The Top Ten Totally Terrific ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Part Two) Quotations In Chapter 12‚ page 132‚ Calpurnia teaches the children good morals: “Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates them.” The verb “aggravates” suggests that the people were irritated easily and had a lot of pride. Calpurnia doesn’t want to boast that she’s better off than other black people. Lee portrays Calpurnia as a good person as she is teaching the children morals‚ as well as
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Mockingbird Figures Boo Radley and Tom Robinson were prejudged because they both weren’t socially fit in society. Tom Robinson was an ordinary typical black man of the age twenty-five who had three children and lived in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Everyday before going to Link Deas cotton farm‚ he would pass by Mayella Ewell and tip his hat at her. Often times she would ask him to fix something up. In To Kill a Mockingbird we often refer to Tom Robinson as a Mockingbird figure. “Mockingbirds don’t do one
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ongoing events‚ but in a different genre. A good example is the African American community. In the 1900’s it was more about rules discriminating against African Americans. In today’s world‚ everything is about how aggressive or suspicious that young‚ black adult looks. Each category of racism lacks the respect and justice they deserve. Just like the modern day‚ Maycomb needs to find the dignity to respect others. The dysfunctional town goes through many instances ranging from trust and courage to standing
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“[I]t’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119) = It is immoral/ wrong/ criminal (a sin) to kill a good‚ innocent person (mockingbird). o “‘To my way of thinkin’‚ Mr. Finch‚ taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an‘ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight—to me‚ that’s a sin. It’s a sin and I’m not about to have it on my head’ . . . ‘Well‚ it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird‚ wouldn’t it?’” (369-370) Boo Radley is associated with a mockingbird‚ showing how he
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To kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee is a novel‚ highly regarded in its’ use of the characters‚ setting‚ and problems of society in its’ time period to tell its well crafted story. The story has many subjects it covers that drew its’ audience into the narrative. The stories numerous subjects include prejudice‚ empathy‚ and hypocrisy. These themes are shown throughout the book‚ but when characters like Tom Robinson‚ and Boo Radley are apparent in the story the mockingbird theme is what appears with
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes Characters |Scout |Jem | |038. "See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin’ to it. I swear‚ Scout‚ |003. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his rigth; when he stood or | |sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’." |walked‚ the back of his hand was
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understandings. Atticus had made the connection that Mayella could have been beaten by her father instead of being beaten by Tom. He made this connection by saying that Mayella was hit on her right eye and it would make more sense for the person the person who attacked her was left handed. This shows that Mayella’s dad could have beat her because he is left handed and Tom is right handed. “The right side‚ Mr. Finch‚ but she had more bruises—you wanta hear about ‘em?” He is criticized because people believed
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Sarah Lemieux Ms. Graham ENG2D May 23 2013 The Mockingbirds of Maycomb County To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ is the story of a young girl named Scout‚ growing up in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930’s. Scout is forced to mature quickly when she father takes on a job defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of rape‚ in court. As a result‚ Scout is mocked and discriminated against by a society that believes a black man is always guilty. Scout comes to realize that her small‚ safe
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“‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it‚’” (39) said by Atticus Finch. Atticus‚ who appears in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is widely considered one of the most outstanding characters in American literature. This is because he is fearless‚ self-sufficient‚ and a wise character. You can see all of these characteristics show through in his job‚ his fatherly figure‚ and his individual self. Harper
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For me‚ I’m more of the former‚ and I found a character to relate to in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee; Scout Finch. To explain‚ Scout and I take longer than others to understand things‚ which could cause frustration in others (mainly peers)‚ and we’re both put under at least some pressure to be more “lady-like”. There’s other similarities too‚ but they’re either not as significant or I couldn’t find as much quotes to support them. Scout and I both take longer time than others to‚ y’know
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