In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee presents the issue of discrimination‚ a common occurrence in the 1930s. During this time period there were two events that carved society; the Great Depression and the introduction of Jim Crow Law. This resulted in gender and racial discrimination and extreme poverty. During this time period many people were under extreme pressure just to keep alive. Scout‚ daughter of Atticus Finch spends much of her time with her older brother Jem and is constantly
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A good example of how prejudices are developed‚ is found in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel the protagonist and her brother face different situations that involve prejudices. These circumstances‚ sometimes‚ make their judgment collide with the values they have been taught by their father and other important adults in
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To Kill a Mockingbird Have you ever wondered how your personality developed? To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to explore civil rights and racism in the 1930s. The book is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout Finch. The Finch children and their friends are on an adventure to find out more about Boo Radley. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is coming of age. Scout learns a lot from the people that star in her life. She learns
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of the decline in economy. Scout (the protagonist in To Kill a Mockigbird) mentioned‚ “There was no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy and no money to buy it with‚ nothing outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(6) All of Maycomb was affected in one way or another by The Great Depression. Of all of the people that were impacted‚ the farmers were influenced the most. Atticus clarified to Scout once before that “He (Walter) had probably never seen three quarters together at the
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trials initiated‚ now known as the Scottsboro Boys trials‚ where eight of the nine innocent boys were found guilty and sentenced to death. At the time of the Great Depression‚ countless cases such as this occurred in the South. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates that the innocent are especially vulnerable to the injustices of our society by showing that segregation intensified the struggles of African Americans in the South. The leading causes of segregation in the South were
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Injustice In All Shapes And Sizes Out of many reoccurring themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ injustice proves itself the most extensive. In the small southern town of Maycomb‚ populated by both blacks and whites‚ several situations involve great injustice. One will see injustice practiced by a person making quick assumptions or judgments‚ as well as one possessing a prejudiced or predetermined bias. Whether a minor situation or one in a courtroom‚ injustice is always wrong. The common
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Prejudice affects people in various ways. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: prejudice affects scout’s life as a result of all the “drama‚” mischief‚ and other people’s prejudices presented to Scout throughout her life. It also affects Tom Robinson’s life due to him being an African American living in the South. He is working as toilsome as anybody else‚ probably even harder‚ by reason of: This is during the Great Depression and the fact that it’s even merciless for the average white
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Relate to "to kill a mockingbird" i by saying that if you do reckless things without thinking‚ you’ll often regret the. Like when he says "And its not complete yet‚ mustn’t get our feet wet‚ Cause that leads to regret‚ diving in too soon" he’s saying that you need to really plan out and think before diving head over heels in something‚ and that’s exactly what Atticus did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkscjEBaEPc Atticus: The Noisettes- In the beginning it says "to kill a mockingbird is to silence
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In the novel‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ the character Scout plays an important role; Harper Lee portrays her as straightforward‚ abrupt‚ impulsive‚ and even just plain rude. One example of this is when Scout says‚ "He ain’t company‚ Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham‚" (Lee 24) in reference to when Walter Cunningham was over at the Finch residence‚ and Scout disapproved of the way he ate his food‚ that is‚ with a liberal amount of syrup. This shows that she is unafraid to speak her mind. Also‚ it shows that
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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