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    “To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem and Scout reside in the quiet and small county of Maycomb‚ Mississippi. Like any other child‚ the two siblings enjoy playing outdoors. Over the course of time life experiences have big influences on the maturation of Jem and Scout mentally‚ emotionally as well as physically too. Jem changes from a young boy to a young man. Scout enters the story as an innocent young girl only to re-emerge as a young woman. Jem rapidly progresses from a child to a young adult.

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    Trauzzi 1 Jessica Trauzzi Ms. K. Talbot English November 22nd 2012 How the Town of Maycomb Strongly Demonstrates Social Iniquity ------------------------------------------------- People can be unfair‚ unjust‚ and downright cruel. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ there is a good demonstration by the members of Maycomb’s society of the theme of social iniquity that has very strong supporting evidence towards this opinion. Many different acts are shown to price the county of Maycomb

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how

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    correctly identifies of how all men were created equal no matter of what race‚ gender‚ or color they are. In this book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ equality is not present .Tom Robinson‚ a black person was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. Tom accusation immediately created tension between the White and black community. In To Kill a Mockingbird justice and equality can defeat prejudice; this occurs when Atticus defends Tom Robinson in the court of

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    skin”/ Appearance vs. Reality. Characters and symbols strongly exemplify this theme in multiple ways. In Harper Lee’s book: To Kill a Mockingbird she effectively uses characters and symbols in both hidden and obvious ways to get the theme through to the reader. Characters play a large role in developing the theme. This is shown through Boo Radely‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Dolphus Raymond. Boo Radely is neglected by the citizens of Maycomb. Rumours

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    2012 Scout Understanding Someone People learn to understand others. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout slowly sees things in different points of view. She acknowledges that Arthur "Boo" Radley is a shy‚ child-like but nice person. Scout realizes that Miss Caroline is not familiar with Maycomb’s ways. She also comprehends Jem. People should observe both sides of the story before they start pointing fingers. Scout realizes how Boo feels. At first‚ she thinks Boo is scary. She feels this way because rumor

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    Racism and To Kill A Mockingbird In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ racism proves to be a major theme. The touchy subject of racism has hung around the world for practically forever and has not ever fully ceased to exist in any society; it has only been toned down over time. Judging people on just the color of their skin‚ is a huge roll in this book just as it was in the 1900’s when segregation was flooding throughout the United States‚ as it is shown in the picture on the

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ reveals the development of Jem’s character throughout the novel. The reader watches Jem undergo a metamorphosis during the three years that the novel spans. Boo Radley‚ Jem’s family‚ and the Tom Robinson trial‚ shape Jem into what he becomes by the end of the book. At the beginning of the novel‚ Jem was an immature little boy‚ and was curious about Boo Radley. Because he was a young child‚ Jem was fascinated with the unknown. Hence the many plots he came

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    Innocent Mockingbirds WantedA harmless mockingbird is flying in the air while singing a tune. As the bird hums its lovely music it is shot. Why was the bird shot? Like characters in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the mockingbird was viewed as dangerous. The only way people knew how to deal with problems was by “shooting them down.” The innocence of killing a mockingbird is shown by three characters in the book: Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Boo Radley. Their traits and actions shown throughout To Kill a Mockingbird

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    for racism. They’ll kill for racism but they won’t die for racism‚” Florynce R. Kennedy‚ who established the Media Workshop to advertise with people of different colors‚ once said. The sad part is that Florynce is right. Not many people in the 1930s would be willing to sacrifice their own life to stand up for racism. In To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee uses ethos‚ characterization‚ and imagery to show how the setting of Maycomb gave harsh tones to the racism in Alabama. Lee characterizes the Ewells

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