To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a classic coming-of-age story that has been taught in schools for decades‚ and will continue to be taught for years to come. A young girl‚ who is named Scout Finch‚ is put in a tough predicament when her father defends a black man in a rape case in a time period where racism is still very prominent. In the book‚ Harper Lee uses a fitting point of view‚ colorful and controversial dialogue and dialect‚ and a wide variety of minor characters in order to criticize
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cultures and the personal autonomy of the people .Lee believes that “the principle of personal autonomy is supported by the cultural framework" (lee‚5) She explores this by comparing our Western society to several north American aboriginal societies. When we think of our society we are only free to do things to a limit. Whether that limit may be good or bad‚ otherwise our individual autonomy is restricted in this society. The key problem that Dorothy Lee is addressing in this reading is the conflict
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Written by Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a Southern Alabama county during the 1930s. During this time period‚ women did not have a significant influence on society but shared their voice in any possible way. Although readers of this novel may initially perceive women as innocent and kind-hearted‚ as the story develops‚ this point of view changes as the harsh nature of these women is revealed. As Miss Caroline Fischer enters her classroom full of eager students for the first time‚
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To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee (1960) is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that offers a view of southern life in the 1930s through the eyes of a young girl named Scout‚ whose view of the adult world evolves as her family is exposed to its evils and injustices‚ changing from that of an innocent child to that of a near-grown up. Discrimination and prejudice are integral parts of the novel’s themes‚ and plays an important role in Scout’s development of a sympathetic‚ mature perspective.
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acting like a girl‚ and other times he complains that she isn’t girly enough. “ ‘You know she’s [Alexandra] not used to girls‚’ said Jem‚ ‘leastways‚ not girls like you. She’s trying to make you a lady. Can’t you take up sewin’ or somethin’?’ “ (Lee‚ pg. 302). Scout’s tomboyish-ness drives Aunt Alexandra to try and change her. She moves in with the Finches to provide Scout with some feminine influence. Alexandra feels that she can positively influence Scout by advising her before she becomes
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Jenna Pizzi Mrs. Johnson College English 10 7 February 2013 “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay In a span of a child’s lifetime there are a variety of adults who reflect on child’s maturity. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” the author‚ Harper Lee provides countless examples of grown –ups that expose the adolescents to mature life morals. She explains how the loss of innocence between the youth makes them recognize the problems that lie within society. Several of the characters are faced with
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MOCKINGBIRD Very few authors able to introduce real life themes like Harper Lee. The Los Angeles Times calls Lees Pulitzer Prize winning novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ “Memorable… Vivid… a gentle persuasive‚ humor and a glowing goodness.” This is entirely true because Lee is able to introduce various conflicts that happen in present time. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Lee denounces prejudice and racist people. Lee tries to open humanities eyes so it won’t make the same mistakes it made in the past
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the only novel Harper Lee wrote. This novel still is alive in the lives of the people who read it. People are affected by this great novel. This book also tends to affect those in schools that at first are not interested in reading this book. Harper Lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ shows many different symbols throughout the entire book. Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Scout Finch are symbols throughout the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a timeless novel with
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It is interesting how two family members can share many differences and many similarities. In the novel To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus and Aunt Alexandra demonstrate their care and love for Jem and Scout‚ yet differ when it comes to parenting and views on society. Atticus and Aunt Alexandra both express their love and care for Jem and Scout. Firstly Atticus has more of a relaxed and compassionate love for Jem and Scout. For instance‚ after the attack of Jem and Scout‚ Jem was frightened
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speck” (Lee 195). In the novel Atticus said‚ “And so a quiet‚ respectable‚ humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s” (Lee 204). Harper Lee wrote‚ “… because she had to walk nearly a mile out of her way to avoid the
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