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    The ability to push on even when frightened. A characteristic idolized by humans because it is so important yet it can be so hard. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there are many circumstances where courage is needed. Especially during the time period where racism and unequal treatment is present‚ and when two kids need teaching. Who stands out the most‚ showing the most courage and teaching these kids lessons in these hard times? None other than Atticus Finch‚ who is anything but succinct

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    by yourself‚ to an angry mob of people; and having to block out everyone’s comments and opinions. When an individual is against a opposing group of people or a social expectancy‚ they are more likely to give in and join the majority. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a father puts his two children in danger by defending a black man from being accused of rape in the 1930s. This dark time period in America’s history was responsible for the Great Depression and severe racial conflict. Despite the constant

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there have been hidden meanings and rules of society. What are all the hidden messages throughout the story? What are the rules of society? To Kill A Mockingbird started out about a little girl named Scout with her brother Jem. Atticus is their father who is a lawyer and is very wise. Scout was a complete tomboy and was a very adventurous little girl. With learning “what it means to be a lady”‚ she honestly does see what

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    “The characters within a book were‚ from a certain point of view‚ identical on some fundamental level ‒ there weren’t any images of them‚ no physical tangibility whatsoever. They were pictures in the reader’s head‚ constructs of imagination and ideas‚ given shape by the writer’s work and skill and the reader’s imagination. Parents‚ of a sort”-Jim Butcher. Characters in novels are built up throughout the story to teach an empowering and important lesson to the readers and other characters in the book

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    In the book ‘ To Kill A Mockingbird’‚ there are two people who portray the mocking bird symbol. Those two people are Boo Radley or Tom Robinson. But who portrays the mockingbird symbol the most? Tom robinson is a African American man who is accused of raping a white girl and goes on trial. When he is on trial his lawyer‚ Atticus‚ has a good trial but that does not mean Tom Robinson wins. Tom Robinson does not have a fair trial because of his race. Boo Radley is a man who stays in the house and is

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    Have you ever been in a situation where your philosophies were contested against someone else’s? In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch often deals with situations like this. Atticus is a very diligent lawyer and an honorable citizen who sets a great example to both his children and the community as a whole. He has two loving children Jean Louise (Scout)‚ and Jeremey‚ whom he had with his late wife who unfortunately passed away back when they were young. They live in a small

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    Now that we know Atticus is nice‚ next is a show with some similarity‚ in The Fosters twins got adopted when they were only little kids and since they wanted to get to know their biological parents‚ one of the towns named Jesus went or his mother’s home then the mother Stef found out and was confident that her kid was inside his mom’s house‚ she decides to enter and out of nowhere‚ she has been shot‚ but in reality her kid was never inside the house. Another cop could have taken the role of going

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    takes great courage to grow up and become who you really are” (www.goodreads.com). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ young Jem and Scout Finch spend their summers in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Through the years they wait for the elusive Boo Radley to come out of his house and watch their father defend a black man in trial. The novel displays thematic topics such as prejudice‚ courage and family dynamics. Harper Lee illustrates the theme that prejudice causes people to treat others unfairly. After the

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    needs to be powerful in order to win. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ a court case takes Maycomb by surprise. A case between an African American man and a poor white woman makes for a difficult situation for its residents. The jury needs to be able to analyze the information and evidence given from the witnesses to give an honest conclusion. Depending on how the jury swings‚ it could put an innocent man’s life at risk. Atticus Finch needs to use many forms of strong rhetoric when giving his

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    “The defendant is not guilty‚ but somebody in this room is” (Lee 271). Atticus‚ in his closing argument‚ attempts to convey that Tom Robinson is innocent‚ and the Ewell’s have done a wrong deed. In To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee demonstrates the theme of treating and respecting everyone as an individual in Atticus’s closing argument by using rhetorical devices such as repetition‚ analogies‚ and allusions. Lee puts repetition into practice multiple times throughout Atticus’s closing argument to

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