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    The Man with Many Qualities It is just a very special thing when someone looks up to another. When they have a certain sparkle in their eyes. There are not many people in this world that can trigger this effect. The only person that can truly represent this is Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. He has so many amazing; inspiring qualities it is hard to only describe him in a few. Throughout the novel‚ Atticus’ qualities shine more overcoming and bright. Who would not look up to a person like

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    Harper Lee’s novel‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place during the 1930’s in the fictitious town Maycomb‚ Alabama. Lee portrays the divided society and lasting prejudice of the south through the eyes of the young protagonist‚ Scout Finch. She narrates the story of discrimination with an innocent tone.She witnessed the racism and discrimination going on in the Great-Depression era. The black community is categorized into the bottom of the social hierarchy while the whites are at the top. Blacks were

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    Literary Analysis In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ it makes people strongly connect with the characters in the book and it helps people understand what the author was trying to tell or teach the readers in the book and it’s purpose. In the book Harper Lee uses tone‚ imagery‚ and figure of speech to help us understand the theme of the book. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee skillfully shows the bad and good things about the society that is described in the book and it shows the injustice

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    Humanity‚ blinded by the harsh and cruel realities‚ we never truly see people or the world around us. In the impactful novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses Irony‚ Point of view‚ and Allegory to convey that we are blinded by prejudice which restricts us from “truly” seeing people. After the death for Bob Ewell‚ heck protects our “silent protector”. We don’t realize who this is this until later on within the scene. This incident brings out the allegory in the book. This scene also highlights

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    The ways that To Kill A Mockingbird shows misunderstanding in the society is that the children describe what they see but think the wrong thing sometimes. Is shown in a child’s point of view because is mostly that the childrens are misunderstanding on most of the things that they don’t understand from adults. To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that two kids name Jem and Scout are trying to figure out who broke Jem’s elbow. One way that To Kill A Mockingbird shows misunderstanding in society is when

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    Society plays a massive inquiry in Atticus‚ Scout‚ Warren Buffett and the Jew’s Lives‚ positively or negatively‚ in the three books‚ the main aspect is racism. Racism plays an enormous role in society. Racism can alter where someone sits on the bus‚ and how you are looked upon in society. In the first paragraph‚ Atticus‚ Scout and African-Americans represent an example of how society treats people negatively.Warren Buffett will have to face his anxiety of public speaking‚ overcoming with the logic

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee brings up the topic of equality with court systems in her novel. Atticus Finch‚ father of the main character states that “our courts are great levelers‚ and in our courts all men are created equal” (274) Atticus is right by saying this. In Lee’s story scout defends her father’s thought by adding more evidence. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of life in the 1930’s from Scout Finch’s point of view. In any story there are problems and situations that nee to

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Bildungsroman is a word used to describe the phrase "coming-of-age." To Kill A Mockingbird goes deep into the meaning of coming-of-age. Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill all go through a Bildungsroman‚ however‚ all these characters react differently. Scout is five at the beginning of the book and does not really understand the world as it is at her age. In the end‚ Scout has truly learned what she needs to know at her age and more. Atticus has clearly noticed‚ for he says in the novel: "’This

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    Paragraph One In the story‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there is a town called Maycomb‚ that experiences racial prejudice‚ I know this because of what some of the characters say or experience. An example‚ is that Atticus’s children are bullied by townsfolk‚ because their father is a known lawyer for the black community. “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for‚” said Mrs.Dubose. (Lee 135) This shows that even associating and/or working with black people in Maycomb county makes

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    Atticus Finch‚ a character in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee questions the values of society. Atticus expresses the right for equality among all races. Atticus is the lawyer for Tom Robinson and this story focuses on the conflict within the trial he defends in order to support equality. Atticus goes against the values of society. At the time period‚ blacks and whites were segregated and wanted nothing to do with each other. When a black man‚ Tom Robinson was accused of raping

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