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    English Monologue Hey‚ my name’s Walter Cunningham Sr. I am not respected in the eyes of Maycomb. It’s mainly cause I’m poor. Poor people like me are usually not respected by others. Mr. Finch respects me and my entire family because we understand the difference between right and wrong. It first started when I was going with the mob to lynch Tom Robinson. Little Jean Louise came up to and tell me what I was doing was wrong. I realized what she was talking about so I decided not to go lynch Tom.

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    courteous detachment.” (pg 4). The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place in Alabama in a small town called Maycomb. The story is in a girl named (Scout)Jean Lewis’s point of view. Atticus is a good parent because he is protective‚ not racist‚ and does what is best for his children. One example of why Atticus is a good parent is that he is protective because he would shoot a dog that was acting mad to protect them‚ even though he doesn’t like to shoot a gun thinking that he has an unfair advantage over

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    difficult things one can do. There are many ways to become a good parent‚ and many ways to become a not so good one. In the book‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ there are many opinions on what the children of the time should do such as help out on family farms or learn to read. Atticus is a good parental figure because he teaches Scout and Jem good life lessons‚ shows his kids to treat everyone equally‚ and treats them with unconditional love. Atticus Finch is someone to teach his children very good‚ helpful

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    characters are Atticus Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Arthur Radley‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Tom Robinson; all of these characters lead to major plot points. Harper Lee uses the symbol of a Mockingbird to display the idea that harming the innocent is one of the worst things you can do. When Bob Ewell tried to ambush the Finch kids‚ he was about to commit the worst sin‚ killing a mockingbird. Bob Ewell wants to get back at Atticus Finch for humiliating him in front of the entirety of Maycomb‚ so he goes after Atticus’ children

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    Atticus Finch Lawyer Father of Jem and Scout Single parent (Widower) Good influence to his children Defends Tom Robinson in his trial. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” He believes Maycomb county’s courts‚ along with others‚ are the only place where all men are equal. Scout Narrator Gets into trouble by Ms. Caroline for knowing how to read. Tomboy Solves many of her problems by fighting 4 years younger than Jem Jem’s sister Daughter

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    Mockingbird‚ three characters‚ Bob Ewell‚ Jem and Atticus demonstrate the different ways courage is driven and the many effects of having courage. Bob Ewell shows how anger can drive courage and how this anger-driven courage can be perceived as cruelty. For example‚ Bob Ewell goes up to Atticus‚ spits in his face and calls him a “nigger-lovin’ bastard” (291). Bob Ewell is courageous to openly admit that he despises Atticus‚ which leads Atticus and others to believe Bob Ewell is temperamental and rude

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    challenges of racism during the 1930’s. In the novel a man named Bob Ewell accuses a black man of raping his daughter. Throughout the novel‚ Bob Ewell remains prejudice. Towards the middle of the novel Bob Ewell accuses a black man by the name of Tom Robinson of rape. Bob Ewell sees his daughter kissing Tom and decides to accuse him of rape. At the trial Bob states‚ “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (231). Mr. Ewell has “Maycomb’s usual disease”‚ prejudice and does not accept

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    choose to be a Bob Ewell‚ or an Atticus Finch? In the book to Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee the author discuss a person of color wrongly accused for crimes he never committed. In this racially based time period‚ this book looks into the lives of Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Bob Ewell as we view the injustices that were commonplace in that day and age. After Bob Ewell attacks his daughter and accuses Tom Robinson of assaulting and raping her out of spite‚ the lawyer Atticus Finch is the

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    everyone gets caught. That depends on many factors it depends on if the jury is biased like what happened in To Kill A Mockingbird. Bob Ewell lied on the testimony stand in comparison to real-world George Freeman lied for the same reason as Bob Ewell to protect themselves. People will do anything to save themselves or to benefit themselves. George Freeman and Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird are the same because they tried to save themselves‚ even if it meant to ruin someone else’s life.They both

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    “Whoever does wrong‚ wrongs himself” In other words‚ when someone does something wrong it back fires and they end up hurting themselves. I agree with the above quote from personal experiences and from factual evidence I have found. Bob Ewell‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird and Macbeth‚ from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth demonstrate that by doing wrong it only hurts yourself in the end. Through the use of characterization‚ Shakespeare illustrates that by doing wrong only comes

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