as crop prices fell. Life was very hard during the 1930s. Since many people didn’t have jobs‚ it was hard to survive and buy food to feed the family. Poverty was a big problem in the US especially during the Great Depression. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ it was a story that happened during the 1930s that tells us how peoples were very poor and how hard it was for them to survive. For example in Chapter 1 of the book‚ Scout being the narrator explains how her town Maycomb was a tired old town
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize‚ and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors‚ as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936‚ when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor‚ despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator’s
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Matthew Cox Mr. de Vries EN140-31 14 February 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird In the final courtroom scene in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Atticus Finch is given the case of a lifetime when he gets the chance to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man who is being falsely accused of raping a white woman in the 1930’s when inequality and racism was very prevalent during that time in the deep South. The odds he faces are terrible because he is defending an African American which during that time would
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Inequality in the Court System To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ wrote this book in 1960 based on “the Scottsboro Boys” Trial of 1931 to 1937. This trial accused twelve Negro men‚ which Tom Robinson represents in the book‚ of raping a woman that is considered white trash [Mayella Ewell]. At the beginning of the novel‚ Harper Lee introduces a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is all about equality and angel-like moral
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Movement without Complacency One novel that teaches us that history does not turn a blind eye and shows us all the evils that exist in our world today is Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson during his trial is indicative of how harmful human behavior can be towards one another. Prejudice‚ which is abundant in Maycomb and the south‚ is seen by children as confusing until they are old enough to grasp the concept. Lee portrays the children in the novel
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In Harper Lee’s successful novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author explores the issue of justice using the symbol of a mockingbird with the characters Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. Set in the 1930s Deep South‚ a time of great intolerance and racial inequity. The novel unfolds as an account of injustice to the most gracious yet unjustly accused citizens of the town of Maycomb. The kind hearted‚ but black Tom Robinson is unfairly put on trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell. Despite racial
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Jem were young that’s what the believed their small town of Maycomb was. In a way they are right Maycomb is small‚ safe‚ and peaceful community. Although when they get older and wiser they see the other darker side of the town. The highly illogical social status which is based on wealth‚ history and one of the biggest issues race. The community doesn’t agree with change and greatly dislike others who
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prejudiced the town Maycomb was. The society just cannot accept that a white woman likes a black man. The words illustrate a major theme in the novel that of the existence of social inequality. In my written evaluation I plan to discuss a main character and at least one of the novels central themes. The main events of “to kill a mockingbird” consist of a lawyer named Atticus Finch defending a black man who has been accused of the rape of Mayella Ewell. It’s plenty obvious the defendant didn’t do it. Through
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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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Where did the racial inequality of man come from? Throughout time‚ this was a problem throughout America. There was always a conflict between the two main “races”‚ white people and (negroes) even when there was a lack of jobs and money across America. White people still had time to humiliate and deprive negroes of their equality and freedom. Over time‚ this “social hierarchy” has been noticed and brought to the attention of people worldwide through books‚ famous speeches and much more. For instance
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