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    “To Kill a Mockingbird” Jem and Scout reside in the quiet and small county of Maycomb‚ Mississippi. Like any other child‚ the two siblings enjoy playing outdoors. Over the course of time life experiences have big influences on the maturation of Jem and Scout mentally‚ emotionally as well as physically too. Jem changes from a young boy to a young man. Scout enters the story as an innocent young girl only to re-emerge as a young woman. Jem rapidly progresses from a child to a young adult.

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive Essay Everyone makes judgments about others‚ there is no way around it‚ what a person should work on though is not to “snap” judge other people. To Kill a Mockingbird by Haper Lee demonstrates how being quick to judge is wrong. To Kill a Mockingbird is globally known‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and selling over fifteen million copies. To Kill a Mockingbird shows how judging a person before you get to know them generates a hateful‚ prejudice environment based

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Developed Paragraph In “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” Atticus Finch included many themes in his closing speech to the jury. Some of the themes were loneliness‚ racism‚ human nature‚ and equality. The theme loneliness was demonstrated in the speech when Atticus attacked Mayella’s loneliness and blamed her for her child – like decision to accuse Tom Robinson for her unhappiness. “She did something every child has done – she tried to put the evidence of her offence away from her. But

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    In the novel To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee explores the issues of racism through the eyes of children. She demonstrates how children learn lessons from the characters and the events that go on in the book. Harper Lee explores the life lesson of the importance of protecting innocence. In the novel To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee explores the life lesson of the importance of protecting innocence through Jem and Scout’s interactions with Atticus. For example‚ Atticus tells Jem that‚ ‘“ I’d rather

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    2012 Scout Understanding Someone People learn to understand others. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout slowly sees things in different points of view. She acknowledges that Arthur "Boo" Radley is a shy‚ child-like but nice person. Scout realizes that Miss Caroline is not familiar with Maycomb’s ways. She also comprehends Jem. People should observe both sides of the story before they start pointing fingers. Scout realizes how Boo feels. At first‚ she thinks Boo is scary. She feels this way because rumor

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    chocolates‚ you never know what you are going to get.” In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ she presents us with Scout‚ Boo and Redly who are often misunderstood. In life we have choices where we can follow others‚ or we have can forqe our own paths. Life is a big pot of choices. Scout has a lot of experiences in a asking a questions. “Well how do we know we ain’t Negroes.”(147) during the novel there’s a lot of racism between blacks and whites; the little kids did not know what difference

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    to die for racism. They’ll kill for racism but they won’t die for racism‚” Florynce R. Kennedy‚ who established the Media Workshop to advertise with people of different colors‚ once said. The sad part is that Florynce is right. Not many people in the 1930s would be willing to sacrifice their own life to stand up for racism. In To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee uses ethos‚ characterization‚ and imagery to show how the setting of Maycomb gave harsh tones to the racism in Alabama. Lee characterizes

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    “To kill a mockingbird” Atticus finch is held up as the hallmark of what it means to have empathy and‚ as a parent he makes it his goal to instill that same feeling in his children scout and jem. He shows that he loves them and he takes care of them and he shows a lot of empathy. Atticus is really nice person to all his kids. As a parent he is always there for them and he does whatever it takes for his kids. In chapter 3‚ scout gets in a fight with walter cunningham jr because she thought that

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    To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel that brought great controversy. The novel is told in the eyes of Scout Finch‚ a young girl growing up during the great depression who’s father is a lawyer defending a black man in court. During the course of the story‚ Scout grows and changes and as she does so she turns into a compassionate‚ and mature young lady that is like the Good Samaritan. In the beginning Scout has no problem with being racist and prejudice‚ and feels it’s normal.

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    correctly identifies of how all men were created equal no matter of what race‚ gender‚ or color they are. In this book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ equality is not present .Tom Robinson‚ a black person was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. Tom accusation immediately created tension between the White and black community. In To Kill a Mockingbird justice and equality can defeat prejudice; this occurs when Atticus defends Tom Robinson in the court of

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