In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee illustrates bravery through the characters in a town in the south called Maycomb in the 1960s. Their names are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robison‚ and Calpurnia to educate her readers that courage comes in many forms to exemplify that courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. In Chapter 9‚ Atticus Finch demonstrates bravery when he intends to defend Tom Robinson to teach his southern neighbors to character not color. “Simply because we were licked a hundred
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In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character of Calpurnia is hidden in the background of the text but plays a highly significant role in most of her appearances. Calpurnia is the Finches’ African American housekeeper and has a strong with both the Finch children‚ which allows her to greatly affect their lives. As an example‚ Calpurnia’s wisdom about life and social status in some capacity has been passed onto Scout during dinner with Walter Cunningham‚ "Hush your mouth! Don’t matter
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John S. McClure: Round Table/ Collaborative Homiletic Method: John S. McClure is the professor of Homiletics and Liturgics at Louisville Theological Seminary‚ Louisville‚ Kentucky. He has written numerous articles and several books relating to homiletics. He advocates the collaborative method to preaching. The word ‘collaborative’ means‚ “working together”. It suggests a form of preaching in which preacher and hearer joined to work together to create and interpret the topics for preaching. They
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Attention getter: would you like fries with that? Intro topic: -commonly heard -380 calories in a med. Fries (McDonald’s‚ nutrients) Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food they eat on a regular basis. Pro No. 1: eating fast food is bad for your health and is causing a rise of obesity in the states. Reason: fast food is low in nutrients Prove: -low in important vitamins‚ fibers‚ and minerals -empty calories -“healthy” choices aren’t so healthy Reason:
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has long been hailed as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Her book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is loved by many all around the world. The protagonists fill you with a sense of admiration‚ the antagonists‚ disgust. The novel incorporates fantastic life lessons on how we should treat others. One thing that may go unnoticed‚ though‚ is Lee’s use of symbolism. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses symbols‚ such as the mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley‚ and
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Pub. Date: 1960 Genre: Fiction Setting: Maycomb County‚ Alabama 1930’s Pint of View: First person Plot Summary: The story is about two children‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ as they live through three tough summers. They reside in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ a town that discriminates people based on what they look like and/or what their social status is. The children face many difficult situations where they have to decide what is right or wrong (Main situation
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Changing Perspectives Prejudice and racism are major issues in everyday life. They can sway a person’s perspective‚ on a situation or individual‚ towards one way or another. In Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout’s perspectives change as she experiences prejudice throughout her life. Her viewpoints about Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ and Tom Robinson change as she matures. Scout’s ideas of who Atticus Finch is change from the beginning to the end of the novel. At first she is ashamed of her
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To Kill a Mockingbird: To take advantage of someone weaker that You Harper Lee I. Introduction: This book seen through the eyes of Scout Finch‚ a 6 year old Alabamian in the 1930’s‚ during the depression. She has the honor to be the daughter of one of the towns’ bravest lawyers‚ Atticus Finch. Scout is without a mother and lives with her father‚ Jim‚ her brother‚ and Calpurnia‚ a cook from the Virgin Islands. II. Need Step: This broken down into three lessons that exclusively give
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In Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there are many examples of racism. During this time in history racism was acceptable. Racism is a key theme in her book. Not only those who were black‚ but also those who affiliated with blacks‚ were considered inferior. Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ who defended blacks in court‚ was mocked. An example of this is when Mrs. Dubose said‚ "Your father’s [Atticus] no better than the niggers and trash he works for!" Mr. Dolphus Raymond was also criticized for affiliating
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over it. When he tries to pet soft things he ends up killing them. Steinbeck never portrays Lennie as a killer as he never tries to kill anything in cold blood. Throughout the novel Lennie kills different things and always feels regret afterwards. In the novel George says ‘Lennie never done it in meanness. All the time he done bad things‚ but he never done one of em mean”’. This shows How George feels sympathy for Lennie as he always manages to get other people upset at him and always manages to
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