There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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Chapters 1-3 Questions 1. What does it mean to “act responsibly?” Explain what a person needs to do to “act responsibly” in the 1930’s in Maycomb‚ Alabama? Acting responsibly basically means that you have to do the right thing no matter what the situation‚ and you have to be mature and act your age even when you might not like doing so. In the 1930s in Maycomb‚ Alabama if you were a woman‚ for example‚ you would need to stay home and cook the food and clean for the family. You would just always
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ has a particularly innate personality. Scout always does what she is told‚ unless she is with her brother Jem. When they are together she does whatever comes naturally to her. Scout is especially good‚ unusually intelligent‚ and remarkably unselfish. Scout has good intentions when planning her actions‚ most of the time. The one exception was when she acted profanely towards poor little Walter Cunningham
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the same you need an army–for hunting. Hunting pigs–” “Yes. There are pigs on the island.” All three of them tried to convey the sense of the pink live thing struggling in the creepers. “We saw–” “Squealing–” “It broke away–” “Before I could kill it–but–next time!” Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and looked round challengingly. The meeting settled down again. “So you see‚” said Ralph‚ “We need hunters to get us meat. And another thing.” He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round
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Ebony Watson Paul Colby ENG 101-046 14 November 2011 Lord of the Flies: Impact of "Savagery versus Civilization" on Society The interpretations of the novel "Lord of the Flies" consist of how mankind can result to savagery ways when being considered the most civilized human beings. "Savagery versus Civilization" is used to define the acts of mankind on the island consisting of children who can barely take care of themselves. The author William Golding uses these children to symbolize
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attitude. He is eager to make rules and punish those who break them‚ although he consistently breaks them himself for his own interests. His main interest is hunting‚ which begins with the desire for meat and builds to the overwhelming urge to master and kill other living creatures. Hunting develops the savagery that already ran close to his surface‚ making him "ape-like" as he prowls through the jungle. PIGGY Piggy is the intellectual with poor eyesight‚ a weight problem‚ and asthma. He is the most physically
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other end of the island where Jack‚ Roger and the rest of the tribe is‚ Stanley asks a question to Jack‚ after Jack has said that they shall go hunt and give the beast meat. Stanley says “But didn’t we‚ didn’t we—?” and Jack yells‚ “no how could we kill the beast!” Even though Stanley thinks that he is referring to a beast Jack knows that it was actually Simon that was killed. Then Stanley
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Judy Trinh Ms. Rubenstein Academic English I 8 April 2013 Lynching & Lynch Mobs Discrimination is a terrible and unfair act. White men and women are treating African Americans differently because of their skin color or race. Not only did lynch mobs lynch African Americans‚ but they also lynched and abused Chinese‚ Japanese and Italian immigrants. How are they harming other races with discrimination? They harm them by verbally and physically abuse them like kidnapping‚ beating‚ punching‚ shooting
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We need to understand what the island is like in order to fully understand what they boys are going through. 10. Who do you think would make the best leader of the boys and why? a. Answers can be different. 11. Why do you think Jack did not kill the pig? What is the “scar”? a. The scar is the damage left behind when the plane crashed on the island. 2. How old is Ralph? a. Ralph is 12 years old. 3. What prevents Piggy from running and swimming? a. Piggy has asthma (ass-mar)
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In today’s society humanity has evolved to becoming evil by being violent‚ mean-spirited‚ and manipulative similar to the lord of the flies in the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. In the novel Lord Of Flies the more the boys stay on the island the more they become the lord of the flies and lose all ties to civilization. In the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding a plane crashes onto an unknown island leaving only boys to survive. The main character Ralph blows the conch and
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