have some feminine influence in their lives. Scout knows that Alexander usually dictates what she wants upon the family‚ and uses the term the family decided to make her an even greater point of authority in the Finch family. Usually her dictations give her chances to impress her views on others or increase the family name and work towards the ideal family that she envisions. Examples of her tyranny include the time she made Atticus attempt to impress on the children the facts of life and how she
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In the short story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which is taken place during the great depression there lived a young girl named Scout. Scout was a young girl that lived in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the early 1930’s. She lived in a society where she was taught to be racist and naive. But over time she grew to be more understanding and lady-like. For instance she started to open to people she never would have‚ like Boo Radley. She became loving and an open girl rather than judging people who weren’t exactly
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were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win‚” (30). Atticus is a firm believer in doing what is right no matter what. A hero is someone who is brave enough to stand up for their beliefs. The hero in To Kill a Mockingbird is Atticus Finch because he stood up and took the Tom Robinson despite the odds stacked up against him. Atticus has a lot of courage and bravery. Former president Lyndon B. Johnson led the Civil Rights Act of 1964 during a time where minorities
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Some people are treated differently then others. Sadly‚ racism was a big problem in the time “To Kill a Mocking Bird” was written. And looking at the lifestyle of blacks and whites is a night and day difference. In “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” the blacks were treated extremely poorly. Luckily‚ Calpurnia worked in the household of the Finches and was dearly loved there. Three words to describe Calpurnia would be wise‚ loyal and nurturing. Unlike many other blacks‚ Calpurnia is very
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get ready to deal with it. Children are going to have to prepare for it because it will affect them too. It is still happening today. I believe racism in To Kill A Mocking Bird should not be Important in society because skin color does not matter it is similar to cases now a days like the Trayvon Martin case. Racism has impacted life today. Some people get affected by racism differently. Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that
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go hand-in-hand. In fact‚ one is rarely affected without the other being affected as well. A great example is the struggle of African Americans throughout history and the effect it has had on literature of that time. In her novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’‚ Harper Lee uses historical examples and situations to bring to light the horrors of prejudice in Southern society that have gone on for years‚ and makes obvious the need for change. The book itself is based in the 30s. During this time‚ racial tension
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in particular. In Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ many traces of the influence of the Jim Crow laws can be found. Her story is based on life in the 1930’s and takes place in Maycomb County in Alabama. The traces of the laws are mostly seen through the characters in her novel and in the way that they act towards each other. The narrator and main character Jean Louise Finch‚ better known as Scout‚ has her own thoughts on the ways that people treat each other and how they discriminate.
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Goals‚ Problems‚ or Responsibility? Harper Lee explores the story of two young children learning to become adults through all of their struggles in her historical fiction novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. With the opportunity to be able to learn to transition into adulthood from childhood‚ it brings many blessings but also many curses. Becoming an adult from an innocent child comes from many key components. The pieces of the puzzle for how children are taught to move from their innocent child-like state
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is the narrator throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She is one of the few the most interesting characters in this novel. Although Scout is very young throughout‚ she is very intelligent and understanding of what goes on around her‚ but she is a bit curious as well. Scout is more of a tomboy than a girly girl‚ and she would often get into fights with the boys around her school. These traits often occur during most of the novel‚ except some of the tomboy traits fade out when her
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past when it comes to racism. Many Americans would say that we have come a long way from our past‚ and racism does not exist in our country anymore. This is not true. America has come a long way since the beginning‚ but we still have racism. The author of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ has a great way of pointing out our issues with racism in the past. She shows the injustice of how blacks were treated in society. Our country isn’t quite like that anymore‚ but blacks are still very unjustified
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