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    raping a white woman. This white woman made this accusation to cover up the fact that she came on to a Negro during the racist times of the Great Depression. Harper Lee creates a “timeless classic of American literature” in her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird through her use of a white man defending a black man and Heck Tate’s experience of protecting Arthur “Boo” Radley to demonstrate good and bad role models. Atticus Finch followed through and came close to winning the case‚ but unfortunately

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    Empathy in To Kill A Mockingbird Empathy is the theme which connects the reader with the characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird; the experiences of the characters in this novel show us the significance of empathy as a theme. Harper Lee writes about the experiences which Scout and Jem undergo in learning to be empathetic‚ while Atticus and Tom Robinson are two of the key characters who‚ at the time of the novel already possessed the ability to be empathetic. Atticus is the character who displays

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    To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ 1960) Setting: To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel that takes place in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Plot Summary: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times that surround herself‚ her brother Jem‚ and her father Atticus Finch in the town on Maycomb. Scout must learn to mature as acquaintances accuse her father‚ a lawyer‚ of being a "nigger-lover" for defending a black man in trial

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    Family in To Kill a Mockingbird There are three kinds of family in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Each family has their own rules and standards‚ they all are different than each others. These three are‚ the Ewells‚ the Cunninghams‚ and the Finches. Each one is different in its own way. The Ewells are the usual stereotype of a redneck family. When Atticus describes the family he says‚ “The Ewells have been the disgrace of Maycomb for 3 generations.” They live in what is considered a dump. Each

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    based on a personal opinions. In Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ the word “stereotype” is defined as “a way of thinking about a person‚ group‚ etc. that follows a fixed‚ common pattern‚ paying no attention to individual differences”. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” there are many examples of stereotyping between Whites and Negroes. In the book‚ Lulu‚ a fellow negro‚ says‚ “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here- they got their church‚ we got our’n. It is our church ain’t it‚ Miss Cal?”

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    To Kill A Mockingbird - An Essay On Justice In the secret courts of men’s hearts justice is a beast with no appearance. It morphs to serve a different cause‚ and it bites a different person each time. In the cases of Tom Robinson‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Arthur Radley in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ justice is applied differently each time. Tom Robinson doesn’t meet an equitable end‚ with a death sentence over his head from the start. Justice isn’t in his favor in the stained prejudiced

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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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    To kill a mockingbird has many wonderful characters in it. One compelling character is Jem finch. He is in many ways one of the main characters in the book. In the beginning of this book he is very much a kid but as the story moves along you can see how he has changed into a young adult. I am drawn to three characteristics Jem portrays throughout the book in particular his bravery‚ idealism‚ and compassionate. Jem is very brave in this book and it shows it in many ways. In the beginning he expresses

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    Prejudice Can Kill            “ A black man’s life is worth more than a white man’s.” This saying is referring to a certain type of prejudice known as racism. Racism is also a main theme that Harper lee brings across in the novel because it is set in the south part of The United States in a time where white people were considered superior to black people. Prejudice can be defined as a preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience; therefore it is not limited to only racism. In the novel

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    ENG-1D-09 May 14‚ 2013 Atticus Finch: An Ideal Role Model in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird No matter which conditions they grow up in‚ almost all children and adolescents have someone that they want to be like. They have someone that inspires them and pushes them to do their best all the time so that one day; those children can achieve their dreams about becoming like their role model. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is an ideal role model to his children‚ Jem and Scout Finch

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