This essay that i am about to type is about my experience in ELA.This will also be about what I do and don’t liked to do in ELA. This essay is going to be 5 paragraphs long so get you reading eyes ready. Once you are done reading this essay you will know my likes and dislikes about ELA. I like writing poems and reading books that are interesting. They can be about 250 to 400 pages long.I will read them in approximately about almost 2 hours. I also like the fun of learning new words.My last year in
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There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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reading an engrossing book‚ then the reader is told that there is one thing they can change from the book. They have so many options‚ the plot‚ title‚ main character‚ well...maybe the perspective? They would want to change the perspective! To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is told by a young girl‚ Scout. Although Scout gave an interesting perspective‚ she should not be the one to tell the story because it would have been more significant if it was written by another character and to understand
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ has a particularly innate personality. Scout always does what she is told‚ unless she is with her brother Jem. When they are together she does whatever comes naturally to her. Scout is especially good‚ unusually intelligent‚ and remarkably unselfish. Scout has good intentions when planning her actions‚ most of the time. The one exception was when she acted profanely towards poor little Walter Cunningham
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird deals with the loathsome subject of racism in a southern town in the 1930’s. Told from a nine year old’s innocent eye‚ Lee pinpoints the definition of racism. Lee takes readers on a riveting journey through mobs‚ trials‚ and death. The rare and unusual innocent eye this story is told from gives an unbiased and fresh view of racism. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age story‚ as the narrator‚ Scout and brother Jem learn what the real definition of racism is.
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Everything Has A Purpose To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that focuses on discrimination. The County of Maycomb believes that white people are superior in everyway. Lee uses the trial to emphasize the severity of the Maycomb viewpoint. She uses it to show the readers instead of just telling them. It is also a way to discreetly show the readers how severe the Maycomb fever is without needing to have Scout‚ the narrator‚ comprehend the problem. By carefully choosing what happens and who is involved
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What is courage? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee describes courage as continuing to do something even when one knows the outcome is not going to be the way one wants it to be. Courage is not always about winning and losing. It is about being able to finish what one starts and doing what one thinks is right when others might think it is wrong. As Atticus stated‚ ‘’Simply because we were licked a hundred years ago before we started is no reason for us not to try to win‚ Atticus said’’(pg
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and beyond. Though the thought that women have to take on certain roles has faded it’s not the only gender stereotype out there. The rise of feminism has brought forth both good and bad ideas as well as change towards a brighter future. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel‚ by Harper Lee‚ which takes place during the Great Depression. Around this time there were a lot of different stereotypes about different kinds of people such as‚ Racial‚ Gender‚ Class‚ and Social stereotypes just to name a few. The
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Maura Wright May 10‚ 2010 Edmund Burke discusses how Atticus triumphs and is victorious but has to suffer through hardships and abuse in order to stand up for what is right. This quotation expresses Atticus’ role in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is set in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the 1930s which helps to establish the economic hard times and racism. Atticus Finch takes on the case of Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell. The community is divided and the
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Judy Trinh Ms. Rubenstein Academic English I 8 April 2013 Lynching & Lynch Mobs Discrimination is a terrible and unfair act. White men and women are treating African Americans differently because of their skin color or race. Not only did lynch mobs lynch African Americans‚ but they also lynched and abused Chinese‚ Japanese and Italian immigrants. How are they harming other races with discrimination? They harm them by verbally and physically abuse them like kidnapping‚ beating‚ punching‚ shooting
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