He is one of a kind. You could argue that he is not the most admirable character and Scout is. She is brave‚ she is smart‚ she is curious‚ and she is courageous. Scout is admirable; however‚ Atticus is the most admirable because he has raised her and taught her almost everything she knows. Atticus had told her “’you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”’ when Scout came home from a bad day
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that Tom was innocent‚ but so was Mayella because she did not commit a crime‚ but broke one of society’s unofficial accepted laws that frowned upon different races together. Maturity is a common theme throughout the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout and Jem mature as they grow older and see another side to the world they are living in. Not only
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should look like and act like was common. Women and even little girls were expected to behave in a certain way‚ and show their femininity and properness in whatever they did. The main character and narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is a girl named Scout. Scout is very different from other girls because she’s a total tomboy. She likes
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time of much racial discrimination. In many areas of the book‚ the children experience the harsh reality that man does not treat even their own brothers fairly. Scout and Jem have a housekeeper named Calpurnia‚ that has in ways of discipline has played the role of a mother to the children after the passing of their real mother. Calpurnia is indeed black‚ but the children don’t think of her as any lower than them because of her color. The children’s father‚ Atticus‚ has raised them to respect those
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have to go through various experiences and have to acquire them. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird contains the theme of adolescence‚ where the characters Jem and Scout go through their childhood‚ and gain various moral and life lessons as a consequence of their actions. These lessons provide them with knowledge‚ which in turn allows Jem and Scout to understand the situations that occur in the second part of the novel. When Walter Cunningham is invited to Scout’s house‚ she is taught how all people
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1. Identify Atticus Finch‚ Jean Louise (Scout) Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Maycomb‚ Calpurnia‚ Charles Baker (Dill) Harris‚ The Radley Place‚ Stephanie Crawford‚ Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and Burris Ewell. -Scout- Scout is the Narrator of the story. In the beginning she is going into the first grade‚ though‚ for her age she is extremely smart. Throughout the book you begin to realize that Scout speaks her mind‚ and isn’t timid. She is extremely curious
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classes in the town‚ and where they are on the ladder. From the top of the ladder to the bottom‚ the social hierarchy for the characters would be Scout Finch‚ Walter Cunningham‚ Little Chuck Little‚ Burris Ewell‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ and Calpurnia. At the top of the social structure in the novel are the white men. One of them as which is Atticus Finch‚ and Scout Finch being is his daughter makes her above the rest. Walter Cunningham is below them. Even though he is a hard worker‚ he is unable to afford
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One day during school Scout is shoving a kid into the ground‚ Jem comes up to her‚ and he invites the kid to have lunch with them. The boy’s name was Walter Cunningham‚ and he came from a poor family who didn’t have much money. While they were eating‚ Scout starts making comments about how much food Walter is eating. After one comment she makes‚ Calpurnia pulls her in the kitchen and sets her straight by stating‚ “Yo Folks might be better’n
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story about Jem and Scout Finch‚ who are being raised by their father in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ during the Great Depression. The book shows us that Jem and Scout’s childhood was rich with life experiences. In contrast‚ the movie version‚ by Robert Mulligan‚ excludes many important life experiences. Several events in the book are excluded from the movie‚ but should be included. The events in Scout’s classroom should be included in the movie. Lee includes several events with Scout and her classmates
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