began to think there was some sort of skill involved with being a girl.” Jean Louise Finch‚ or Scout‚ as she is referred to fondly‚ is a young girl born and raised in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer chose to defend a black man who was falsely accused of raping a white woman. This white woman made this accusation to cover up the fact that she came on to a Negro during the racist times of the Great Depression. Harper Lee creates a “timeless classic
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or even serve in the military (except in nursing positions) is an idea completely unthinkable to many citizens of the United States today. Although a society where these restrictions are customary is immoral and oppressive‚ before the 1930s‚ it was widely accepted. In the late 1920s and early 1930s many women began to make a strong effort to gain rights in The United States of America. Because of the efforts of these women‚ during the 1930s women began to receive more rights. This trend continued
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Banning of To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a very popular book all across North America. In some places‚ it is not known for its positives. Rather‚ small towns agree that this book is not good for their children to read‚ and it is rushed off of the school library bookshelves‚ often only for its harsh but correct depiction of the 1930s. Lee’s book has been banned in several cities and counties all across the continent. To Kill A Mockingbird has many complaints and reasons
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An Introduction to To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee in 1960‚ has become one of the most significant classic books in American Literature. The book starts with Scout being in adult‚ looking back to her life: her father‚ Atticus and his trial‚ her brother Jem‚ and her strange‚ mistaken neighbor‚ “Boo” Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird contains two plots that tie together at the end. The first plot is the story about her weird neighbor‚ Boo‚ who is believed to be bullied
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To Kill a Mockingbird “If we’re going to find our way back to each other‚ we have to understand and know empathy”(Brown). As humans we have the ability to get to know someone well but we can also completely ignore the fact they even exist or we can label them based off physical appearance and past actions. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates how two children learn from people and their actions to respect everyone no matter what they have been docked or labeled as. Our
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SETTING To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a made-up town called Maycomb County. Maycomb is a small town that is placed in southern Alabama and is isolated pretty well in the middle of nowhere. Not a lot of people move in and not a lot of people move out of town. The date in which To Kill a Mockingbird is somewhere in the early to middle 1930s. This is in the midst of the Great Depression and is nearly 70 years since the abolishment of slavery. PLOT Atticus Finch‚ along with the help of
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It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee wrote a historical novel called‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. It takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama around the 1930’s. The main characters in this novel are: Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. The novels point of view is written from Scouts perspective from when she was younger‚ around the ages 7 to 8. Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and he his occupation is a lawyer. Throughout the first part of the novel most of the events have Jem and Scout along with their friend
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Chapter 1 In this chapter the Finch family is introduced by Scout. Simon Finch established a homestead‚ ‘Finch’s Landing’‚ on the banks of the Alabama River. Both of his sons ended up leaving the landing as‚ Atticus‚ studied law; the other had studied medicine. Their sister Alexandra stayed and took care of the landing with her husband. Atticus moves to Maycomb‚ Alabama where he raises his two children‚ Scout and Jem. These children have always been fascinated by the Radley house because of the
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Alex Kovacev Mr.Kasper ENG 1D1 Wednesday‚ November-07-12 Mockingbird Essay How would you feel if a town full of prejudice tormented you because of your past? Well this becomes a reality in To Kill a Mockingbird for two very innocent people. Through the symbol of the Mockingbird‚ and the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley‚ Harper Lee examines the necessity of protecting vulnerable members of society in To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem introduces Boo as a blood thirsty animal‚ but when
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Harper Lee’s Characters Refuse to Fit Stereotypes In Harper Lee’s‚ full name Nelle Lee’s‚ novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ published in 1960‚ there are many instances where characters challenge stereotypes or work to help defy them. Jem‚ for instance‚ is a character who does not act how a typical boy is supposed to‚ challenge the stereotypes of males. Another example is Atticus‚ a lawyer and the father of the narrator. Lastly‚ Boo Radley‚ a man prejudged by the entire town‚ ends up being the biggest
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