Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is a realistic story that deeply discusses issues involved with the 1930’s that still resonate today. The struggles of life are evident within the believable characters of Maycomb County which is a microcosm‚ reflective of universal issues. Along with the authentic characters‚ setting and style also helps to convey Lee’s controversial notions of racial and gender prejudice‚ and persecution of the innocent‚ discussing many other ideas within. Lee comments
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Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and devoted father‚ is an intelligent man whose wisdom‚ consistency‚ and ability to see past the ill in people prove him to be a respectable and exemplary father. He teaches his children and the people of Maycomb how to stand up for one’s belief in the face of prejudice and ignorance even when faced with the possibility of being looked down upon and scorned. His personality and character is retained throughout the entire book‚ making him an ideal moral guide and voice of conscience
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Scout and her brother received BB guns for christmas from Atticus he told them to‚ “Shoot all the bluejays if you want‚ if you can hit ’em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’’ Mockingbirds are innocent little birds and people will still want to kill them. Scout knew what her father was talking about ‚ about not shooting the mockingbirds on that perspective but she had not experienced the mockingbirds in her own town. She so young her mind hasn’t wrapped around those type of situations
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I think that the title of To Kill A Mockingbird is the right fit for this book. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that it is crime to kill a mockingbird; Miss Maudie explains later that this is because mockingbirds are songbirds which do nothing but give pleasure to people. The mockingbird’s death is so symbolic of any loss of innocence. The symbolism of the mockingbird can be applied to many people in the novel. Jem and Scout are both mockingbirds because the innocence of their lives is demolished. There
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I am trying to find out who killed C.C Robin. Some of the evidence at the crime scene was a boot‚ ripped clothing‚ two dead birds‚ and scratches on the tree. On Monday 9/12 at 4:00 pm we found his body at the bottom of the cliff. We have three suspects know to be at the scene between two and four o’clock‚ Bernie Botchett‚ Little Nimrod‚ and Arch Forrester. Bernie Botchett was on his first camping trip‚ Little Nimrod a poacher with a bad reputation‚ and finally‚ Arch Forrester the game warden known
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Imagine what it would be like to be ship wrecked on an island with a limited amount of resources? Legend says that a family called the Robinson’s spent ten years on an island who pulled through even under difficult circumstances. They needed help to survive so they trained many wild animals along the way. It wasn’t easy‚ nevertheless‚ the Robinson’s accomplished their goals. One of the animals the Robinson’s trained was an ostrich. They needed it to travel across the island. The animal was caught
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To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the small local of Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930s. The main focus of the story is the trial against Tom Robinson who was accused of raping young Mayella Ewell. The story can be seen through the eyes of protagonist‚ Scout Finch who is the daughter of Tom Robinson’s lawyer‚ Atticus Finch. Protagonist Scout Finch will be the one to introduce us to our antagonist‚ Mayella Ewell. In this small town race‚ gender‚ and class will determine the power of an individual
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People are often misunderstood. Those that are‚ are usually overlooked and shunned because people don’t know their real story and judge them off of what they know. Most of the time when people judge others off of only what they know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb‚ Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s
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To kill a Mockingbird Analysis Essay The book “To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is about a family back in the day in Maycomb “The finalist for the most boring town in america.” This means that they think nothing will ever happen there that is remotely bad and they focus on other things like work and stuff. The day after the showdown‚ Scout and Jem are full of questions about why people act the way they do reminiscing about what had happened the previous night.They are shocked how atticus
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Scout’s characterization and narrative perspective guides how we view the events in the novel. She does this through her child-like perspective‚ but adult-like observations. With this‚ Scout is a usually well-behaved child and is innocent. She is not brash and unruly‚ respects decency‚ and is conscientious. This is shown on page 15 when she says‚ “I told Jem if he set fire to the Radley house I was going to tell Atticus on him.” She also respects‚ listens‚ and is loyal to her father. “If I didn’t
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