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    To kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee is a novel‚ highly regarded in its’ use of the characters‚ setting‚ and problems of society in its’ time period to tell its well crafted story. The story has many subjects it covers that drew its’ audience into the narrative. The stories numerous subjects include prejudice‚ empathy‚ and hypocrisy. These themes are shown throughout the book‚ but when characters like Tom Robinson‚ and Boo Radley are apparent in the story the mockingbird theme is what appears with

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    RIkki-Tikki-Tavi The story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is taking place in a bungalow in India in the late 1800s. the characters in the story are Rikki-Tikki‚ a young mongoose‚ Teddy‚ a young boy‚ Alice‚ the mother‚ and the father‚ his name is unknown. Some other characters are are Nag and Nagaina‚ a pair of cobras‚ Karait a small venomous snake‚ Darzee and his wife‚ two birds‚ and Chuchundra‚ the muskrat. In the story a young boy named Teddy‚ and his parents take in a half drowned mongoose that they find on

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    The Most Courageous Courage is grace under pressure. Courage is when a person has the ability to do something frightening while resisting fear and moving beyond. Courage is what many don’t have because they don’t have the strength to do something courageous. Atticus has courage because he is brave enough to do what is brave enough to do what is right with grace and while being under pressure. Like many great and successful books written over time‚ Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Thesis: In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ conveys how curiosity in children can lead to trouble when they do not consider the consequences of their actions. Jem‚ Dill and Scout’s interest in their mysterious neighbor‚ Boo Radley‚ leads to trouble when they do not consider the consequences of their actions. They have only heard rumors about Boo‚ like how he supposedly stabbed his father with scissors and at night he looks inside houses‚ watching people sleep. Because Boo stays inside

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    Atticus Finch Prejudice

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    Many species of birds are hunted. Pheasant is caught for food and Bluejays are shot because they are pests‚ but there is one bird that should not be harmed. In the words of Atticus Finch‚ “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ Atticus Finch and his children‚ Scout and Jem‚ see the full force of racism when Atticus defends a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ in court when he is accused of rape. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee illustrates the idea that

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    Boo Radley Maturity

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    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character Jem was able to grow in maturity from the experiences that helped shape his understanding of Boo Radley. As a matter of fact‚ his childish beliefs‚ based upon rumors heard‚ of Boo was that he was a monster who ate cats and squirrels. Unfortunately‚ he doesn’t know yet that Boo Radley tries to extend a “hand” towards the kids by leaving gifts in the knot hole of the tree‚ to tell them he’s not who they think he is. A quote from pg 81 sheds light that

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    Having lived his entire life in the house on the outskirts of Howardsville‚ forty miles southwest of Charleston‚ West Virginia in the Allegany Mountains‚ Ernest Cassidy knew the town’s secrets. Along with the unusual activities on Putney Mountain especially the screams and the bright lights seen by the people living in the nearby tract homes‚ since everyone was afraid of him‚ no one believed him. Still‚ they knew there was something up there‚ but Ernest Cassidy convinced them to stay away since it

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    The book To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrate numerous event of courage throughout the book. A main character by the name of Atticus‚ proves and demonstrates event of courage during the “Dirty Thirties”. Atticus taking on the Tom Roberson case‚ killing Tim Johnston‚ and risking his family’s well being in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. These three reasons are the main stepping stones of Atticus’s courage throughout the book To kill a Mockingbird. Tom Roberson‚ was an African American young

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ is a parallel story about two young children who grow up in a racist southern town and learn that life is not all fun and games. In the beginning of the book the main characters Scout and Jem spend their days playing together and exploring their hometown of Maycomb‚ Alabama. They are especially intrigued with their mysterious neighbors‚ the Radley’s. Later on in the novel‚ Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is appointed to defend a black man and the children

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    The Absence of Equality The snowman Jem creates in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a mixed-race snowman that helps to express the message that racism overpowers equality in the community of Maycomb. One example relating to the snowman that displays fairness is the instance when Scout is showing her confusion to Jem about the snowman having a black surface rather than a white surface. Scout says knowingly to Jem‚ “‘Jem‚ I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman‚’ I said. ‘He won’t be black long

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