In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee there are many different themes such as: stereotyping‚ justice‚ racial relationships‚ family and parent- child relationships. In my opinion the most important of these is stereotyping. When thinking about this story stereotyping against African-Americans is the first that comes to mind but in fact there are many others like gender and social class roles and the “southern belle” stereotype. The gender stereotype that comes into play is with
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Christina Augurusa Ms. Lovell ENG 2D 13 December 2013 To Kill a Mockingbird “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill. Courage is the ability to do something that others do not agree with‚ but you do it anyways because you know it is the right thing to do. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has many characters that show courage. However‚ one of the main characters‚ Atticus Finch‚ shows a great deal of courage throughout the
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To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" courage can be shown in several diverse aspects‚ such as Mrs. Dubose‚ Jem‚ Atticus and Maycomb County itself. The first courageous character in the novel known for her great moral courage is Mrs. Dubose. She was addicted to morphine as a painkiller prescribed by her doctor for many years. Despite her illness Mrs. Dubose no longer wanted to continue to use her medication to make things easier. She persevered‚ choosing to‚ "die
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be courageous. This statement is represented throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Mrs. Dubose‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Boo Radley. Mrs. Dubose is a morphine addict that is trying to die morphine free. Atticus Finch is taken upon a case that requires him to defend a colored man. Boo Radley is a very shy man that comes out of his house to save Mr. Finch’s children. The characters‚ Mrs. Dubose‚ Atticus Finch and Boo Radley‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates courageous people do what is right‚ even though
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Living as one of the outcasts in a dominantly white area where the majority of white people hate you‚ can be hard to live with. The two stories “ To Kill A Mockingbird and “True Diary”‚ have a harsh setting that characters have to face. Arthur Spirit‚ commonly known as “Junior”‚ and Tom Robinson face these problems. They do seem to go through different circumstances‚ yet both characters different treatments from their own race. Finally‚ they both undergo numerous types of safety every day. Citizens
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In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” there is a constant pull between Class‚ Gender and Race. These three things can make a very powerful person or not so powerful person. In the novel‚ Atticus Finch‚ a white man is asked to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man. Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. The novel is set in the 1920’s and early 1930’s so it has been several years since the slavery has ended. Yet people at that time had been very racist and sexist. Everything
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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird is used to symbolize and show innocence. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are the two main characters who symbolize a mockingbird the closest. The symbolism of the mockingbird show how innocent they are and they are unjustly harmed. Tom Robinson shows that he is a better example of a mockingbird due to he was trying to be helpful and was punished for it and he was based only on the color of his skin. Although some may believe Boo is a
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This is why it is known as a great leveler. During this time the blacks were inferior to the white. I oppose the judicial system because I think that the judicial system is not a great leveler. This is because people still get treated unfairly. Some examples are portrayed in real life cases such as the Scottsboro Trials. Also‚ they can be portrayed in novels such as To Kill A Mockingbird. The judicial system was not a “great leveler” during the time it was created. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”
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To Kill a Mockingbird “If we’re going to find our way back to each other‚ we have to understand and know empathy”(Brown). As humans we have the ability to get to know someone well but we can also completely ignore the fact they even exist or we can label them based off physical appearance and past actions. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates how two children learn from people and their actions to respect everyone no matter what they have been docked or labeled as. Our
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well-known novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ displayed controversial themes of prejudice and segregation that occurred in the 1930s. The novel displays racial inequities still present today‚ these can be observable through occupations that are influenced through racial profiling‚ wrongful
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