘tired’ setting that puts a strong‚ adverse light on the city and the people. “Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town.” This statement by Jem‚ in the
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay William Hazlitt once said “Prejudice is the child of ignorance”. In To Kill a Mockingbird the author‚ Harper Lee‚ illustrates this idea through real life events. The three main types of prejudice are racial‚ social and gender. As Scout and Jem mature they both see all the evil that is in their small‚ old town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. In Maycomb the same families have been living there for a long time so the same families are passing on their ignorance generation to generation
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