excellent reads. The Chosen by Chaim Potok‚ and Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird display this elegantly. Lee’s book starts with a trial and ends with a murder‚ but The Chosen‚ though less dramatic still possess the qualities of a great book. Both books deal with complex problems such as religion‚ race‚ justice‚ and friendship. In my opinion‚ The Chosen was a greater book because of its superior theme‚ plot‚ and connection between the reader and the characters. The Chosen posses themes that
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through clean-cut novels. Many challenged novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby are taught as a part of the literary curriculum in schools (ALA). For example‚ Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has been challenged countlessly for profanity and it’s controversial racial themes‚ but the extended metaphor of the children’s relationship with Boo Radley throughout the novel is a literary staple that has inspired many books to come. All throughout the book Scout and Jem‚ the two main children
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Character Portrait – Scout Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ is one of the main characters in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ this story is seen through her perspective. Scout is an innocent‚ ignorant‚ young girl who lives with her father‚ Atticus and brother Jem in Alabama‚ Maycomb County. Scout is quite special amongst her town; from her personal qualities; tomboyish behaviour due to the parenting style of Atticus‚ and her social position from her being the daughter of a respected lawyer
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does Harper Lee bring out different aspects of Atticus? The main theme of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is racial prejudice. It is a story told by Scout later on in her life when she is an adult telling the story of her childhood in Maycombe and the conviction of a Negro (Tom Robinson) accused of raping a white girl. He was defended by her father who is a Lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and he is one of the central characters in the novel. Atticus is a decent character‚ not only is he a knowledgeable lawyer‚ he is a
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lesson. Like ones parents or teachers‚ the adults in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird try to teach Scout/one that may be important. One lesson learned is to face ones problems. Another is to respect everyone no matter how they differ. A lesson taught is to stand up for what one believes in. Therefore‚ lessons learned from childhood experiences help children make more mature decisions later. The lesson of facing ones fears pays off for Scout in the end. After Scout’s unpleasant first day of school
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still believe that Harper Lee’s book “To Kill A Mockingbird” had everything to do with her life as a young child. Especially when it comes to the character Scout finch. There are so many similar events and childhood life experiences that show through Scout when it comes to Harper Lee in the Book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. As a young girl Lee was a tomboy. She was rowdy and she always fought especially for what she believed in. This reminds us of young Scout she always dressed boyish and even once
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necessary to develop a public and private self in To Kill A Mockingbird. For Boo Radley it is very important for him to have a private and public identity. Not many people have ever seen him but they have heard stories of him. People make up stories of him that are not actually true. One of the crazy
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The eyes of innocent‚ childlike characters are employed in both novels to show an unbiased point of view of the victimisation prejudice sets upon certain people and the isolation that follows. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout and Jem goes to church with Calpurnia where they are met with hostility from Lula‚”You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here”. This is Scout’s first experience with racial discrimination and it emphasises the harshness of society during the epoch of the Great Depression
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Creating a motion picture from a novel and conveying the author’s intended message is a difficult task. Some film makers gracefully meet the challenge‚ while others fail‚ warping the original meaning of the novel in order to appeal to he general movie going population. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird novel to movie transition is a mid-ground between the two extremes. Lee’s theme of tolerance is neither completely destroyed nor completely expressed. The absence of characters Dolphus Raymond and
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you ever killed a mockingbird? "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up other people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 94). Man believing in his superiority over other beings can easily defend killing a mockingbird as a just act. Hence‚ a mockingbird can be equated with an innocent person. White people then would always think that they are greater
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