which encourage and challenge readers to consider the different aspects that are portrayed‚ making a novel unique and memorable. A classic novel relates to life whether it is old or new. There are many important themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which make it memorable to the reader. The major theme in this novel explores issues such as the destructive impact of racism‚ prejudice‚ injustice and the nature of justice and of humanity. The events of
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Justice in To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee justice is shown as unfair to many people. In the book a black man Tom Robinson is accused of rapping a girl named Mayella Ewell‚ and he was sent to trial. Atticus was assigned to the Tom Robinson case but Tom was accused guilty‚ Tom was later killed trying to escape. Mayella’s dad Bob was angry that the whole town accused him of putting Tom in jail‚ then Bob went after Atticus’s kids trying to get back at Atticus. The rumors
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tells his children that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. The metaphor is only stated a couple of times‚ but the meaning is relevant throughout the book. As the story progresses‚ it’s easier to understand what that meaning is. So‚ what is it and why is it used? “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… but sing their hearts out for us.” Miss Maudie explained this to Scout when she asked what her father meant by the metaphor. Mockingbirds are innocent and beautiful things; they
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Similarly in Harper Lee’s influential time less novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are numerous characters that helped to establish the theme of courage. The three primary characters that did this they are Tom Robinson‚ Mrs. Dubose and finally Atticus Finch who is one of the most inspirational characters in the novel. Tom Robinson may have been as innocent as a Mockingbird but do not be misled as he had the courage of a lion. Tom Robinson is only a young man at the age of 25 he has barely lived
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Conscience is the voice viewed as a guide to the rightness and wrongness in one character and behavior‚ and in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the brother of the narrator‚ Jem‚ changes throughout the story and realizes that the conscience of plenty of the residents in Maycomb is disturbing and wrong. When Atticus said “…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). Jem represented the theme
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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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courage. Not every person is willing to have such bravery‚ it takes an individual who has a passionate feeling about something and takes action‚ despite the difficulty. It is hard to have courage in this world‚ but three characters in novel “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” never back down or show signs of cowardice. First‚ Atticus Finch shows a generous amount of bravery throughout the story by defending a person who was unable to do it alone. Secondly‚ Boo Radley shows boldness
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(Lee 273). This was a line quoted from Atticus during Tom Robinson’s court case in To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird took place in the early 1930’s in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ when many people were strongly prejudiced against blacks. Atticus said this line not only to save Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ from the wrongful verdict of rape‚ but potentially even some of his town from the stifling grip of prejudice. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrated that prejudice causes lack of
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There are many lessons to be learned from To Kill a Mockingbird and racism is one of them. All humans belong in society whether they acknowledge it or not‚ and differences do not matter because they are just things we make up to separate ourselves and others from our communities. Racism is not dead because the first thing a person thinks when they see a different ethnicity is to say what they resemble. Racism is not dead it has been muted‚ but it is still ingrained in our minds. I personally judged
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is a story that takes place in a town called “Maycomb” in the Southern United States during the early twentieth century; the Great Depression. The narrator of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ tells of life in Maycomb County. Up to Chapter 19 in the text‚ Atticus Finch‚ Scout’s father‚ is defending a black man named Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of rape against Mayella Ewell. Due to this‚ Harper Lee makes it apparent that the story essentially revolves around racism‚ abuse
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