Kaci Cato Mr.Peach English I 2A 22 February 2013 “Until You’ve Climb into His Skin and Walked around in It” During the depression in Alabama‚ many people‚ no matter what race‚ were encountering hard times. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Haper Lee‚ Scout learns life lessons through experiences throughout her childhood. In her community and her household‚ Scout watches and interacts with all kinds of people. In the book‚ Scout learns something new about the people of Maycomb in each chapter
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maintaining patience‚ and learning how to see people past their roles in society. The clarity and connections of the plot tying into subplots through symbolism has made this novel a literary classic. Taking place in the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ readers get the idea of the true racism and ignorance throughout southern society during the 1930’s. Symbolism can be portrayed in nearly every important episode throughout the book. The story starts out with the narrator‚ Scout‚ introducing herself
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It is the later years of The Great Depression in a small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama where a young girl by the name of Jean Louis –called Scout- plays with her brother and best friend. They imagine ways to get their scary and mysterious neighbor‚ Boo Radley‚ out of his house. But instead decide to re-enact fictional scenes of Boo stabbing his father. As their curious minds think up more and more versions of these little re-enactments‚ they begin to lose interest and instead turn to the more pressing
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Everyone grows up‚ but at different rates and different ways. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a girl named Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ who grows up in Maycomb County a time when racism was very common in Alabama. Their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a defense attorney who helps defend Tom Robinson‚ an African American‚ from being accused of rape. The book takes place in the 1930s after the Great Depression while also struggling for Civil Rights. From beginning to end‚ Scout innocently
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Introduction Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story that takes place in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Like any southern town of this time period‚ Maycomb is filled with scandals and other thieveries‚ prejudice‚ and gossip spreading news faster than wild fire. Because of this‚ many characters are considered outcasts just for being different than other members of society. Throughout the book‚ Lee recreates a world that segregates/divides black and white communities. This
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Outcasts are misunderstood by society far too often. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the people of Maycomb county in Alabama aren’t accepting of anyone with differences‚ persecuting them all. All outsiders‚ in and out of Maycomb‚ are driven by rejection to a life of isolation and lies with no escape. Outsiders often live in isolation because it is the only place that they can feel secure. Boo Radley has been held in his house so long that even when he has an easy chance to leave and live
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twisted‚ rumors are made‚ and then innocent people are punished for crimes and actions they didn’t commit. That is exactly what happened in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about a worn out town named Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ that has a lot of racism and equality issues. There are many different types of people including the farmers‚ the townspeople (people who have better jobs) and teachers. Everybody knows everybody in this town‚ which really reminds me of West Linn
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Racism and Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ an African American‚ named Tom Robinson‚ is accused of raping a white girl. Throughout the story we learn that Maycomb County‚ Alabama is full of people who are considered to be racist. From the beginning‚ even before Robinson’s trial began‚ everyone believed that he would be found guilty. At the end of Robinson’s trial he is found guilty. Another issue throughout the novel is many of the citizens of Maycomb are
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To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird is novel written by Harper Lee that took place in the 1930s in Maycomb‚ Alabama. During this time period‚ racism was a massive issue‚ especially in the South of the United States. Atticus is a middle-aged‚ caucasian lawyer and a father of two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ during the 1930s. The society that his family lives in believes in the harsh laws and social codes in the treatment of the black citizens that the surrounding communities have developed. Atticus’s
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dictionary defines prejudice as “an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.” This type of prejudice was what Arthur “Boo” Radley had to endure every day of his lifetime in the town of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. “People determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past” (185). The residents of Maycomb are‚ for the most part‚ paper-cut copies of the typical Southerner. They are very traditional‚ keeping much of their former beliefs and activities as
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