land. Atticus Finch is highly respected throughout the community mainly due to his law career. There are many different kinds of family life in "To Kill A Mockingbird". There are white families who are higher and lower class and then black families. I think that Harper Lee exaggerates the family hierarchy‚ i.e. the lower class families are shown as being very poor while the higher-class families are shown to be almost ideal. This makes it clearer to us how different the families are. The Finch family
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Link Deas stood up for Tom and defended him “I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy’s worked for me eight years an’ I ain’t had a speck o’trouble outa him. Not a speck” (Lee‚195). Mr. Link Deas tried his best to help Atticus to prove the judge Bob Ewell was the real suspect‚ not Tom. Even though he got kicked out of the court‚ he had the courage to stand up for Tom in front of the crowd. Scout is brave and has courage for a lot of things. She is not scared to fight or
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role of a strong male father named Atticus Finch who has his own definition of what courage is. Atticus definition of courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do. Atticus fits his own description of what being courageous is. Atticus goes through a trial he knows he is bound to lose‚ his own town didn’t approve of him defending an African American‚ and Atticus knew his children may be at risk
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oftenly use this term to describe their agitation/grief without having to use open profanity near their children. This led to the children themselves speaking this phrase in their sentences with and without them knowing what it actually meant. Pg. 69 Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the
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The Inequality in Maycomb‚ Alabama In the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ the character Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ is from a mature perspective looking back at her childhood. This novel is considered touching by many‚ and the novel takes place in the summer of nineteen thirty-three. Readers meet the characters Scout Finch and her brother Jem who lived in a fictional town in Alabama called Maycomb. During this time in the south‚ there was a lot of segregation between whites
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Their father‚ Atticus Finch plays an important part in the story by defending an African-American named‚ Tom Robinson‚ who allegedly raped a white girl named Mayelle Ewell. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ she uses the character‚ Atticus Finch‚ to define true courage as a decision of doing what is right rather than following the crowd out of fear. Atticus does not give up without worrying about the consequences and knowing that he will most likely be hated by a lot of people. In the summer‚ Atticus is summoned
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courage for each character that stood out to me most. Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Boo Radley. First‚ a brave‚ hardworking‚ single parent‚ Atticus Finch. He first shows courage when he shoots a mad dog to protect his family when he hasn’t touched a gun in over thirty years. Another character in the story‚ Miss Maudie‚ explains “I guess he put down his gun when he reilized god gave him an unfair advantage over most living things...” Another courages thing Atticus does‚ is standing up for
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inhabitants‚ and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: pride in ancestry and “tradition” “. . . source of shame. . . we had no recorded ancestors. . . All we had was Simon Finch . . . who lived to an impressive age and died rich.” 1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb‚ its appearance‚ its inhabitants‚ and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following
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An innocent black man charged for raping a white woman- the trial that teaches Jean Louise “Scout” Finch about society’s prejudice. In the Great Depression‚ slavery had ended but blacks were still segregated and treated as less than whites. Therefore‚ blacks were stereotyped as untrustworthy‚ evil‚ and savage‚ especially around white women. The symbolism of the sinful killing of an innocent is shown throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird through the use of simile‚ the corrupt justice system
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“mockingbirds” in the story. The most important mockingbird in the story is Tom Robinson‚ an African American man who was falsely accused of rapeing a white woman. Boo Radley is a man who looked upon by the community as a freak or an oddball. Atticus Finch Is the last one. He is a white man and is also Scout’s father. He is also the attorney who defends Tom Robinson against all the accusation thrown at
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