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    The Character of Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird The narrator‚ Scout from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is a grown woman telling the story through her eyes as a young girl. Most of the book’s charm is gathered from the ironicness of her perspective of growing up in the depression era in the South. As the novel progresses Scout becomes more courageous‚ intelligent‚ and mature which helps her develop into a better person. Scout is a very courageous young girl. In chapter two

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee All new material ©2009 Enotes.com Inc. or its Licensors. All Rights Reserved. No portion may be reproduced without permission in writing from the publisher. For complete copyright information please see the online version of this text at http://www.enotes.com/mockingbird Table of Contents Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................1

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    experience. This is an action that is often used today. Society comes up with opinions about people they have heard from someone’s personal experiences. They choose to judge people or things without knowing anything themselves. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch defends a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ when he is wrongly accused of raping a white girl. When he takes this job the Maycomb community instantly criticized Atticus for helping Robinson. Atticus’ two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ are also

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    leveler. This is because people still get treated unfairly. Some examples are portrayed in real life cases such as the Scottsboro Trials. Also‚ they can be portrayed in novels such as To Kill A Mockingbird. The judicial system was not a “great leveler” during the time it was created. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Hypocrisy in To Kill a Mockingbird Hypocrisy is when somebody claims to live by certain morals and standards‚ or they teach these beliefs‚ but their own behavior does not uphold what they preach. Often a hypocrite will look down on other people or accuse them of things that they themselves are doing. We all can be hypocritical at times‚ but certain people and characters in To Kill a Mockingbird exemplify this negative trait. Sometimes these people do this unintentionally‚ other times they are fully

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    In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee there are many different themes such as: stereotyping‚ justice‚ racial relationships‚ family and parent- child relationships. In my opinion the most important of these is stereotyping. When thinking about this story stereotyping against African-Americans is the first that comes to mind but in fact there are many others like gender and social class roles and the “southern belle” stereotype. The gender stereotype that comes into play is with

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird a major theme is the loss of innocence. Whether from emotional abuse‚ racial prejudice or learning‚ Boo‚ Tom‚ and Scout all lose their innocence in one sense or another. The prejudice that each character endures leads to their loss. Through the responses of Boo‚ Tom‚ and Scout‚ Harper Lee shows how each character responded differently to their loss of innocence. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the character of Boo Radley is the

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage can be shown in several diverse aspects‚ such as Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem‚ Atticus and Maycomb County itself. The first courageous character in the novel known for her great moral courage is Mrs. Dubose. She was addicted to morphine as a painkiller prescribed by her doctor for many years. Despite her illness Mrs. Dubose no longer wanted to continue to use her medication to make things easier. She persevered‚ choosing to‚ "die

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates how two very different men share very similar lifestyles. Maycomb county not only judges these two men‚ but they all possess prejudice. Both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley represent the title of this novel because they both carry good hearts‚ although rumors and myths go around Maycomb about them‚ and both men are judged by countless strangers who continue to treat them like outcasts‚ because one man is colored

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    Olivia Clark To Kill a Mockingbird essay Language A. Period 3 The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is about two innocent‚ young children‚ Jeremy “Jem” Finch and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Scout and Jem‚ are brother and sister who are living in the South during the Great

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