Bullying And Discrimination Differences in the social status are observed considerably large in the society of Maycomb. Scout and Jem are two little children who are growing up‚ observing all the complicated incidents and trying to understand them. In the Maycomb County‚ incidents get more and more complicated as the dilemma of racism becomes bigger and bigger and as wise Atticus starts losing faith in the good in people. Maycomb’s society is like a hierarchy. On the top there is Atticus Finch
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Preliminary Questions 1- What are some of the differences between folk and popular culture? Folk culture is usually homogenous in ethnicity‚ and pop culture can vary greatly. Folk culture is in more rural areas and have a smaller population than pop culture. Folk culture is also more consistent in what they do‚ Pop culture changes very often. (List at least 3 difference comparing folk and popular culture) How is folk culture diffused differently than pop culture? Folk culture is diffused by relocation
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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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Kevin Dinh 11/12/13 Period: 4 Too much Compassion puts oneself in danger In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee tells the story of a little girl‚ scout‚ growing up in a small town south of Alabama during the 1930’s. Scout‚ with her brother Jem and friend Dill‚ grow up in a town that has prejudice‚ racism‚ and hierarchy. Along the way‚ they learn how bad racism and prejudice can get. Atticus‚ the father of Jem and Scout‚ teaches the children about right and wrong. Atticus gets assign to a case
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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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Atticus Finch is a widower or 50 and the father or two children. His character can best be summed up as a man whose character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town and indeed‚ many white people who lived in the southern states of America. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he sees right‚ and defends the innocent represented by Tom Robinson in the novel. Atticus is a man
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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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Fear and Ignorance Keep Prejudice Alive I do think that fear and prejudice do keep prejudice alive. I think that way but I also think there is more to it. But 2 components to prejudice are fear and ignorance. Ignorance makes you not want to listen to other people’s circumstances and where they are coming from or even why they feel that way. Also fear can make people want to stay away from some one or something and that can create prejudice. Sometimes people don’t even know why they
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decision to ban “To Kill a Mockingbird”. After all‚ what can you expect from such short-minded people? Such people that regrettably are put in the position to judge what books are moral and fit to be read by young adults. Is it the book’s display of what really happens in the world‚ or the book’s lessons of protecting innocence and standing up for what you see as right‚ that makes this book so disgraceful‚ that we must shelter young minds from? By what standards is “To Kill a Mocking Bird” immoral? I never
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The Theme of Prejudice in To Kill A Mocking Bird To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated from the viewpoint of Scout‚ a young girl of about six years old who is the daughter of another central character‚ Atticus Finch. Atticus is the voice of justice and rationalism speaking out in a town full of highly emotional and ignorantly prejudiced people. A lawyer‚ the integrity of Atticus never wavers throughout To Kill a Mockingbird as we are shown one of the few figures who truly holds justice and moral beliefs
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