In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout learns valuable lessons on the evil of prejudice present in her Southern town of Maycomb‚ on the true nature of courage‚ and on the dangers of judging others before "...climbing into their skin and walking around in it." Set in the mid 1930s‚ Scout Finch is a young girl living with her older brother‚ Jem‚ and her lawyer father. Being a kid‚ Scout has the simple duties of a minor‚ to have fun and to stay out of trouble. But along the way‚ she also learns
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To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that brought great controversy. The novel is told in the eyes of Scout Finch‚ a young girl growing up during the great depression who’s father is a lawyer defending a black man in court. During the course of the story‚ Scout grows and changes and as she does so she turns into a compassionate‚ and mature young lady that is like the Good Samaritan. In the beginning Scout has no problem with being racist and prejudice‚ and feels it’s normal.
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acclaimed literature‚ To Kill A Mockingbird (1960)‚ is a powerful story about the racial discrimination that was raging through the Alabama’s in the 1930s‚ with devastating realism and complexity. Lee’s town in Alabama represents everything that was going on in a small town‚ it is described as a town that isn’t growing outwards‚ but instead growing inwards‚ ‘the same families married the same families until the members of the community looked faintly alike’. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee uses stylistic
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Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus Finch‚ one of the main characters is a very good parent with a unique parenting style. Atticus is a very good parent because he is a patient‚ understanding‚ and honest father. This allows him to have a very good relationship with his children‚ Jem and Scout. Atticus is not one of those fathers that become furious and yell at their children. In fact‚ he is a very patient man throughout the novel. Atticus shows his patience in chapter nine when Scout starts to
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The roles of women in society during the depression era were quite clearly defined‚ yet To Kill a Mockingbird presents female characters that break these stereotypes such as: Scout‚ Calpurnia‚and Miss Maudie. A southern lady was a precious flower. She was to be at all times feminine‚ polite‚ soft-spoken and gentle. She was to defer to men in all cases. A man was obligated to protect a lady’s virtue even to the point of never using crass language in front of a lady (recall Arthur Radely and his friends
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Answering the Call and Running from it The book To Kill a Mockingbird shows many great examples of true courage and cowardice. The courageous put others before themselves and listen to their conscience. The cowardly react selfishly and hurt themselves as well as others. Atticus is courageous; he puts Tom Robinson’s right to justice first instead of worrying about what others will say about him. Boo Radley is also courageous; he puts the children’s safety before his own safety and privacy. Bob Ewell
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was rampant through the Southern American states. A novel ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ by Harper Lee is about the issues raised in a small town Maycomb‚ in Alabama‚ in Southern part of U.S.A. the idea of racial inequality and prejudice are developed in the text through the use of dialogue and the situation that the character was involved. Through this development the readers are able to be aware of how racism affected people in Maycomb and how rife the racism was back in 1930s. Mocking bird was used
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is a parallel story about two young children who grow up in a racist southern town and learn that life is not all fun and games. In the beginning of the book the main characters Scout and Jem spend their days playing together and exploring their hometown of Maycomb‚ Alabama. They are especially intrigued with their mysterious neighbors‚ the Radley’s. Later on in the novel‚ Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is appointed to defend a black man and the children
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1-11: To Kill A Mockingbird Review Chapter 1: • The reader is introduced to the narrator‚ Scout‚ who describes her family’s history and her town‚ Maycomb. She and her brother‚ Jem‚ are also introduced to Dill‚ and the children share stories and fantasies about the mystery man next door. Chapter 2-4: • The first day of school does not go well for Scout. • Scout learns a lesson in manners when Walter Cunningham comes to lunch and a lesson in compromise from Atticus. • Scout and Jem
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To Kill a Mockingbird “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.” Atticus Finch once told his kids this courageous and motivational quote that basically ties the entire book To Kill a Mockingbird together. Many big and courageous acts have been shown throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Characters go out of their way to prove their courage in brilliant and touching ways. These brave
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