To Kill a Mockingbird: Question Packet. KEY Answers are to be written in complete sentences and in present tense. (Page numbers: First number is for the new publication of the novel; the second number is for the older publications of the novel). Chapter 1 01. Why is Dill a curiosity? (12;7) His shirt buttons to his shirt; his hair is snow white; he has seen a movie‚ Dracula‚ which he retells to Jem and Scout. 02. Where is Dill’s father? (12;7) He does not have one. His mother‚ it is learned
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to influence the way other people behave or act. To determine whether or not a person is powerful several factors have to be considered. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the character of Mayella can be an example of a person who can or cannot have power depending on what kind of power is being taken into account. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee displays Mayella Ewell as a lonely white woman who lives in a miserable place and is abused by her father. In the novel Mayella has power according
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Harper Lee uses racism in‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ to show readers the bad outcomes of racist thoughts and ideas. The sentence of life in prison to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus defending Tom Robinson‚ and Jem’s thoughts on Black people’s blood are all examples of Harper Lee’s intentions. Racism is the hatred or intolerance of another race and is a theme that is ever present in Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson was being sentenced to life in prison for supposedly raping Mayella Ewell
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To Kill A Mockingbird - An Essay On Justice In the secret courts of men’s hearts justice is a beast with no appearance. It morphs to serve a different cause‚ and it bites a different person each time. In the cases of Tom Robinson‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Arthur Radley in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ justice is applied differently each time. Tom Robinson doesn’t meet an equitable end‚ with a death sentence over his head from the start. Justice isn’t in his favor in the stained prejudiced
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Scout changed significantly. Scout had become more friendly towards others‚ she became more respectful‚ and lastly she became less violent. In the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout was ignorant‚ rude‚ and quite violent. Throughout the novel‚ Scout went through various tasks and views that changed her. Many people through the novel helped Scout change in these ways‚ such as‚ Calpurnia took Scout aside when she
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Amy Vandyken Braun Honors American Lit 6 October 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ courage is defined as "when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what" (149). This novel‚ which tells of the prejudice found in a small Alabama town‚ has many examples of courage. Two major characters who exemplify the theme of courage are Atticus and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and father‚ displays both physical
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never be erased is our deeds. Great men and women are never remembered for beliefs or thoughts‚ for “only consequence is what we do.” The beliefs that humans hold so dear‚ are meaningless without actions to back up them up. For example‚ in Harper Lee’s Novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the protagonist’s father Atticus‚ a lawyer in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama took action in defending Tom Robinson an accused black man. Atticus
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of maturity. People mature in different ways‚ but one thing is consistent with everyone: we all must mature at some point. This usually comes with age; it is learned from others‚ sometimes within ourselves. Scout Finch‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ matures as a result of developing empathy‚ seeing the perspectives of others‚ and acknowledging ambiguity. Over the course of the novel‚ Scout matures as a result of developing empathy‚ despite
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had other plans in mind: “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possible hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress‚ she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves‚ tea sets‚ and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore‚ I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life” (Lee 93). There were certain
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Flowers have all sorts of meanings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ there are several different flowers that different people grow. These flowers have meanings that describe their character. Miss Maudie Atkinson has her azaleas. Mayella Ewell grows geraniums‚ and camellias represent Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. “Did you know some of em’ came out of the woods one saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” Pg. 59. A meaning of the azalea
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