“There should be no discrimination against languages people speak‚ skin color‚ or religion” -Malala Yousafzai. The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a story about the Finch family- a wealthy white family- living in Alabama during the Great Depression and their experiences when the dad- Atticus Finch- takes the case of an African-American in a racist county. Harper Lee uses the citizens of Maycomb County and their actions towards African-Americans to demonstrate the racism they are unaware
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freedom back because he knew who was guilty and who was innocent. Atticus knew that Tom had done nothing wrong and was a victim of racism and unfair circumstance. Tom just wanted to be helpful and be of use to Mayella and she twisted his every action. Tom was convicted of helping a
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Scout is a great protagonist in To Kill A Mockingbird. Her character is well-developed and has many cheerful characteristics. She has all of the qualities of a good protagonist. But in every good story with a protagonist‚ there is an equally good antagonist. The many citizens of Maycomb are the great antagonists in this story. You could say that Aunt Alexandra is the antagonist of the story. She strongly dislikes Calpurnia and the other black people. She doesn’t think that black people should have
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jem shows courage every day to his sibling and friends and other townspeople. Lee tries to show that courage can be defined in many different ways‚ and that courage doesn’t have to mean that a person is brave‚ although it can be someone who is brave. Through Jem Lee can show what courage can really means‚ by Jem`s actions and by how he is seeing about the world around him. Jem Protects his sister and Dill constantly‚ and he learned to do that from Atticus
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opposed to enjoying the happiness in life. Although found in today’s world‚ this set of values also appear in the classic book To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. Taking place in the 1930’s‚ this novel follows the life of Scout and Jem Finch‚ two children growing up in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Throughout their lives‚ their father‚ Atticus shelters them from the hate filled world in which they live‚ but after Atticus takes on a life-changing court case‚ the reality of the town begins
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Emily Akins Mrs. Green Freshman Honors 2 24 August 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Chapter 1: 1a- Pride in ancestry and tradition * “Tired old town”. Page 9 1b- Pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different * “Maycomb county had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear itself”. Page 10 1c: Awareness of difference in social classes. * “Nothing to buy and no money to buy with it”. Page 10os 1d- Narrow span of interest and almost no interest
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To Kill A Mockingbird illustrates through prejudiced acts of avoidance and discrimination and Atticus’s attempts to teach his children to be unbiased‚ prejudice can be improved with positive parental guidance. Granted in this time period‚ Jem and Scout encounter many instances when they witness prejudice people‚ and the negativity towards one race in their very own homeland-Maycomb. The prejudice ladder is a scale of how severe the act is‚ throughout the story readers experience feelings from all
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lower/middle class citizens who all have these preconceived ideas about everyone else in the community.This eventually creates a lot of drama about everything that happens. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird she portrays the idea that the weight of prejudice weighs down on you the more you grow up; this becomes clear to readers the Finches‚ and others are forced to deal with exclusion and hatred from the people of Maycomb. During the progression of To Kill A Mockingbird Jem and Scout don’t only
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many differences in the scenes of the movie To Kill a Mockingbird and the book. A lot of scenes were either changed or left out in the movie. This took a lot away from the movie including characters and some themes that were present in the book. There were three main scenes that were left out or changed that caused the movie to lose characters‚ themes‚ and feelings that were supposed to be brought out by this story. One major scene that was changed from the book to the movie was the scene where the
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee that takes place during the 1930’s in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. The book tells the story of a little girl named Scout Finch‚ who is growing up in a world with a harsh reality‚ more specifically‚ prejudice. Whether it be prejudice based on gender or prejudice based on race‚ this book encompasses it all. This can be easily identified by anyone reading the novel in a multitude of situations. However‚ although prejudice occurs all throughout the book
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