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    To Kill A Mocking Bird - Atticus Finch As one of the most prominent citizens in Maycomb during the Great Depression‚ Atticus is relatively well off in a time of widespread poverty. Because of his penetrating intelligence‚ calm wisdom‚ and exemplary behavior‚ Atticus is respected by everyone‚ including the very poor. He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb‚ a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble. But the conscience that makes him so admirable ultimately causes his falling

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    Racism‚ the root of many problems in times such as the 1930s‚ helped shape America into the country it has become. Many small‚ but deafening cries were made‚ and it was very unfortunate that Tom Robinson (from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee) lived in a time in which the cries were not quite loud enough. Atticus Finch‚ a well-known and widely respected lawyer‚ was obligated to undertake the difficult duty of defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ against the word of two white people‚ Bob and Mayella

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    "To Kill a Mocking Bird"‚ is a great book by Harper Lee. It is one of the best books I read. Because it has a moral that benefits people and teaches them how to deal with life. There are many themes in this book‚ but the main one and the most important one is‚ "Prejudice". This book deals with many lessons in human nature; it also expresses many issues that affect most people throughout their lives. The main character in this book is "Scout". She is the most one affected by these lessons. Scout

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    public class JavaApplicationStates { //Multi-dimensional array that stores state and state information private String state[][] = { {"ALABAMA"‚ "Nothern Flicker"‚ "Camellia"}‚ {"ALASKA"‚ "Willow Ptarmigan"‚ "Forget-me-not"}‚ {"ARIZONA"‚ "Cactus Wren"‚ "Saguaro Cactus Blossom"}‚ {"ARKANSAS"‚ "Northern Mockingbird"‚ "Apple Blossom"}‚ {"CALIFORNIA"‚ "California Quail"‚ "California Poppy"}‚ {"COLORADO"‚ "Lark Bunting"‚ "Rocky Mountain Columbine"}

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    The scarlet ibis & To Kill a Mocking bird Carolina gonzalez Period 1 Both Boo and Doodle live on the outside of what society has called "normal". Both characters are strikingly different from everyone around them. 
For both characters‚ it is their differences that people preoccupy on-for example‚ Doodle’s brother can only focus on how different they are and the things that Doodle can not do. Same with Boo-the kids focus on the way that his life is different from their own. These characters

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    TKAM notes Chapter 17-26 (pg 166-237) * Mr. Tate describes the event of Maya being raped and how he was the first one called By Mr.Ewell * He speaks about the bruises on her right eye and on the rest of her body * Atticus asked why they didn’t first call a doctor to attend Maya but no response came and he kept making sure that it was her right eye that was damaged * Scout describes how The Ewells’s are one of the most wretched people in the county and how dirty and filthy they

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    Mad Dog in Maycomb County Ms. Jean Louis‚ her brother and Dill were walking home. When asked what they were doing‚ they stated “we were looking for things to shoot with our air rifles. As we were walking down the street we saw Tim Johnson looking crazy mad.” According to witnesses he did not look well. The children ran home to tell Calpurnia. When they told her what was going on‚ she got on the phone and told the operator‚ “Tell everyone to stay inside and lock the doors.” Heck Tate and Atticus

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    Scout’s Lessons in “To Kill a Mocking Bird” It can be said that no matter where or how‚ we as humans tend to learn a new lesson every single day. Some we may remember for a lifetime‚ while some we forget the next morning‚ but no matter what‚ lessons are something all individuals go through within their lives. Similarly‚ in the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Scout is a character who learns many major lessons throughout her adventures and encounters. Over the course of the story‚ Scout grows

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    Mr Tate Mr. Tate said that on the night of November 21st Bob Ewell brought him to the Ewell house‚ where he found Mr. Ewell’s daughter‚ who had been badly beaten. When Mr. Tate asked her who did it‚ she said Tom Robinson‚ and when he asked her if Robinson had raped her‚ she said yes. However he did not call the doctor to check the injuries. When Atticus asked which Mayella’s eye was the black eye‚ he confirmed the girl’s own right eye was injured. Mr. Bob Ewell Mr. Bob Ewell said he came home

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    December 17th 2011 Personal Values Final Project: Literary excursion To kill a Mockingbird is a novel that explores human morality and the boundaries that it transcends. What makes this novel unique is how the author uses the perspective of Scout‚ a feisty‚ naïve tomboy to interpret intricate issues that the novel addresses. Scout carries us on an odyssey through the fires of prejudice and injustice. The moral voice of this book is embodied by Atticus Finch‚ father of Jem and Scout and an

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