The stylistic elements that an author chooses are instrumental in ensuring that the theme or tone that he or she wishes to convey is in fact conveyed to the reader. Harper Lee obviously realizes this‚ for in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ [New York: Warner‚ 1982] 278) she wisely selects a distinctive style to relate the moving story of a young child discovering harsh truths regarding human nature <br> <br>The predominant stylistic element Miss Lee uses is her
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Many people have said‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an uncomfortable book‚ but not reading the book makes racism comfortable. The book is a perfect example of the things that went on in the past. Kids need to realize what has happened and why it is bad. This book helps shape the minds of kids. Reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" could be essential for kids to read in school because‚ it shows how society treated black people‚ how the blacks had to work for close to nothing‚ and it shares the story of an
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Realistic fiction is a type of genre that contains situations that could happen‚ but the characters are fictional. Realistic fiction can have a historical element to it such as in Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee is an American author widely known for this dramatic‚ realistic fiction novel based on racial prejudice in the south many years ago. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926‚ in Monroeville‚ Alabama. Her mother was Frances Lee‚ and her father was Amasa Coleman. Lee was
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Complexity To Kill a Mockingbird exhibits many characters and their roles in the city of Maycomb. Among the many characters‚ are Jem Finch‚ brother of Jean Louise Finch daughter of Atticus‚ and Arthur Radley a relative of Nathan Radley. All of the characters in the book demonstrate one-dimensional and three-dimensional tendencies but Jem and Arthur are those that provide the greatest insight to the latter. Jem Finch is a three-dimensional character with
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Shannon Wester May 1‚ 2005 Mrs. Takehara To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mocking Bird In my diorama I depicted the scene of Jem walking Scout home from the Halloween pageant‚ in full ham-suit‚ when they are attacked in the woods by Bob Ewell. He first attacks Jem‚ and then Scout‚ until someone pulls him off of her‚ and Scout assumes it was Jem. The man who saved Scout and Jem was Boo Radley‚ the Finch’s reclusive neighbor. He carries an unconscious Jem and scout back to their house‚ where
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One of the main themes in To Kill a Mockingbird is discrimination. There are various forms of discrimination found throughout the novel: gender‚ financial and racial. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the southern United States‚ Maycomb County Alabama‚ in the 1930’s‚ a period of racial‚ gender and financial inequality. Those that were different were not treated the same. Gender discrimination occurs many times throughout the novel; women are not treated equal to men
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Text response General points • All questions are essentially asking you HOW MUCH you agree or disagree with a topic. In the introduction‚ you MUST have a contention that states exactly how much you agree or disagree. Therefore‚ a text response essay is basically a PERSUASIVE essay‚ so you have the responsibility to provide evidence for your claims and consider alternative viewpoints to strengthen your own case (like a “rebuttal”). • There is no predetermined way to attack a question
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The Strength of Theme Today‚ most everyone in the United States is free of racial discrimination‚ however this was not always the case. Ellen Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ reminds the reader of a time in the 1930’s when prejudice existed. This classic tells a story from the perspective of a six year-old girl‚ Jean “Scout” Louis Finch‚ who lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama. She is a rugged and headstrong girl‚ who is the daughter of a prominent lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and her deceased mother. This
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The title of this novel is "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The novel takes place between 1933-1935 during the great depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is about a family growing up together and discovering new talents and different views in each other as they go through emotional and stressful events that occur in their early lives. Jem is the older brother of Scout (Jean-Louise)‚ being the older brother; he has a certain responsibility that teaches him about caring and
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Nelson Mandela once said‚ “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear‚ but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid‚ but he who conquers that fear.” To Kill a Mockingbird‚ published in 1960‚ has won the Pulitzer Prize and has become classic in today’s culture. It is written by Harper Lee‚ who writes the novel from the point of view of the literary character named Scout (Jean-Louise) Finch. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout tells the reader about the people of Maycomb
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