you can see that Scout is an extremely dynamic character. At some points she seems like her normal 6 to 9 year old self‚ but throughout the book Scout shows herself as a very mature‚ wise adult. A prime example of these two personalities clashing is in the diction that Lee uses toward the end of the book when Boo Radley is saying goodnight to Jem after the Ewell attack and Scout narrates‚ “I was beginning to learn his body English” (Lee 372). This small dialogue shows both of Scouts personalities in
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In the novel to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there were numerous occasions where characters were accused of crimes that they did not commit and/or judged differently based on their situation. Tom Robinson is a perfect example of an innocent man wrongly accused of a crime‚ he wasn’t given the same benefit of the doubt any white person in that time period would have been. A man in a very similar situation as Tom Robinson was put in jail for 18 years for a crime he did not commit. The name
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee tells the story of Scout and Jem‚ two young children who learn about racism and injustice in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930s. The children’s father‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer who is appointed to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man unjustly accused of rape. It is through this trial‚ as well as through other characters‚ that the children learn about the injustices of the world and the need for compassion‚ a trait that demands that we rise above
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Suspense In “To Kill A Mockingbird” Good suspense is created through a careful selection of words‚ weaving an intricate of scene‚ using complex and elaborate setups in order to create a suspenseful moment. Whether it’s a horror scene in a cheesy movie to an epic final battle that decides whether evil or good shall prevail. Suspense is an integral part of modern literature around the world and is manipulated perfectly by Harper Lee‚ in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”. A particularly excellent example
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Growing up is hard‚ but you get to learn how to do everything. The narrator joins the boy scout to make a man of himself‚ so he want to move up to second class. In order to move up‚ he has to leave Brooklyn on his own and mention it to his friend so they are also going with him and the author name is Avi‚ she called it “Scout’s honor”. The character traits is brave and fiber are the narrator possesses. The narrator quality is brave. He display them. For example‚ as they were going to
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Abstract"To kill a Mockingbird" was written by Harper Lee to criticize discrimination and prejudice to black people. Harper Lee ’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel which is about white lawyer Atticus Finch who defends an innocent African American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is narrated through eyes of a child whose name is Scout. Harper Lee narrates nonsense of prejudice and discrimination through the events characters face. The most important character who suffers from prejudice and
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” In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee she can change the way a person sees something in the blink of eye‚ she shows courage in so many ways. Harper Lee uses Mrs.Dubose as a character to show courage. She uses Mrs.Dubose as one of Atticus’s example to show Jem what real courage is. A part that shows this is when Mrs.Dubose is sick in bed and Jem comes and reads to her and Atticus explains the situation she is in. She also uses Scout as an example of courage as well.So in the book To Kill a Mockingbird
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In the non-fiction biography “I Am Scout” (Published in 2008 by Henry Holt) Charles Shield tells in 212 pages (without bibliography) about celebrated author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee. The book describes Lee’s life and the mark she has left on American literature. “I Am Scout” gives the reader a detailed analysis of Harper Lee’s life and her tomboy personality. The book opens by showing the reader a young “Nelle” Harper Lee who heroically comes to the rescue of her puny friend Truman
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Explore the ways Harper Lee presents conflict in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Conflict can be a disagreement or an argument between individuals or communities‚ for example different ideas or interests can result in conflict. Conflict can be used to describe physical combat or verbal opposition between people. To Kill A Mockingbird is set in 1930s South America; this was the time of the Great Depression after the American Stock Market collapsed in 1929. Times were hard and there is a lot of poverty in
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to show Clay Derby from Copper Sun‚ Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird‚ and a character from The Lottery to show this. These three people all showed a lack of empathy and I drew a head that was split into the three people. The blindfold that is covering their eyes symbolizes the blindness to others’ feelings. Their selfishness is something that you don’t just see in books‚ but it relates to real life. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Bob Ewell shows an evil side to Tom Robinson. He shows
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