my reading novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ the article “obedience of Rwanda” and the “Gang rape raises questions about bystanders”‚ all of the text examples above identify the answers the readers need. Would the action of the observer change anything? Should people have responsible to the situation? People offer to help the victim because they know how horrible the event and the consequence will be. In the novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ Boo
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‘Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself’. This statement made by Scout at the beginning of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows that Maycomb is a town in which the fear of change is rife. Lee’s choice of Maycomb as a setting‚ developed through narrative point of view and characterisation was vital to the text as it helped to develop the theme of prejudice and the consequences which result from the fixed attitudes of an insular town. One of the ways
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books are “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “A Raisin in the Sun”. Both of these books have great plots and are enjoyable to read‚ it’s hard to say which a better book is. With all opinions aside the literary elements can be looked at to see which the better book is. Sometimes a book can be great‚ however from a literary standpoint they are not good at all. Even though “A Raisin in the Sun” is a good book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird” is better because of its literary elements. “To kill a Mockingbird” uses its
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to it all the way to the last word of the last page it truly is an amazing feeling. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird has many traits that make it a great piece of literature‚ but the three that make it an amazing piece of literature are that it is written in a unique perspective‚ it is written with interesting and vivid language‚ and finally because it is truly a timeless novel. To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that deals with many of the harsh issues in society in the 1960s‚ and because it is written
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ourselves when the chips are down” | Arthur Radley | Courage to overcome his fears of interacting with people/step out of his comfort zoneRisks his life to save the childrenSymbol: Mockingbird | Tom Robinson* | Depended on himself to stand up for his own rights (standing firm to the fact that he did not raped Mayella; could have succumbed to pressure and confessed)Knew that the case would not be in his favour since he’s a black but had courage to stand against a lost cause (persisting)*Could have
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TKAM Research paper Tom Robinson was a man who received no justice because of the color of his skin. Justice in and out of the courtroom is a playing theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. We learn that justice is not given to everyone because of the majority belief of prejudice in society. People are discriminated because of the color of their skin‚ their age‚ or the things they believe in. Tom‚ and Scout are all prime examples of this theme. Tom Robinson was discriminated because of his race. He was
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Symbolic Roles The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird portray stereotypes and classic roles. Scout is the epitome of an innocent child‚ and through her eyes we see events unfold that change her status and broaden her awareness of the world around her. Due to her innocence in the beginning of the novel‚ we have to view her as an unreliable narrator because her views on the situations in the novel are somewhat skewed by her inexperience with the evils in the world. Bob Ewell symbolizes the evils
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Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old girl‚ uneducated‚ unaware‚ and unnoticed. Forced to live in a broken home with an alcohol driven father‚ and seven motherless siblings. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old girl from Maycomb‚ accused a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ of rape. Tom Robinson is then put on trial with Atticus Finch defending him. After lListening to a combination of Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson’s testimoniesfy during the trial the reader can only realize the
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We all have a point in life where we go through many stages of growing up and realizing that all things don’t come easy‚ and sometimes even though you know it’s the right thing it still doesn’t happen to be what you thought. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ the young girl scout experiences this throughout the whole book and learns that innocent people are sometimes destroyed by evil. She is just a young girl finally noticing the real world‚ and how you don’t know anything until you’re in it’s
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among the Innocent In our society‚ people are always being treated unfairly whether it is or is not intentional. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the character Tom Robinson was a hardworking crippled Black man living in 1930’s America. He was convicted for raping a White young woman named Mayella Ewell. Throughout the course of the book‚ Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally
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