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    To Kill a mockingbird draft. Important scene*mob scene*Jail*Scene*gains*uneasy*tension*showing*scripted*organised act*’four dusty cars’*short sentence*’nobody got out’*causes*suspense*air*mystery*curiousty*People *come out* dehumanised*’shadows‚becoming substances‚solid shapes‚ growling’*sense*bad*intentiojns*proved*men hid from view;*One demand*atticus*move*away*they*could*get*TR*Scout*runs*hiding*place*realize*group differs*Jem+dill*follow*Atticus*go home*refuse*15 seconds*Scout*looks*familiar

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay The character that I admire the most in To Kill A Mockingbird is Atticus Finch. I admire and look up to him the most because he is very honourable and unselfish. Atticus Finch‚ is appointed by a local judge to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of raping a white girl. Friends and neighbos objected when Atticus puts up a strong and spirited defense of behalf of the accused black man. Atticus renounces violence but stands up for what he believes in. He decides to

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    Atticus Takes the Case Imagine being a person that is highly admired and respected. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ tells the tale of prejudice in a place named Maycomb County during the 1930’s. The story is told by the narrator‚ Scout Finch‚ who is the daughter of Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch is a lawyer that represents Maycomb County. In Maycomb County‚ Atticus Finch is a respected citizen because he is a good father to his children‚ hard working‚ and not prejudiced. Atticus Finch

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    Inequality in the Court System To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ wrote this book in 1960 based on “the Scottsboro Boys” Trial of 1931 to 1937. This trial accused twelve Negro men‚ which Tom Robinson represents in the book‚ of raping a woman that is considered white trash [Mayella Ewell]. At the beginning of the novel‚ Harper Lee introduces a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is all about equality and angel-like moral

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    I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s 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.” (116) “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” --Atticus (pg. 30) “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter

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    The poem also paints the pool players as revolutionaries by its use of ambiguous meaning. The term “strike” has various meanings including violence and pool playing‚ but it also denotes a strike‚ a demonstration against something. Since the poem was written during the height of the Civil Rights Movement‚ such acts would not have been uncommon. Brooks’ own writings say that she wanted to bring attention to the plight or urban African Americans‚ and the Civil Rights Movement was a significant step

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    Text Analysis To Kill a Mockingbird The title of the extract I am going to analyze is entitled «To Kill a Mockingbird» written by Harper Lee. The novel was published in 1960.The book is mainly based on the author’s recollections of her own childhood. This book is a magnificent‚ powerful novel in which the author paints a true and lively picture of a quiet Southern town in Alabama rocked by a young girl’s accusation of criminal assault. The plot runs as follows. Mayella Ewell was old Bob Swell’s

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    Mrs. Muller English 1 12‚ December 2013 To Kill A Mockingbird I. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee published on July 11th‚ 1960. This novel takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. The main characters in this novel are Atticus Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Scout Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ Dill Harris‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ Miss Maudie‚ Mr. Robert Ewell‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Calpurnia. Each of these characters plays a significant role in this novel. II. A character who is abused and mistreated in this novel

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    My report is on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee which is about a young girl from a sleepy town in Alabama where she finds friendship and her father showing heroic traits even though he’s struggling with his morals. Scout Finch‚ who is the narrator of the story‚ lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus‚ in the small friendly town of Maycomb‚ Alabama circa 1930s with lots of old ladies baking cakes and town sheriffs saying homely things. Oh‚ and also morphine-addicted

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    IToo All over world are people treated bad‚ treated like a thing which is not worth anything. All over the world people are getting treated differently‚ not because of their personality‚ but because of the color of their skin. This is called racism‚ which is the main subject in the poemIToo” written by Langston Hughes in 1932. In 1932 black people were not accepted. They were discriminated against by white people. They were killed for no reasons‚ separated from the white world‚ forced to

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