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    The Outcast In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ society acted differently as a whole than how they do now. Thankfully‚ racial discrimination has dwindled and everyone now has equal rights‚ but they are still a problem just as they were in the past. Harper Lee expresses the idea of moral courage and the developing of no racism through a character‚ Mr. Dolphus Raymond‚ showing respect to his community‚ being brave enough to withstand his towns judgment‚ and having the ability to be just for this if the community

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    Winnie the Pooh‚ they understand that heroism has changed. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe‚ and stronger than you seem‚ and smarter than you think.” (A.A. Milne‚ author of Winnie the Pooh) Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” is not so different‚ it also has a pretty obvious example of a modern hero. The novel takes place during the Great Depression and is about two young children (Jem and Scout ) who are exposed to the harsh reality of the society as they grow

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    By: Janasia To Kill a Mockingbird Analysis In the powerful novel of Harper Lee‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”. She teaches us never to judge a book by its cover. Atticus once said “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In the novel‚ Boo Radley is a human “mockingbird’’. Boo Radley haven’t done anything to hurt others. He was an innocent and harmless man who was shunned by society. After the Tom Robinson trial‚ Jem and Scout started to have a different understanding of Boo Radley.

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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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    change of a dynamic character over the course of a narrative. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is the story of a young girl‚ Scout‚ and her older brother‚ Jem‚ as they grow and change as a result of the prejudice around them. Although Jem and Scout both grow and change as characters throughout the story‚ Jem shows much more development than Scout. Scout’s character developed a lot throughout the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird. When Scout and Jem’s summer friend‚ Dil‚l did not come to Maycomb

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    for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement.” -Ruben Santiago-Hudson‚ actor. This quote explains what is happening today even after the Civil Rights Movement‚ and explains why I believe To Kill A Mockingbird would still be influential today.I believe the novel To Kill A Mockingbird would be influential to our society if published today for the first time‚ because the overall theme of the book applies to many of the problems we as a people face today. The overall theme of the book was

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    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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    Many people have said‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an uncomfortable book‚ but not reading the book makes racism comfortable. The book is a perfect example of the things that went on in the past. Kids need to realize what has happened and why it is bad. This book helps shape the minds of kids. Reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" could be essential for kids to read in school because‚ it shows how society treated black people‚ how the blacks had to work for close to nothing‚ and it shares the story of an

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel of “ To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ mockingbirds are used to represent the destruction of  innocence. Throughout the book‚ a number of characters such as Jem‚ Tom Robinson‚ Dill‚ Boo Radley‚ and Mr. Raymond can be identified as mockingbirds. Innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Tom Robinson is being accused of raping Mayella. Which is Bob Ewells daughter. Tom was proven not guilty to the court but since he is a man of color

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    Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." To Kill a Mockingbird has a lot of analogies‚ but the novel mostly shows the characters growing and stepping into to young adulthood. In the novel the character Jem shows to be the one who changed the most.There are many reasons to how Jem evolves in the novel To Kill a

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